A charm of nine Goldfinches passed over the centre whilst a pair of Carrion Crow loitered on the rabbit mown “lawns” below. The vocal cords of the wind were in several forms today: Hawthorn branches creaked as they rubbed against each other; the lowest Mile Marker had the wind whistle through its frame; a low hum was created as the wind passed the overhead wires.
Plenty of white wavelets decorated the sea. Only a trio of immature Herring Gull upon the water and one Shag represented sea bird life this morning. Less than a handful of Jackdaws were seen about the clifftop. A steamship coasted past the gully mouth heading towards Swanage with its single smoke stack and two bare masts. All I can say it was not the Waverley nor Balmoral.
In the gully a Blackcap appeared out of a plateau of wind levelled Hawthorn. A female Stonechat put in an appearance sporting a brown back and orange tinged breast. Another thirty Goldfinches passed by. I spied Swallow and House Martin activity above the upper gully, however, they moved inland. More appeared over the wares and near the Small Copse with Swallows being the most prominent performing their sharp turns.
A Pin Cushion (or Bedeguar) Gall stood out on another empty thorny stem of a Wild Rose. Plenty of acorns swayed on the far-reaching limbs of Holm Oak at the copse. Elsewhere a carpet of fallen Field Maple Masts carpeted the floor.
Another discarded Wasp Spider was found upon the wares. However, more curious was the moth that I initially took to be a beetle crawling through the grass. Its abdomen was most pronounced at its wings failed to cover it. I need to look this one up.
As I stood at the Stevenson Screen I heard both Hereford Cattle and colleagues as the latter steered the former into South Field. Hopefully thye work party at caravan terrace today should not smoke out the castle with the bonfire. Dolphin Watcher Dixie had no Dolphin sightings but reported a Peregrine Falcon perched on the clifftop below the coast path.