A fantastic morning out on the park, with the orange and brown and yellows of the leaves catching the low morning sunlight. So through the woods to enjoy the autumnal colours where the leaves on the English Oaks have changed colour but many are still covering the trees, the contrast with the Ashes is stark as the leaves are almost all still green. On the ground the large fallen leaves of Sycamore, Horse Chestnut and Field Maple crunching underfoot.
Scampering up the trunks of the evergreen Holm Oak were 3 Squirrels, fun to watch as they swept round the rough bark.
From the tops of the Small-leaved Lime came the calling twitters of some Goldfinches, a quick scan discovered these black, red, white and gold birds moving through the remaining leaves, while the high pitched calling of Goldcrests came from nearby.
Lots of berries still to find across the park, from the small round pale clumps of Bay, to the bright pink double berries of Spindle, with Blackberries, Haws and Black Bryony, in between.
In amongst a small patch of Hawthorns were 4 Redwings, the berries attractive to them, the pale stripe above the eye making them easy to tell at a distance for the Song Thrush which was also perched on the same bush.
Down in Durlston Bay a flock of Black-headed Gulls, the bright white leading edges on their wings catching the attention. Taking flight from the rocks was a Rock Pipit this little grey bird flitting across my eye line.
Checking on the Hereford Cattle as I walked up through the meadows, saw Jackdaws, Jays, Magpies, Carrion Crows all in the field, while overhead a Raven flew.