First day back from a week off, as I leave the car one can hear Robins, Jay, Wren, Chiffchaff, Blackbird, Wood Pigeon and Jackdaws. Entering the Lighthouse path one can spot the Lords and Ladies, Stinking Iris, Hawthorn, Blackthorn and Brambles.
Passing the Walling Centre 2x Crows are on top of one of the metal towers whilst another crow is in flight trying to scare one of them off, this goes on for about a minute as the flight crow dives at them and flies under them – after it gets bored and flies away leaving the 2 crows still sitting on top. Another Chiffchaff and Wren can be heard again, and a Pheasant calls out, a Goldfinch flies above me within the stunning yellow of the European Gorse. Sound of Jackdaws are heard as well as the first songs of the Skylark – a sound so dominant throughout the rest of the walk. A Meadow Pipet is spotted perched on top of Hawthorn to the right of me and a Dunnock to the left. Getting before the bridge I spot a small hovering bird of prey, I take my binoculars and see it is a Kestrel. Walking on I follow the Wildlife trail and head right from the tarmacked path and see a Speckled Wood Butterfly as well as hearing a Long-Tailed Tit.
Passing the gate and into field 10 and 10a I spot an Early Spider Orchid (throughout this field there are at least 43 that I could spot as I walk), a breeze is felt as I walk making it hard to hear any bird songs but Skylarks can of cause be heard.
Into the field 6 and 6a, a Wren is heard, 2x Herring Gulls are spotted above me, I turn right into a patch of Yellow Gorse, Blackthorn and Hawthorn, 4x Cowslips also spotted here. Amongst this, are Blackbirds, Chiffchaffs, Goldfinches, Crows, Wren and a Wood Pigeon, Crows also heard and spotted around.
Walk past the fence and on to the top of field 10, another Robin, Chiffchaff and Wren are heard, Jackdaw and Meadow Pipet seen. Into Oxe Eye many a Cowslip is seen, Skylark song still dominant and the sound of a pheasant.
Into Saxon and South Fields, many an ant hill in Saxon, Chiffchaff, Redstarts, Linnets spotted, a Blue Tit song comes from the South Fields middle scrub of Blackthorn and Hawthorn, Crow and Magpies are spotted, Cowslips are doing well too. Into next field and Learning Centre a Chiffchaff, Dunnock, Great Tit, Linnet, and Robin can be heard.