Daily Diary

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...

The clocks have rolled back, giving a much lighter start to the day. It feels good, with the light breeze having clear...

Another bright fresh sunny morning smothers the park in a golden glow, as the sun rises this morning. Heading out thro...

Walking through the carpark what looks to be a Buzzard is being mobbed by about 10 Carrion Crows. They dive bomb the b...

Leaving home in the dark, I arrive to a patchwork sky of blues and greys, a stiff breeze and a trio of freight tankers...

It’s calm morning with Redpoll and Siskin moving across the awakening sky. Linnets also sighted, along with the ...

What a change from yesterday, with the sun shining brightly just above the horizon, a gorgeous golden glow spreading a...

A wonderfully wet day yesterday with 31.8mm of rain falling – more than the rest of the month in total! A few ...

A pretty miserable morning, raindrops falling steadily across Durlston from a dark grey sky. Just one week until the c...

It is a blowy morning, yet not overly cold (despite the windchill). I start the walk from the bird hide to pick up som...

I arrive for this morning’s patrol to a patchwork sky, with a tantalising glow on the horizon that teases a bett...

With bright shafts of sunlight squeezing between the breaks in the cloud just above the horizon, it made for a lovely ...

In the grassy verge around the Learning Centre picnic area, a small clump of Oxeye Daisies clings to its flowers, now ...

A dull grey and damp morning, but a good one for the numbers of birds spotted, however most of them were in large floc...

I always find it a little hard to get up at this time of year, with the latening October sunrise, before the clocks go...

I’m a man on a mission on this morning’s patrol, aiming to hit the furthest western limits of the National...

The morning emerges as one of quiet air and uninterrupted cloud as I arrive for my morning patrol. Emanating from the...

As I wandered around Durlston National Nature Reserve this morning, the constant feature was the stream and flow of hi...

A bright sunny autumn morning, the bright sunny burning the chill off the morning. Leaves crunch under foot as I head ...

As I stepped out of my front door this morning, a Sparrowhawk flew overhead. A chill in the air, with the low Sun, it ...

My first diary since returning from Mallorca, where I’ve seen Aleppo Pine, Tamarisk (Found here at Durlston but ...