My wildlife ranger patrol started with the sight of a white rump of a Jay and a green rump of a Green Woodpecker. A Robin sang from an Ash tree, while Chiffchaff and Garden Warbler moved around, hopping from branch to branch. Wood Pigeons were pecking around in the fresh wet grass and a Magpie was screeching from a Sycamore, behind me the sound of our Herefords rang out across the car park.
Warbler and Blue tit moved around the branches of a Hawthorn, now covered in dark crimson coloured berries. As I watched Chaffinch and Blackcap sat and called from within a Sycamore tree. A sudden movement caught my eye as a Grey Squirrel ran along the top of a dry-stone wall. The wildlife is awake this morning and I haven’t even got out the car park yet.
The weather is calm, still and dry with a fresh scattering of leaves covering the ground, mainly Sycamore, Ash and Lime. I found few dislodged branches on my route but no major damage from the last few days of wind and rain.
A flock of Wood Pigeon flew overhead, as I walked out to the great expanse of the ocean view. Above Goldfinches and Swallows flew, while a Robin sang from a nearby branch. Out at sea Gannets and Black-headed Gulls flew east and on top of the Tamarisk, Clematis and Ivy sat 20+ Jackdaws.
An excited sound and sight of a Great Tit, I haven’t seen one of them for a while. Two Peregrine Falcons sat on the cliff edge and as I looked back a Kestrel hoovered above. At the top of Lighthouse field Blackcaps were moving quietly around the dense scrub patches, and a Red Admiral whizzed past me. Numerous auburn spots lined the edges of South field as the cattle happily munched the Ivy off the dry-stone walls and a calf scratched its head on a Hawthorn branch.