Daily Diary

Arriving at the Learning Centre where Wrens can be heard singing away and Magpies call away. Plants spotted are Greate...

An early start to my Sunday patrol, took me around the gorgeous meadows, where the Common Spotted Orchids and Pyramida...

Outside the Learning Centre the small group of young Magpies that have been hanging round the area since flying there ...

As I headed out to the downland, the sky was grey and overcast, but from it came the wonderful fluid song of a Skylark...

It’s another morning with light rain and a slight breeze. The first sounds I hear leaving the car is a beautiful...

The sunshine is out! All be it a tad cool for June, but it is out! The first thing spotted at Durlston are two Magpies...

With blue skies and a fresh wind, the sea was mass of white crests churning above the blue water, this view, a gloriou...

It’s a wet, cool and windy morning! Getting out the car the sound of rain hitting the ground and the wind going ...

Amongst the sea of Ox-eye Daisies, the dark bulbous heads of Greater Knapweed have began to bloom; purple flowers with...

Out through Skipworth meadow, the hedge row is full of Honey Suckle is full bloom. The cream yellow trumpet like flowe...

Heading along the top of long meadow, Birds-foot Trefoil and a Common Spotted Orchid poke of the long grass. The tall ...

It’s a windy and cool morning for June, as 3 Magpies a few Pyramidal Orchids, and Stinking Iris are seen while I...

A strong westerly wind. It whistles through the trees, brings a coolness to the air, and jitters the Yellow Rattle acr...

My first bit of wildlife this morning was the sight of a Roe Deer peering at me from the grass, the sun highlighting t...

A change in the temperature, so much so that a jumper was required! A patrol across the meadows to check on the appear...

A change in the weather, with a low mist rolling through. I head down to the Castle to open the moth survey trap, and ...

It’s a pleasant morning as I start my walk this morning. As I walk past the learning centre I notice lots of Pai...

It’s a cool and fresh morning than of late as I start the diary walk with a jumper on! As I put my shoes on, pur...

Last night saw a wonderful lightning storm, the flashes lighting the sky for a moment, while the thunder was not very ...

Taking a stroll to the coast path, the call of a Chiffchaff was accompanying me as I went. Searching the bushes this s...

The meadows are looking quite glorious at the moment, swathes and swathes of Pale Flax, their delicate blue flowers tu...

There’s a hum in the air as I enter the woodland at Sunnydale. Flies circling the cool shade below a full canopy...

Around me the wonderful song of a Skylark, accompanied by the songs of Blackbird and Song Thrush, plus the near consta...

An early morning stroll brought me towards the cliffs, passing the superb blue Bugle growing in good numbers on the te...

Across the meadows a gorgeous blue hue is visible, as the Pale Flax flowers are in full bloom, carpeting above the gra...

I was delighted to see on the centre wall a shiny metallic green beetle which I learnt was a Mint Leaf Beetle. Overhea...

The sunlight breaks through the cloud. It alights the chalk white cliffs of Ballard Down and the stacks at Old Harry R...

A windy morning with a light drizzle which eventually disappears as the morning brightens up. Heading along Long Meado...

It’s a sunny start at Durlston with last night’s raindrops still glistening upon the grass. It’s lov...

Amongst the light dew I pondered shed dog hair which might be repurposed as a bedding by a bird or mammal. I smiled at...