Daily Diary

With the clouds fringed with a pink stripe and a strong wind blowing from the sea, I was drawn towards the coast where...

It’s pleasing to see some pink and blues hues as I set out this morning, following a forecast of complete cloud....

I start the patrol at 7am, an hour earlier in preparation for the Christmas Rotary – forgive me with this diary,...

Starting the walk, again the Song Thrush is heard singing away with its different tones, Robins, a Rook and Wood Pigeo...

Yesterday I was surprised upon discovering three Snowdrop stems in flower at Kingston Lacey. Today I was reassured by ...

What a difference 24 hours can make, compared to yesterdays dark cloudy and windy day, to is a bright sunny day with o...

A gorgeous early sunrise with the sky a deep pinky-red, as the sun rose above the horizon, around it the clouds looked...

Sometimes coming back from a week off its like returning after not being here for a year. Things have been cut paths h...

This morning I drive into a very wet Durlston, I get out my car to change into my wellies thinking that all the birds ...

I arrive for this morning’s patrol to a bright but blustery day, drifting cloud cover underlit in pink by the da...

As I left the flat, the first thing I heard was the singing of a Song Thrush, its captivating song brightening up the ...

Initially the Isle of Wight was obscured from view, however, it was fully visible within the hour. I dodged puddles an...

It’s a welcome calm morning, following the strong winds that rattled through Durlston at start to the week. Elm ...

Compared to my last, blustery patrol on Saturday, this morning is clear and bright, though towering clouds over the En...

The strong south-westerly wind was whipping up the sea, producing crashing waves and churning white crests. I could sp...

A beautiful sunny morning, with a light frost still clinging to the grass along the more sheltered edges of the path. ...

The unusually benign weather of the earlier week has disappeared as I arrive for patrol, replaced by strong winds, glo...

The sky for my morning patrol began a delicate pink, but soon changed as the grey blanket of cloud rolled in. The ca...

It was a damp and somewhat subdued morning. Nevertheless, a breezed moved Ivy cloaked branches beside otherwise bare n...

Got out into the car park, where the first thing I hear is a Song Thrush with it’s unique changing sounds, also ...

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...