As soon as I started my walk this morning, I was informed of someone camping is one of the wooded areas. I headed straight over to them to inform them that camping is not prohibited anywhere on sight due to the sight be a national nature reserve. He was happy to move on. I also met one of the bird ringers who informed they had already caught and ringed two Swallows.
I walked along the top of the light house field where I spotted two Ravens on the path, one of which seemed to be eating something caught between its feet. A large group of DofE students walked past on there final push to the end of there trip. It is a very hot day already, so I felt for them having to carry their huge bags with them.
On the lighthouse green I spotted a Stone Chat sitting on top of what looked to be a blade of grass. The grass was swaying gently under the weight of the bird. I then bumped into Zennor who was taking her dog for an early morning walk. Zennor is showing her work in the gallery now, I highly recommend coming down to see it if you get a chance. When we reached the steep path up the coast path from the bottom of the gully we separated.
Along the coast path I noticed some Sea Thrift that had gone over. It seemed to keep its original structure just losing its colour making it almost look like the ghost of the plant it used to be. Looking out to the Guillemot cave I could only see four individuals left. These guys may even be gone by the end of the day. At the bottom on the cliff on a protruding rock 20 or so Shags can be seen sitting on it, some fly of and jump in the water. A Fulmar swoops path not as graceful as they usually appear
I head back up to see what other birds the ringers have caught. They inform me they have caught 5 Blackcaps, 3 Whitethroats, 3 Chiffchaffs and one Bullfinch who they had previously caught in 2019.