Whilst one Carrion Crow, perched above the non-working anemometer (wind meter) on the Learning Centre roof, its partner sat on top of the adjacent Sycamore. Two Blackbirds crossed my path before I reached the first gateway. My paused coincided with one of the Crows calling.
In the distance the waffle of a Green Woodpecker was broadcast. A septet of Wood Pigeon set up from the Large Copse whilst in the distance a Magpie flew from the meadows to the down land. A further duo of Carrion Crows occupied the sward of Saxon Meadow whilst braying of a Donkey could be heard.
Upon the upper Mile Marker, a pair of silent Jackdaws perched whilst much chatter came from their counter parts at the Lighthouse. Despite the cloud its height was such that all the Isle of Wight was seen which included St. Catherine Lighthouse exchanging “winks” with Anvil Point!
The fluffy white tails of two Rabbits undulated as they scurried from grassland to scrub cover. Amongst the gully escarpment much of the Privet retained its leaves whilst clumps in the open did not.
Due to the absence of much wildlife I retreated to the cliff tops where two Fulmar flew in a circling manner cliffside. I estimated some sixty Guillemots in the cave with another thirty upon the water. A pair of “brown looking” wildfowl flew west which I suggest might have been “Gadwall”. Looking up from my pocket bird book I witness a Peregrine Falcon travelling with a bird in its talons. Myself and a pair of photographers believed it to have caught a Rock Dove.
Heading back up the coastal slope a Song Thrush made an appearance on the short sward before disappearing into Gorse cover. At least three fishing vessels were seen today heading west ready to drop their pots.