This morning sun caused the dew on the meadows to glisten. Indeed at times I was dazzled by the glare of the sun reflected from the white Blackthorn blossom and yellow Gorse flowers. An absence of clouds created an initially cool start and the sound of a ships fog horn indicated sea mist off shore. I was delighted to finally find two Early Spider Orchids in flower at the hay-rake quarr in Saxon field. The second stem had its flower only just peering past its bracts. The shallow quarry scrape is full of variety from bare rock or soil to short even mossy turf to longer grasses and bramble at its margins. At this scrub / grass interface I saw my first Early Purple Orchid spike of the year! Indeed there were plenty more healthy fleshy spotted tongue like basal rosette leaves to be indicate further future flowers! Under the cover of the Small Copse a few Bluebells were in flower although plenty had been munched upon by Rabbits! King Alfred cake / Batchelor’s balls black charcoal like fungi decorated a dead Ash stem. Plenty more Cowslips can now be seen and even the Greater Periwinkle returned to the coast path near the globe despite our scrub edge management! I only brief saw an unidentified flitting butterfly as well as Hoverflies and Bees in the sun. Clumsily stumbling over the grass blades were a pair of Craneflies whilst Cuckoo spit on the shaded side of the Lighthouse Road cutting indicated the presence of a Frog Hopper. An insectivorous Swallow put in a brief appearance. After hearing the grating call of a Jay it flew east ward of the Large Copse. Somewhere a Green Woodpecker waffled whilst later some Woodpecker drumming was heard. Apparently Woodpeckers will drum to communicate not just the find wood boring insects. They have even been known to drum upon and break the porcelain insulators on overhead cable mast! At one point a pair of Chaffinches clashed in mid-flight, “territorial or a pairing dance?” I wondered. A Dunnock emerged from a scrub margin and a Blackcap was seen in the gully. I believed the most vociferous bird song in the gully today came from a Garden Warbler, whilst a Song Thrush merely was seen on the edge of Saxon quarr. There were surprisingly few Jackdaws about this morning although a few Magpies and Carrion Crows investigated the grasslands for food. I saw myself plenty of worm casts.