Apologies for a shorter than usual diary. The weather is much worse than I had anticipated after being told the weather would be nice for the Work Party today. I head straight down to lighthouse field to have a look what our Wednesday Work Party can do. As I head down I spot 3x Jackdaws flying with the wind, brave Robins are heard singing away, Holm Oaks are seen swaying away in front of me.
Down at the Walling Centre, I spot a couple of Ravens flying against the wind, seeming to enjoy the horrid weather conditions, and a Great Black-Backed Gull was seen swaying around whilst a Shag is spotted towards the cliffs heading west. Down the cliff side from Lighthouse Road, one could also see Feral Pigeons and Crows, the sound of a Jay also is heard behind me.
I have a good look at what the Wednesday Work Party will be doing today, as I will be leading it. Plenty of cutting, raking, moving ton bags and such. In Lighthouse field we are removing Gorse and other vegetation to prevent the scrub from overtaking the field. The reason why we do this is to improve habitat biodiversity ensuring that the plants that need space to grow can grow, as well as ensuring bare ground habitat allowing our Adders and Common Lizards to thrive. In the past before Human intervention, we would have had grazing animals such as Oxen and their predators such as Wolves which would have cleared some scrubby areas as well as allowing scrubby areas to grow in other areas.
From Goat Plot, I could see the Guillemots, a couple of Razorbills, and a Fulmar beyond the Gorse, Blackthorn and Hawthorn down to the English Channel.
Merlin App only picked up a Robin.