After a quick litter pick around the car parks, me walk took me into Lighthouse Field where the air was ringing with birdsong. The call of a Chiffchaff was accompanied by the incessant trilling of a Skylark while a Song Thrush and a Blackbird were both in competition from the wonderfully furry catkins covered Willow.
The Wild Cherry trees are now blossom covered, while the Apple trees are starting to turn pink as they also open up their flowers. As I looked, a Goldfinch landed, the rays of the sun shining on its red head.
Buzzing around some of the Blackthorn blossom the large queens of Buff-tailed Bumblebee, plus some Early Bumblebees and Drone Flies.
Overhead a flock of Linnets twittered loudly before landing in amongst the brilliant yellow flowered Gorse. The pink forehead and chests flashing as they moved, from spike to spike.
On the Castle a scuttling movement took my attention to the wall, where a Wall Lizard had stopped to bask on the warming stones, its long tail loping across the limestone.
A couple of Peacock butterflies and a Speckled Wood, were both spotted along the woodland path, while the squawk of a Jay caught the ear, as it landed in the Elm trees.
On the cliffs the noise of the Guillemots was rising up from the water where at least 80 were bobbing in the water. In amongst this scattering were 14 Razorbills, the light catching their plumage highlighting their much blacker colouration. On the ledges another 150+ Guillemots were standing.
Skimming past the cliffs four Fulmars, a magnificent sight, as they passed they cackled loudly at another which was sat on the rock face. A greenish coloured Shag carries a piece of twig back towards its nest.