A breathless, humid start to the day, with grey cloud glowering overhead, with the sun peeping through a few gaps in the cloud.
The woodland feels hushed and still, with just the soft cooing of Woodpigeons, clattering of Squirrels among the canopy and the soft murmur of the sea breaking the silence.
As the summer turns, still plenty of later summer flowers in bloom in the glades and rides, including tall, scented Mugwort, Ragwort, Buddleia and Hemp Agrimony (providing nectar for Gatekeepers, Meadow Browns and a Hummingbird Hawkmoth).
Around the clifftop, purple and yellow Sea Aster is particularly eye-catching, along with the bright yellow flowers of Golden Samphire, and the paler green Rock Samphire.
A few Herring and Great Black-backed Gulls circle the cliffs, with a Shag perched high up on the rocks near the Observation Point and a Peregrine skimming along just below the clifftop. 3 Gannets, gleaming white against a grey sea pass by further out.
Goldfinches bob along the top of the Lighthouse Field, their jangling calls often described as sounding like sleigh-bells, as they feeding on the seeds of Teasel and Woolly Thistle.
The Lighthouse Road is spattered with purple bird droppings, as Blackcaps feast on Elderberries in the Gully, while purple, seed-filled Badger poo reveals that they have been eating Blackberries!
Ropes of Bryony berries hanging from Blackthorn and Hawthorn, with the tiny, poisonous tomato-like berries of Bittersweet (or Woody Nightshade) near the base of the hedges.
The dry weather means that many leaves are already starting to turn, with the leaves of Horse Chestnut looking especially fine, in shades of sulphurous yellow and vivid green,