Daily Diary

A return to the status quo for the weather this morning, a dull grey overcast sky blankets the park this morning. A st...

For the first time in a long time the sun greeted me at the park as ai arrived, just starting to poke out from behind ...

A bit of a shock this morning, with blue sky and a few fluffy white clouds plus a chill in the air, for my patrol, suc...

After a poor nights sleep, I needed to blow the cob webs away and with the strong wind and gales this Diary session ce...

What a very dull early morning, a blanket of grey clouds without a peek of blue or even light grey between them. Acr...

December draws a delightful display of Viburnum, which blossoms along the entrance road. Countless clusters of classy ...

A Firecrest was my first bird of the morning, as I set out across the dull and muddy meadow at South Field. Even with ...

A break in the cloud, for the low winter Sun to burst into view. Golden light shimmers upon the dull sea which calmly ...

Friday 13th dawned dull and grey, a curtain of thick cloud enveloping Durlston and beyond. From the nearby clump of ...

Another overcast dull day! Yet great visibility of the Isle of Wight where it can be clearly seen. I pop into the Bird...

Looking round the car park and flat garden where I saw a Fox hanging around yesterday. Each time it spotted me freezin...

As the Hereford herd of cattle have now been moved into the Lighthouse Field, the route of my patrol included this fie...

The winter winds blow in from the easterly sunrise, this morning obscured by cloud. White horses roll into Durlston ba...

Very windy this morning as I walk out of the Learning Centre, that said, the day is much calmer than it was yesterday ...

I began my morning patrol by collecting the wheelie bin and its contents from where it had been blown across the carpa...

A very muddy National Nature Reserve after the rain of the last few days, with puddles galore! Hovering over the rou...

Another dull overcast grey morning, though thankfully the rain has stopped. Black birds burst from the scrub lining th...

I get straight out of my car, as I put my coat and binoculars on I ponder on how beautiful and sunny the weather is th...

A beautiful sunrise with radiating rays of light breaking through the layers of stratus cloud upon the sea. It alights...

A glorious sunny morning, such a change from yesterday. The sound of the sea drawing me down to the cliffs, where th...

As I looked back at this time last year, the weather the total opposite, toady being wet, grey and mild (12.8’) ...

Heading out through south field a, three Meadow Pipits pass over head, I can just make them out through the branches o...

Dawn breaks above the horizon but obscured by cloud. It alights the chalk slopes of Ballard down and Old Harry Rocks, ...

With the sky dotted with pink clouds, as the sun rose above the horizon, a flock of Jackdaws cackled their way across ...

It’s a windy, overcast and slightly wet morning with the ground soaked from last nights downpour and high gusts....

A beautiful sunny morning, and I chose to take a look at the meadows and the cattle – the Hereford cattle were m...

Another massive change in the weather, with some blue sky spotted! Taking a walk down to cliff where the sea was chu...

Storm Bert is still whipping his way round the park as I arrive this morning. I head to the woodland to see the damage...

The winds have arrived. The second storm of the season has been named Storm Bert. This seems fitting for Durlston; an ...

A delightfully pleasant morning – cold, with bright blue skies and leaves rustling underfoot. A stark contrast t...