It’s a windy and cool morning for June, as 3 Magpies a few Pyramidal Orchids, and Stinking Iris are seen while I get out of my car. I walk towards the lighthouse path passing Sycamore and Field Maple.
Passing the gate and walking along lighthouse path, I hear a Wren singing away amongst the Holm Oak, Ash, and Sycamore in the copse. A Wood Pigeon flies out of some Hawthorn, and the woodland edge has a mix of Nettles, Stinking Iris, Hogweed, and Creeping Thistle. Further up in the walling centre Black Mustard dominates within the winter bonfire area creating a colour of yellow.
Into lighthouse field and continuing the tarmacked path many flora flowers are spotted: Horseshoe Vetch, Birds-foot Trefoil, Ox-eye Daisies, Field Bindweed, Kidney Vetch, Wild Carrot, Rough Hawkbit, Agrimony, Greater Knapweed, and Common Toadflax. Walking further up, I notice one lonesome Yellow Rattle, then further on up a few more – this helping to reduce the growth of the grass dominating the field due to it being a semi-parasitic plant to grasses, which is important to allow for a variety of other species of plants to grow creating a biodiverse habitat.
Stopping at the gully bridge, I stop to admire the much less windy and slightly milder conditions as a tiny micro-climate creates a nice area for hearing birds and other fauna species. In front of me a big Sycamore while behind me an Ash, while Dandelions and grasses are re-growing between the walls on the bridge. I spot Long-tailed Tits on a dead leafless tree, a Blue Tit calls behind me, while Chiffchaffs, Goldfinches, Wrens, and Robins are all seen and heard. In the distance, Skylarks and a Yellowhammer are heard singing away, and a Dunnock seen below. While a Buff-tailed Bumblebee and the flutter of what I believe is a Brown Meadow butterfly (though too quick for accurate ID) are seen in the sunnier parts of the gully below.
Heading back up to the Learning Centre, other species that are seen are the Guillemots, Razorbills, Shags, and a Great Black-backed Gull in the English Channel. As well as a Stonechat on a post and rail heading up the diagonal path.