I head to South Field to check on the Herefords, as I walk towards the south field gate to the right, I see a Robin clicking away up in an Ash tree with still some leaves on it. As I pass the gate, I see the Herefords looking happy grazing away at the ground. I go to check the electric fence, a Raven calls, Wood Pigeon is seen in flight, a Blackbird is perched on a Hawthorn surrounded by Ivy.
I start inspecting the electric fence, over the other side a small woodland habitat is present, with Scots Pine and Holm Oak clearly the main canopy, the woodland edge had Blackthorn, Hawthorn, what I think is juvenile Field Maple (hard to tell for me as leafless), grasses, Stinking Iris, and even one juvenile Pedunculate Oak (one of my favourite tree species), all this making creating a nice Ecotone improving Biodiversity. I look left whilst inspecting the fence, in amongst the cows I spotted Magpies hopping and crows pecking at the ground – probably due to the cows stomping at the ground making it easier for the birds to catch their prey such as worms. Goldfinches are clearly heard singing along as I walk, watching out for Cow faeces and a Black-backed Gull glides above me probably looking for prey (not me I’m too big… I hope!).
Once I decided the fence is perfectly fine I head towards Saxon, but couldn’t help stopping, talking and taking pictures of three of the teenage Herefords looking so cute that it made may heart swell up!
As I go through into Saxon field I head towards the old Rotavator randomly just sitting there for decades, over the other side of the rotavator there was a small patch of scrub with old-mans beard, unfortunately however I didn’t find anything too spectacular for noteworthiness here – other than a Wren, a few Robins, a Wood Pigeon and a Crow. I walk on to the end of the field by a gate southwest of Saxon – here surrounds scrub and mud beneath as one walks towards the gate with two or three Sycamore trees to the right.
Into the next field, I got a beautiful view of the lighthouse and the calming English Channel, spotted and heard was a Redwing, a mass of Crows was seen flying by the cliffs on the other side of the lighthouse, a Dunnock was also seen and heard. I then walked straight up to the Learning Centre weather station, here spotted are the bird ringing nets and the bird ringers chatting while many a bird can be heard in song and calls (possibly recordings mostly), also a Herring Gull could be spotted flying around as well as the sound of a Jackdaw in the distance.
Throughout the 30-minute walk I used the Merlin app to record any bird sounds, it is worth mentioning however to take this app with a pinch of salt and if you have not identified the species personally it’s best not to take it as gospel. Here are the songs and calls that the Merlin app detected – Redwing, Robin, Linnet, Goldfinch, Crow, Wren, Ring Ouzel (did not see hear and cannot verify), Siskin (did not see hear and cannot verify), and Jackdaw.