Upon a coppiced stool of Japanese Spindle, a Jay perched beside the approach road. Crossing the road were three Robins, of which there many more this morning. Whilst a Magpie loitered about the car park edges a Kestrel was hovering with steady wing beats near the Learning Centre.
The road verge on Castle approach showed the fresh leaves of Alkanet and Lords & Ladies. Of course, a scattering of Jackdaws was perched about the castle, whether these birds joined the thirty that were later cliffside I could not be sure. The Great black backed gull that had been perched above the Guillemot cave headed out to sea with a partner. On the sea below amongst a loose raft of Guillemots were two Razorbills. The raft was to increase from a dozen to twenty-six after the departures of the Great black backed gull and one of the Peregrine Falcons. Two of the Falcons had been perched near the cliff top within proximity of each other. The bird that had been looking west chose to fly off in that direction and perch near Tilly Whim ledge.
At the lowest mile marker, a Carrion Crow perched on the ladder. Both the marker and my shadow were cast inland on the gully slope. At the gully bridge a good dozen Woodpigeon occupied the large Sycamore. This tree was vacated then visited by a Chaffinch and then a Blue Tit. One Raven put in a fleeting appearance as it swept over the quarr landscape of the coastal slopes, however, it soon returned and ventured back inland. In the gully bottom itself a silent Song Thrush was spotted amongst the Blackthorn. In the sky above the moon was in its last quarter. It was so quieter that aircraft could be heard as well as quarry vehicles and lapping waves.
The fruits of both Hawthorn and Ivy were still be found. Whilst I took the weather readings a Green Woodpecker waffled out of vision.