Daily Diary

A bright dawn rises over Durlston Head as I approach work along the Kingston Road, the scattered high cloud cast in sh...

Off towards the coast this morning where the sight of the waves crashing against the strong Portland rocks at Tilly Wh...

After yesterdays pouring rain, 14.0mm, it was good not to get wet as I took the early patrol around Durlston. Along ...

A stark contrast against yesterday’s beautiful sunshine this morning, dull grey clouds block out the sun and a l...

Driving in a two jays swirl around in the air zooming past into the hedgerow. A frost coats the grass in a silvery shi...

In contrast to yesterday’s biting wind and patchwork cloud cover, my morning patrol today is heralded by clear b...

As I arrive for my morning patrol, the drifting candy-floss clouds, underlit in pink, release slanting ribbons of dawn...

Just to remind you if you were visiting today or tomorrow that Durlston Castle (including café, shop, toilets a...

As the sun rose above the sea it produced a wonderful orange glow across the Park, as I took a stroll across the farml...

It’s a grey morning with an orange band of light glowing upon the horizon. Soaring across the clouds are mass fl...

It was a very foggy drive and a densely foggy Wildlife Diary walk for Durlston. Starting at Field 34, I hear the Bird ...

From the car park heading towards the copse I spot a Long-tailed Tit with its long tail in proportion to its small bod...

Upon my arrival a Jay flew over the car park followed by a flock of thirty Starlings. A few vapour trails punctuated t...

Out through the muddy meadows, Old Man’s Beard sprawls over the top of Blackthorn and Bramble, fluffy seed heads...

A blustery walk across Durlston National Nature Reserve this morning, begun by the sight of 100+ Starlings swooping an...

Driving in a small brown animal about the size of a Labrador runs across the road. The Muntjac does to jump over the w...

I start in the bird hide to pick up binoculars. Here I see Blue Tits, Chaffinches, and a Great Tit eating of the bird ...

A perfect autumn dawn rises on my commute in, the mists of Poole Harbour and the Rivers Piddle and Frome backlit in a ...

I’m greeted by a sunny sky over the park until I turn towards the learning centre where I see an ominous dark gr...

Beginning at the car park sixty Wood Pigeon passed overhead. They were joined by another forty that emerged from the R...

Autumn is of course a time for colour. Even today, beneath the persistent dull grey sky, Durlston does not disappoint....

On arrival it’s very blustery and there is a ‘charm’ of Goldfinch overhead. Cutting through from the...

A breezy blustery morning took me out onto the downland area of the Country Park where I was greeted by a large flock ...

Out through the meadows where a cold wind seems to slap you around the face and the bright rising sun casts a golden g...

A bright but breezy morning greets me as I arrive for patrol, shadowing a Jay up Lighthouse Road, the corvid’s d...

Windswept, the term for my patrol! The south easterly wind blowing constantly over 20mph, so down to the cliffs to get...

A fresh autumn morning rolls over the park with the sun just poking through the cloud cover. Large flocks of Wood Pige...

Starting from the Castle, I stand between the two pillars noticing the sad looking Buddleias that attracted so many bu...

Walking out across the National Nature Reserve, a changeable morning for the weather, with the clouds scudding quickly...

I start in the Bird Hide to pick up some old binoculars, here I spot House Sparrows, Chaffinches, Goldfinches, a Green...