Arriving at the Learning Centre where Wrens can be heard singing away and Magpies call away. Plants spotted are Greater Knapweed, Pyramidal Orchids, Ox-eye Daisies, Birds-foot Trefoil, Agrimony, Field Bindweed, Wild Carrot, Hogweed and Crosswort. As I walk into a small path surrounded by hedges a Robin is heard calling away while a Chaffinch sings as the hedges is full of Blackthorn, Brambles, and Ivy. A Sycamore is passed as the purple flower of Stinking Iris is present close to some Hawthorn.
Crossing Lighthouse Road and into the small woodland, a Robin can be seen high up in an Ash tree, Holm Oak takes over the canopy as I walk on, a Wood Pigeon is seen flying away and Blue Tits are heard calling, Harts-tongue Ferns and Shell Ferns are widely seen. Leaving the woodland and on the Diagonal Path the view of the English Channel opens, it’s fairly turbulent today considering how fair the weather is, perhaps down to an Easterly Wind? Below Hop Trefoil is spotted and above a Lesser Black-backed Gull is seen, as the sun comes out making it feel reasonably pleasant. Solitary Bees can be seen in the Sow-thistles, Herring Gulls are flying around, a Painted Lady butterfly is seen several times, so too is the Speckled Wood. Amongst the European Gorse a Buff-tailed Bumblebee is spotted, while Tamarisk and mile towers signify the end of the Diagonal Path.
Around the Tilly Whim caves, a Stonechat is seen chipping away. Stopping close by I watch out: Many Guillemots in the colony cave, a few Razorbills including one in flight, Fulmars glide in and out, Herring Gulls, Black-backed Gulls, Jackdaws and Rock Pigeons also spotted. A Cormorant can be seen flying out of the cliffs and down onto the English Channel, and a Shag is seen in the distance flying east. Behind me the song of a Chiffchaff, while further away screeches from a Swift can be heard.