Today I was delighted at having not found something...a Sika Deer Fawn. Yesterday I reluctantly moved a young fawn which was in the mouth of the gully close to the coast path. This young mammal was breathing but weak; it had scratches to its head from possible a bird of prey or a dog. It is seldom wise to move young animals for fear that the parents will not return to them. However, in this case I moved it up the gully ravine to taller ground cover and shade.
This morning my entire patrol was with this fawn in mind. I was initially relieved to find fresh deer faeces. Then I saw the Sika doe in the gully not far from where I had left the fawn. I discovered the fawn not be where I had left it however, a clear “form” was in the vegetation indicating where the doe had sat near by.
At last I could continue on my patrol. From Lighthouse Road I heard the Guillemots “laughing” out at sea. It was the calls of two Oystercatchers which enabled me to catch site of them flying westward off Till Whim. Within my gully adventure I sent a Green Woodpecker up from the ground (harvest ants I assume), within the scrub were Greenfinches, Redpoll, Stonechats, Great and Blue Tits and fleeting glimpse of a Wren. Interestingly I heard two Chiff Chaffs with their calls “overlapping” whilst a Song Thrush provided the best vocals perched near a rock outcrop within the gully.
Whilst taking care seeking for “my” fawn I manage to get within 10 metres of Rabbit. It was a delighted to find the Yellow Wort flowers finally developing soon to open whilst Common Toadflax is out fully. However, I did not feel the same upon discovery of Ragwort in a similar state as it means work for us all! Flowers close to the ground included the yellow of Black Medic. I was confronted by a tall cloud of flowers upon Wild Cabbage at the edge of some scrub! To provide some variety the pink (to me) of the Rest Harrow decorated some edges of Lighthouse Road.