Daily Diary

The glorious sound of a Song Thrush the first thing to greet me this morning, the bird itself perched amongst the newl...

As I walk through to the meadows, I dodge an Oil Beatle meandering its way across the path. Above a flock of four Gold...

It was lovely to see a Song Thrush singing atop a Hawthorn first thing. It’s white breast mottled with brown spo...

Yesterday afternoon I found myself extracting a male Adder from an “undisclosed” location within the Castl...

Forget Me Knots in flower catch my eye as soon as I step out of my car this morning. growing along the edges of the ca...

Bluebells blossomed beside the office window and despite a severe pruning, Buddleia was full of fresh leaves. Entering...

Off to the cliffs to see the Guillemots, and not disappointed with the water below the cliffs speckled with dark brown...

A beautiful morning, with a royal blue sky traced with streaks of high cloud and a cool north-westerly breeze, carryin...

This month has been true to it’s name with (sometimes quite heavy!) April showers falling intermittently between...

A wonderfully blustery morning as the north-west wind blows across the National Nature Reserve, the sun shining from a...

A proper spring morning, with brilliant sunshine and patches of blue sky, alternating with short, sharp showers. A pow...

The sun burns its way through the morning haze, while underfoot a heavy due has settled on the ground. A Chiffchaff ca...

A pair of Roe Deer stand in the middle of Lighthouse Road as I approach the park first thing. The buck noted by its sh...

What a lovely morning – the sun was breaking through the white highish clouds, almost no wind and lots of birdso...

Be grateful that Anvil Point Lighthouse has no Foghorn, for it would have been active. Before Kevin Ferrioli and I ent...

The beautiful Blackthorn blossom is just delightful in April, its white flowers resplendent along the field boundaries...

A strong westerly wind whipping up the water, the mass sweeping in towards the cliffs and crashing against the hard Po...

With the hedges covered in white Blackthorn blossom as well as some more brownish in colour as it goes over, the green...

Storm Kathleen roared about the Centre, gusting up to 30 mph although her maximum (here) reached 42 mph at 07:30. I ne...

A warm spring morning – a lovely day for a parkrun – good luck to everyone taking part this morning! It&...

It’s that time of year where birds busy themselves gathering nesting material. Robins and Sparrows investigate s...

Heavy rain greats me on arrival to the park this morning. A strong breeze pushes the rain clouds through fast meaning ...

A breezy start to the day, with a few spots of rain, though some patches of blue sky started to appear, as I made my w...

In the garden I found the trio of Slowworms still under a thin concrete “tile”. They were huddled closer t...

A glorious bank holiday Monday! Not a rain cloud in sight (for now). Heading out through south field and dodging puddl...

The skies dark grey as I began my very early patrol, but hope of a brighter day coming in from the southern horizon! ...

A new day dawns at Durlston, and it glistens where the dew-covered grass bask in glorious sunshine. The ground of cour...

Chef Aron & I both drove up the entrance road with caution. A Roe Deer scampered ahead, looking the jump the wall ...

Patches of blue sky and beaming sunshine welcomed me to my early walk. As I wandered down Long Meadow the sound of Blu...

‘Hold onto your hat’ is what the weather station tells me on a day like today and it was certainly the cas...