The day started with the sounds of a Bird Ringers recording the species of small birds captured in the nets, after checking, identifying, weighing and ringing they are released to continue their flight. The ringers and public attending the session were lucky enough to see Blue Tit, Great Tit, Dunnock, Robin, Chiffchaffs, Goldcrest, Firecrest, Redwing and Song Thrush close up.
Further out across the meadows a smattering of Swallows and House Martins were still darting about, the drove a great place to watch them as they were swooping down it, skimming past at my head height.
Higher overhead a flock of Meadow Pipits, another of Goldfinches and some Linnets passed by, their calls ensuring my identification was correct.
Perched on the branch of a Wayfaring Tree was a Redwing, my view not quite as good as that of the ringers, but still close enough to admire the pale eye stripe and flash of red under the wing, visible as it adjusted its position on the branch.
Overhead a Kestrel was circling, deciding on the best place to stop and hover, while doing this it was buzzed by two Swallows. A second Kestrel was perched on the top of a Sycamore Tree using this as its vantage point.
As I walked around the headland two Shags were skimming the water, while at clifftop height a Cormorant was flying by, the difference in head shape easy to compare for once.
A Peregrine Falcon hung in the sky, a much chunkier body than the Kestrels, the dark almost blue colouration on its back seen as it altered direction.
A few splashes of colour in the woods come from the exotic Buddleia and Fuchsia as well as the berries Snowberry, Haws, Blackberry and the ropes of Black Bryony.