A quite magnificent sunny morning, off to the cliff top to enjoy the vast blueness of sea and sky!
A dark shape of a Raven floated overhead, the loud deep throated ‘cronk’ being emitted on a regular basis as it passed. The silhouette shape highlighting the shaggy neck and long fingered wings.
Most bizarrely today, not a single Guillemot to be seen, the rocks and water bereft of the black and white auks, however 2 huge Great Black-backed Gulls floating past and on the water a couple of long necked Shags.
Twisting and turning acrobatically were small group of Jackdaws, cackling as they moved, just seeming to be enjoying the day!
At Tilly Whim, basking on the dry earth an Adder, the long body flattened to soak up more rays of sunshine, the markings a dark brown zigzag with the rest a paler brown.
Holding on to a gently waving stem of a Teasel was a Stonechat, the white flash on the wings and the pale orange chest flickering as it moved in the chilly north-easterly wind.
The high pitched squeaky call of a Rock Pipit drew my attention towards the erect greyish streaked bird which was strutting across the short grass.
In amongst the bright green leaves of Ivy a Chaffinch was singing, not a full song but almost there. The Ivy berries have mostly been stripped from the plant over the winter, a great food source for our wintering birds.
Rambling over the dark brown sprigs of Blackthorn, Old Man’s Beard, the wispy white flower heads remaining looking a bit like clumps of dirty candy floss!
The bright yellow flowers of Daffodils around the Castle, provide a welcoming sight, while elsewhere Spring Crocus and a splash of colour.