A bitterly cold north-westerly wind roars across the park this morning, after a windy night, gusting up to 44mph.
After a grey start, sunshine and blue skies were the order of the morning, with just a few scuffs of high cloud.
The sea roars and crashes against the cliffs, send plumes of spray high into the air at Tilly Whim, with chasing white horses, and sparkling waves making the sea quite hypnotic to watch.
A total of around a dozen Gannets gliding past – it takes amount to pick them out among the white water, with a skein of bulky-looking Brent Geese out on the horizon.
Closer to the cliffs, a Razorbill rolls around in the water as he bathes, with a small squadron of 5 Guillemots passing by, along with several Shags, looking much more ponderous with their steady wing-beats.
Herring Gull, Great Black-backed Gull and Oystercatcher also passing by, as a Peregrine, illuminated by the reddish morning sunshine watching impassively from a rocky outcrop high on the cliffs.
Jackdaws circle overhead, with a Raven also seen – clinging for dear life to the top of the lower Mile Marker.
On the timeline, an amazing Red Cage Fungus is in fruit – an intricate crimson cage, almost the size of watermelon – best seen today, as they collapse into a heap of red mush in a couple of days.
Around Caravan Terrace, Long-tailed Tit, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Chaffinch, Bullfinch, Robin, Wren, Dunnock and Blackbird all foraging among the sheltered scrub.
A Sparrowhawk zooms along the side of Long Meadow, with a Green Woodpecker bobbing its way across, as if suspended from a piece of elastic.
Winter Heliotrope is in bloom near the Small Copse – not much to look at, but with a delicious marzipan scent.