I stepped out into drizzle to commence my walking commute, fortunately it dried up. Last night I passed a proud Sika Stag that looked up from the Spy Way undercliff. This morning I passed seven does, potentially part of his harem.
Initially the sun was an orange glow behind cloud. However, it would eventually pierce through the clouds and send out sun beams. Visibility was great giving good views of the Solent and Isle of Wight as cloud floated above. Damp clay formed temporary platform heels on my boots. Jackdaws were seen upon the dry-stone walls of the coastal lowlands, about the lighthouse and clinging to the sea cliffs. Five Goldfinches flew twittering and in undulating flight up the gully. I passed a spent Orchid on my way to Lighthouse Green. A Magpie flew to perch in Sycamore whilst another remained on a Lighthouse outbuilding. Pheasant “clucks” came from below. I took a mammal track passed Woodsage, Blackthorn regrowth and knee-high Tor Grass. Flowers were presented my Rough Hawkbit, a ground hugging Scabious, Red Clover, Yarrow, and Thyme. At the gully mouth fresh looking Thrift flowers bloomed where the winterbourne woold flower. In addition, a few flowers could still be found on Sea Aster and Golden Samphire whilst a bounty of Rock Samphire was upon Tilly Whim wave cut platform. I passed an Ant Hill carpeted in Red Fescue.
On the ravine slopes there was some interaction between a Kestrel and Jackdaws. I heard squawks and the Kestrel left two Jackdaws only to swoop low over some others. I was to find the Peregrine Falcon on the sea cliffs perched facing west minding its own business. Cobwebs stretched between the corners of the Dolphin Hut window frame. A hidden Jay made a noise near the observation point. I noticed that some of the Ivy flowers had opened. A Red Admiral crossed the coast path where the sun shone. I believed it was a Willow Warbler within a cliff top tree nearby. Some flower buds had converted to pale fruits upon the Dogwood. Near the centre a Blue Tit was amongst a fruit laden Hawthorn whilst a Dunnock explored a wall.