The sunshine is out! All be it a tad cool for June, but it is out! The first thing spotted at Durlston are two Magpies close together, and a few more are calling towards the Learning Centre. As I walk, Agrimony is spotted in the car park verges, Goldfinches and Crows above me, as well as a Long-tailed Tit up in a Sycamore.
Below in the Dell are spotted a Wren, Wood Pigeon, Blackbird, Buddleias, with an abundance of Greater Horsetail. As I walk on a Grey Squirrel runs up into Hawthorn, while a Swollen-Thighed Beetle is seen on Hogweed. Up on a slope of a hill Birds-foot Trefoil, Rough Hawkbit, Meadow Brown butterflies, and a Buff-tailed Bumblebee are all visible, while a Chiffchaff sings away nearby. Walking onwards on the tip of Durlston Head, Tamarisk and Black Mustard dominates, of which a solitary bee is spotted on the yellow flowers of the Black Mustard. Rock Pipet is heard is heard along below the cliffs, a Lesser Black-backed Gull is seen flying by, while Rock Samphire grows on the dry-stone walls.
Reaching the observation point, the Guillemots and the odd Razorbill are seen sitting on the sea, stunning gliding from Fulmars go in and out of the cliffs, while Jackdaws and Herring Gulls are also spotted. Walking on and above the colony of Guillemots, a stench of fish and excrement can be smelt, as a Fulmar scares off a few Jackdaws as it glides closely by them.
Further on down, Thrift can still be seen in bloom on the cliff side, Field Bindweed is many, Wild Carrot and Wild Thyme can be seen, European Gorse, and Guillemots are well in their cave. Sailing by is the TS Royalist Sea Cadets Tall Ship, looking quite spectacular as it does so. While looking at the tall ship through my binoculars, a Greater Black-backed Gull is also seen flying past. In the distance the wonderful singing from Skylarks can be heard from the meadows.
Going up the diagonal path, the wind can be heard going through the mile towers, a Dunnock and Lulworth Skipper are spotted too. In the small woodland, a Chiffchaff, Magpies, Wood Pigeon, Wren and Robins are all heard singing or calling away.