Daily Diary

First frost! Winter’s here! I run slightly late to work due to having to de-ice the car, but all is good as I go...

A very grey morning, rain dripping from the sky, and puddles on the ground, turning the bare earth to mud in places. ...

The light this morning a huge change for recently, with a crispness in the distance. Across in Bournemouth, some of th...

I head to South Field to check on the Herefords, as I walk towards the south field gate to the right, I see a Robin cl...

It’s always slightly unnerving hearing the Cows graze the fields close to the Learning Centre when you could alm...

A pale yellow sun glowing low in the sky, just squeaking above the horizon, but below the layer of grey cloud, so prod...

Heading through the car park a lone white flower head of a Yarrow sticks out into the path, before Fern bulldozes thro...

A cold breeze whips across the park this morning, making it feel very cold this morning. I head out to south field to ...

A gorgeous early morning, with the sun rising above the horizon, a golden orb in the sky. Against the blue sky large f...

Starting out my walk I hear a Firecrest, continuous repetitions of a soft high pitched ‘tzee tzee tzee’. I...

So, I have done the walk for the Diary today, wrote notes on my mobile and accidently knocked them off when I started ...

Started the walk at the back of the Learning Centre, where one could hear some of the Herefords mooing away, whilst li...

Taking a woodland wander this morning along the “Isle of Wight Road”, a bit misnomer as it is over a week ...

A dull overcast and breezy autumn morning falls over the park this morning. heading through the car park the leaves fr...

One starts the day noticing how overcast it is with slight spots of rain hitting me from above, also above flocks of l...

Another grey but calm day. I set out from the Reservoir Copse where the trees stand eerily still; only the slight move...

A stroll this morning across the meadows, which are really quite dry for November, in the grass a few flowers are stil...

Hovering above the long meadow in the dull grey sky a Kestrel soars higher and higher. So high the only thing making i...

This morning I was joined around the clifftop by the many volunteers who help out at our parkrun, as they prepared the...

Acorns have fruited across our woodland which is dominated by Holm Oaks. Cups sit empty upon the branches where they h...

Entering south field, a blur off white, blue and brown flashes past as a Jay hurries past. The yellow of a Bristly Ox ...

I walk out the learning centre passing the weather station box, here I see a Magpie and Robin fluttering about amongst...

A quite glorious morning, a blue sky as few puffy white clouds and sunshine. The early lighting effects of the low sun...

The deep croaky call of a Raven began my morning’s patrol as this large all black member of the crow family glid...

Approaching the Leaning centre this morning I’m greeted with Goldfinch flittering about on either side of the pa...

This morning the sky is filled with passing flocks of birds, the spade-like silhouettes of Redwing, the larger Woodpig...

As the saying goes “red sky in morning, Shepherds warning” or should it be “Ranger’s warning&r...

Starting out across the meadows to check the Hereford Cattle, it was too dark to see the birds that could be heard as ...

Going through the car parks, heading towards the castle I spot many Wood Pigeons and Crows flying around above the sma...