Basking on the rocks just by my feet was a Wall Brown butterfly, bright orange-brown looking like it has just recently emerged. To my left on the purple buddleia flower was a Painted Lady butterfly and a Comma.
The sound of a Stonechats as they flitted amongst the Gorse, these birds drawing attention to themselves as were the Goldfinches that tinkled to each other as they flew overhead before dropping onto the top of a Hawthorn.
Along the cliffs, where the Tamarisk has just been cut to improve the views, Common Whitethroats, Wren and Dunnock were all spotted, while on the rocks below families of Shags stood about, 12 of these large greenish black birds counted.
At Tilly Whim the Rock Pipits were flitting about while suddenly the screeching of a young Peregrine Falcon burst onto the scene, looking up 2 juveniles were in flight, chasing each other across the sky making lots of noise.
On the cliffs large, patches of Rock Samphire can be found alongside the mass of Wild Carrot and the odd Carrot Broomrape, this parasitic plant looks a bit like dead shrivelled orchid.
The mauve flowers of our very own Durlston Rock Sea Lavender are now out, and as I admired them a Summer Chafer caught my attention as it plodded across the dry brown turf. This Chafer then caught its foot on something and tumbled upside down legs flapping in the air, a quick rescue turned it the right way up!
Clambering and tumbling across the scrub a mass of Old Man’s Beard, green leaves and small white-cream flowers.
On the ground Squinancywort and Eyebright still in bloom and some good examples of Stemless Thistle with large purple flower heads.
The Lulworth Skipper butterflies are numerous at the moment, fluttering around the downland, their dull brown wing colour occasionally showing, when they stopped moving, its delicate golden crescent on the forewing.
Almost impossible to see in the middle of the meadow was a young Roe Deer, only when it bounded off was it obvious, if it hadn’t moved I would have walked right passed it.