Rain upon arrival little sight nor sound of anything to start. A stream flowed off the grassland onto the tarmac of lighthouse road where a small delta deposited fine clay silt. Jackdaws were chuckling up above me. With such surface water I had to investigate to see if we had a Winterbourne in the gully, but not as yet.
Despite or perhaps because of the swell two Shags rode and dove the waves off Tilly Whim. Later at least four Shags headed east perhaps one being the one I later saw within Durlston Bay. A Herring Gull as well as some fifty Guillemots also took on the challenge of the rolling waves. Another sixty Guillemots remained upon the ledge whilst there was plenty of travel from land to sea. Within the raft at least one pair of birds were beak swiping, I suspected they were Razorbills but rain splattered lenses helped not! A trio of Fulmars circuited close to the clifftops. I did manage to see a 30cm driftwood plant presumably a piece of pallet. A cliff clutching bird huddled in the sward, although I suspected in was a mere Jackdaw it struck me as rather too still, a Peregrine perhaps?
Upon the coast path near the Globe some Welk egg cases had been either carried up on the wind or by a bird. I was surprised to discover a Badger hole under the Tamarisk which I had no noticed before, however, the number of twigs around it suggested it was dormant. Elsewhere Fox droppings were effective scent markers with fine feather spine suggesting birds had been eaten. Sea Samphire showed its succulent leaves.
I heard and saw most variety of birds as I passed the Noon Bench. One Blackbird chased another only to be followed by a third. After much noise they disappeared into the scrub and things went quiet. A Great Tit flew past in front of me after hopping from Burdock to Elder to Sycamore. I was pleasantly surprised by the clusters of Primroses in flower on caravan terrace.