Daily Diary
11
November
Monday 11 November, 2019
For a change I walked in via the former land fill site. Passing along Steer Road a flock of Starlings flew above the r...
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by Paul Jones
10
November
Sunday 10 November, 2019
When I stepped outside my door at Langton I was greeted by the croak of a Raven passing overhead. Undoubtedly the larg...
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by Paul Jones
06
November
Tuesday 6th November 2019
What a lovely morning, with a slight chill in the air and glorious sunshine producing an almost golden glow across Dur...
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by Katie Black
05
November
Tuesday 05 November, 2019
Water makes itself at home, despite clays protestations
It soaks the soil and scours the land with its myriad migrat...
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by Douglas Hart
04
November
Monday 04 November, 2019
After last nights Stargazing a Pipistrelle Bat hawked for insects on the approach road. This mornings delight was the ...
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by Paul Jones
03
November
Sunday 3rd November 2019
A heavy shower of rain greeted my early walk this morning, but only a gentle wind accompanying it, this made me head f...
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by Katie Black
01
November
Friday 1st November 2019
Thick fog across the park this morning, everything still and quiet and not a lot to spot.
Out across to the meadows,...
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by Katie Black
29
October
Tuesday 29th October 2019
I must have been one of the first to enter the car park this morning, disturbing a group of four Magpies and two Jays ...
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by Ben Tolley
28
October
Monday 28th October 2019
On the trunk of a Willow tree a bird moved in an upwards direction, it could only be a Treecreeper. The pale front fla...
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by Katie Black
27
October
Sunday 27 October, 2019
Triple, triple, brew some tipple
Fire blaze and cauldron ripple
What did Douglas see today, when he went about hi...
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by Douglas Hart
25
October
Friday 25 October, 2019
I took the opportunity to walk round the head as this section of coast path was open. Beside the smooth new path were ...
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by Paul Jones
24
October
Thursday 24th October
With the sun shielded by thick clouds the morning dawned dark and gloomy with a damp drizzle falling.
Despite this i...
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by Katie Black
22
October
Tuesday 22 October, 2019
On the Durlston approach road a Magpie flew without camouflage unlike the Green Woodpecker which merged well with the ...
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by Paul Jones
21
October
Monday 21 October, 2019
Lets take a little look at lichens
Lobed and layered, without leaves
Theyll grow wherever the sun brightens
On b...
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by Douglas Hart
20
October
Sunday 20th October, 2019
A chilly start to the day, after a cool night, but well worth being up early, thanks to blue skies and some brilliant ...
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by Ali Tuckey
19
October
Saturday 19 October, 2019
Walk by lamplight, walk by moonlight, walk by light of the sun
Walk by highways, walk by byways, alone or with someo...
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by Douglas Hart
18
October
Friday 18th October 2019
The sound of mooing to be heard across the meadows, the Hereford Cows are munching, giving the grass that grows after ...
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by Katie Black
16
October
Wednesday 16 October 2019
A slight wet start to the day with plenty of slipping and rude squelching noises underfoot. Dried Bracken fronds had d...
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by Paul Jones
15
October
Tuesday 15th October 2019
The moon dominating the sky just as dawn arrived, the huge white orb visible to the west, in the east the sun was risi...
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by Katie Black
14
October
Monday 14 October, 2019
The spectacled amongst you will appreciate that rain hampers clear nature observation when outdoors. Despite having sh...
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by Paul Jones