To the coast this morning was my aim, just because it was there! Standing on the path, I was looking out across the blue water, just a few white tops and a gentle swell, when from what seemed really close behind me a deep, loud croak of a Raven startled me!
The huge black bird banked and tumbled down to soar again further along.
The pale lilac colour of some Sea Aster and the greenish flowers of the Rock Samphire the main flowers visible, but the tall clumps of Hemp Agrimony although mostly now dying off, looks much the same dull pink colour it dead when in full bloom!
A song of a Robin wafting down from amongst the Gorse bushes, while a small group of Goldfinches landed together on the uppermost points of these spiky bushes.
Another morning with a steady stream of Swallows and House Martins and Sand Martins heading eastwards along the coast, but not as many today compared with yesterday.
On the meadow a small clump of Parasol mushrooms have emerged, a couple showing the nibbling and slime trail, possibly of a slug.
With the bright red hips of the Dog Roses poking up between the leaves and prickly stems, and the even redder berries of the Black Bryony, the hedges are full of colour, which also includes Blackberries and Sloes.
The Crab Apples that were planted as part of the Pleasure Grounds Project are covered in their hard green fruit, these trees doing ok.
Splashes of deep pink from Fushcias and deep purple from Buddleia both good for attracting some insects. On the Buddleia a Silver-Y moth was resting, and a Red Admiral was warming in the early sunshine.
In the tops of an Elm a Chiffchaff was flitting amongst the branches, whilst a Grey Squirrel was noisily scampering up the trunk before bounding onto a Holm Oak.