As I started off my walk the strange sound of a Parakeet squawked loudly from above me, this large bird easily spotted with its long tail and almost triangular shape.
Further along the beautiful song of a Blackcap filled the air, this grey bird with a jet black cap on its head perched amongst the pale green leaves of the Ash tree.
Amongst the large patch of prickly Gorse came the twittering of some Linnets, when these delightful bird had their backs facing me the body and tail had a white edging, while their fronts are pink.
Along the path the deep purple flowers of Bittersweet or Woody Nightshade, as it is also known, looking a little like a tomato. Nearby the my first of the year flowering Stinking Iris noticed, this unusually dark lilac for this species.
The cackle of a Green Woodpecker as it rose and dropped across the sky, the yellow rump being highlighted by the early morning light.
A strange fluttering from nearby caught my attention, as I watched this noise producer it turned out to be two Blue Tits rolling almost like a ball as they grabbed hold of each others, wings fluttering and beaks pecking. As this carried on they tumbled off the three foot high wall and continued their fight as they rolled down the slope, eventually separating and going opposite ways.
Dangling off a variety of plants, including Tamarisk was the white frothy bubbles of Cuckoo Spit, each concealing a tiny froghopper nymph.
At sea a Gannet glided just above the water surface, the white wings brilliantly obvious above the still grey water. Scattered all across the water were Guillemots, their constant rolling and tumbling in the water easily heard in the quiet of the early morning.
A few Wild Carrot umbels, a deep pink in colour alongside the yellow of Horseshoe Vetch and Bird’s-foot Trefoil.