Daily Diary
24
April
Tuesday 24 April, 2018
A mass of green climbs over the wall
Its fuelled by sun and rain
We tried to push back its endless crawl
Now the...
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by Douglas Hart
23
April
Monday 23 April, 2018
I felt quite a chill in the breeze but the flush of leaves and blossom clearly stated it was spring.
I was fascinate...
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by Paul Jones
22
April
Sunday 22nd April 2018
A fantastic storm last night, with huge rumbles of thunder and flashes of lightning sheeting across the sky producing ...
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by Katie Black
21
April
Saturday 21st April, 2018
A still, mild start to the day, with the smells of spring filling the air a lovely mixture of coconut-scented Gorse, ...
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by Ali Tuckey
20
April
Friday 20th April 2018
A gorgeous morning on the Country Park with bird song galore percolating across the area.
Amongst the repetitious ca...
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by Katie Black
19
April
Thursday 19 April, 2018
Outlook: Sunny day with slight breeze
I opened the gate, stepping into the blissful quiet of the Woodland Trail. A f...
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by Rosaline McGraffin
18
April
Wednesday 18 April, 2018
Crazy Daisy, lets make a chain
Daffy Dill, come brighten up the lane
Dandy Lion, help me tell the time
Prim litt...
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by Douglas Hart
17
April
Tuesday 17th April 2018
As my early patrol began a Green Woodpecker erupted from the long grass just beside me, the bright yellow rump showing...
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by Katie Black
16
April
Monday 16 April, 2018
After eight months working at Durlston, spending the winter scrub clearing, cowing moving and hole digging to mention ...
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by Catherine Carter
15
April
Sunday 15th April, 2018
A still, misty start to the day, but despite the lack of sunshine spring is definitely starting to work its magic.
A...
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by Ali Tuckey
14
April
Saturday 14 April, 2018
A silken blanket laced with hairs might seem like poor protection
But if you tear through
The hairs will get you
...
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by Douglas Hart
13
April
Friday 13 April, 2018
So much is told to us through sound
So much the ears bestow
We hear what stirs for miles around
Their lives are ...
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by Douglas Hart
12
April
Thursday 12 April, 2018
Through the woodland this morning I heard the drumming of a Great Spotted Woodpecker, following the sound I spotted it...
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by Catherine Carter
10
April
Tuesay 10 April 2018
Another morning of fog and drizzle, the paths have once again turned slippery and muddy. As I wandered down to the cli...
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by Katie Black
09
April
Monday 09 April, 2018
Long and sharp the Blackthorns spines protrude from every limb
All winter long theyve stood in lines on branches dar...
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by Douglas Hart
08
April
Sunday 08 April, 2018
I went to seek out freshly emerged flowers only to discover the fresh purple (to me) leaves of Sea Kale amongst Tor Gr...
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by P.Jones
07
April
Saturday 7th April, 2018
A very mild, grey start to the day, with some sunshine filtering through a sky full of cobbled clouds.
Just outside ...
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by Ali Tuckey
06
April
Friday 6th April, 2018
After several early rounds with my head and hood down, trudging through stinging rain, by contrast, this morning we en...
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by Ali Tuckey
05
April
Thursday 05 April, 2018
Todays weather: Sunny and warm
As the morning began, the breeze was chill, pinking my cheeks. By contrast the sun wa...
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by Rosaline McGraffin
04
April
Wednesday 04 April, 2018
The rain has started falling once I began to write, how lucky was that?
A rather windy start with gust up to 34 knot...
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by P.Jones
03
April
Tuesday 3rd April 2018
As I began my patrol I watched a small flock of tits moving through the Blackthorn tree, which now has buds almost rea...
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by Katie Black
02
April
Monday 2nd April, 2018
A damp start to the day, with almost 20mm of rain in the last 24 hours. Underfoot, grassy paths squelch underfoot, whi...
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by Ali Tuckey
01
April
Sunday 01 April, 2018
Rabbits bounded off away from me beside the centre then at the gully floor. A pair of Hereford Cattle initially seemed...
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by P.Jones
31
March
Saturday 31st March 2018
What a delight to see a shaft of sunlight blasting onto the water just off Durlston Head, faint drizzle was still fall...
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by Katie Black
30
March
Friday 30 March, 2018
I unpeeled the soggy pages of my note book to begin todays diary. Outside the gutters were trickling and the drains we...
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by P.Jones
29
March
Thursday 29 March, 2018
The changing light was amazing today, every time we looked through the trees, across the meadows or out to sea it was ...
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by Catherine Carter
28
March
Wednesday 28th March 2018
A damp early morning, with cold drizzle steadily falling, off to the meadows to see how spring was springing very slo...
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by Katie Black
27
March
Tuesday 27 March, 2018
April brings fourth yellow flowers, its the Cowslips time to shine
But Gorse can be found
The whole year round
A...
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by Douglas Hart
26
March
Monday 26th March, 2018
A glorious spring morning, with rich blue skies scuffed with a few scraps of high cloud and golden sunshine pouring do...
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by Ali Tuckey