A cooler start as I headed off towards the coast path, as I walked clouds of Meadow Brown and Gatekeeper butterflies were taking off from the patches of Tor Grass, Wild Clematis and Hemp Agrimony.
My eyes however were constantly being drawn to the flitting of the birds amongst the bushes. The greyish hue of Lesser Whitethroats contrasting with the brighter brown of the Common Whitethroats, both of these were popping in and out of a Hawthorn tree, the berries on which were a dull pale red.
Nearby in a Gorse bush a Chiffchaff was perched (carefully avoiding the spiky prongs), while in the Blackthorn above a brighter coloured but similar shaped bird was a Willow Warbler.
With all this activity I sat on one of the wooden benches to see what else was about, and not to be disappointed, a group of young Blue Tits and Great Tits, arrived on the Tamarisk while hopping along the path a group of Linnets – splodges of pink on their chests and head.
A Song Thrush popped its head out of the Brambles, much larger than all the other birds around including the Robins and Dunnocks which both added to the action.
Although I was looking at the land birds I was keeping an eye out to sea as Dolphins were spotted yesterday - no luck yet this morning but you never know.
Out towards the downs a Kestrel glided overhead, then hung perfectly still in the air for a few moments gazing down.
Perched on the fence a couple Meadow Pipits, the pale legs and browner colouring making them differ from the more upright and greyer Rock Pipits which are also around the clifftops.
As I returned, the Buddleia was sporting 6 Red Admiral and 2 Painted Ladies as well as a Large White Butterfly.
A splash of bright orange from the hedgerow a patch of Montbretia.