With the beginning of winter, I walked through a rising mist. The mist appeared to ascend and be drawn southwards out to sea. An interest sunrise with shades of red, orange pink and purple. Before entering Durlston, from the west, I encountered a couple of male Pheasants scampering about together. Until I reached the Lighthouse, I had encountered the occasional Magpie otherwise it was the domain of Jackdaws. Patches of flowers were upon south faces of Gorse. Yesterday, in the Warren, Yellow Wort still stood tall and held blooms. Today, one fallen stem of Common Toadflax still held flowers upon Caravan Terrace.
A Robin perched upon a gatepost beside the road. On the opposite side of the gully one Roe Deer doe grazed above the gully rock exposure. A pair of Shag headed west whilst near sixty Guillemots huddled into the sea cave. Initially only one of the seabirds was seen preening upon the sea but another five were found. Just before the observation point a solo Carrion Crow forced a bunch of Jackdaws out of the shared tree roost.
Beside the coast path vacant acorn “cups” remain upon Holm Oaks. Upon the woodchip paths many thousands of acorns had become imbedded into the surface. As I looked across Durlston Bay a Peregrine Falcon flew towards be and beyond the castle. Old Harry and the tip of Ballard Down were cloaked in a most unusual wispy waterfall like cloud formation. The rock face dripped and glistened in the sun upon the terrace. A duo of female Blackbirds explored the bridge, only one leaf turning.