Daily Diary

After yesterday’s 7.0mm of rain the fields are once more wet and muddy, so most of my patrol was around the down...

I arrived at the Learning Centre to greet Hannah, the Resident Volunteer, and do the Wildlife Diary with her. We decid...

I arrive at the Learning Centre car park, as I drive in a Jay is spotted on top of a sign. Then a Song Thrush is spott...

What a morning, the sky was for once visible and showing a lovely blue colour. Shining from it the bright yellowy-oran...

Gliding over the cliff top path was a group of noisy Herring Gulls calling as they passed over. Looking up as they whe...

Following a report of a dead Peregrine Falcon, this morning I set out along the muddy coastpath to it’s location...

I set out on what I was hoping to be a lovely peaceful Saturday morning stroll, oh how wrong I was… I head al...

A strong wind whips its way through the park as I head into the woodland for some shelter. Two Robins have an ariel di...

Trotting across the path in the early gloom was a Fox, the sleek orangeish colour catching my eye before the Fox hoppe...

Started out in the bird hide to collect binoculars as forgot mine again, here a small pond surrounded by Brambles, Bla...

A thick grey covering of cloud met me this morning, and, as I strolled along the meadow path some of the ground underf...

Dawn break. Yet you wouldn’t know it, with the park shaded under thick grey cloud that filled the sky overnight....

I was surprised this morning to find that my car was completely frosted over, making me 5 minutes late for work! But t...

The hours of daylight continue to grow longer, as the Earth’s orbit steadily favours Durlston towards the Sun. I...

A strong chilly wind was blowing across the Country Park as I took an early patrol out to see the Hereford Cattle. A W...

A beautiful sunny morning with a cold brisk wind. Around the learning centre I spot 2 Magpies, the sound of many a Rob...

A bright sunny still morning as I head down towards the coast path. A Kestrel rests on the very end of a spindly branc...

As I took a slow stroll down the side of the meadow, a flutter of wings and a looping flight saw Long-tailed Tits as t...

A grey sea below a grey sky. The visibility drops off past Swanage Bay – past Peveril Point about 6km away, Old ...

A beautiful mostly sunny morning yet a fairly cold feeling start – nothing abnormal for early February. The firs...

Commanding an audience from atop a dying Ash: A little Robin verses through it’s sequence of pleasing whistles a...

A glorious start to morning, brilliant sunshine and blue skies. Underfoot however it was like walking on a stream, wat...

A wonderful bright sunny morning the first in a while. Heading down the steep path to the cliffs, Lords and Ladies are...

First diary back from Germany, and as my car is in the garage, I walked all the way from the other side of Swanage to ...

Mellifluous bird song beckons me into the woods; a Blackbird’s fluted tunes echoing through the trees. Charming ...

A thick band of stormy cloud across the sky, almost purple in colour and it delivered large sheets of rain, to make 30...

A quite stunning sun rise this morning, with the clouds a combination of pinks, blues and reds, certainly worth rising...

A bright sunny morning, a perfect morning for park run. Two Robins perch in the bare branches of a Hawthorn. Three Blu...

A brighter morning than expected after last nights wind and rain, though the small reprieve in the cloud cover doesn&r...

Another early patrol around this wonderful National Nature Reserve, however many times I walk, there is always somethi...