A still, misty morning, following the warmest day of the year so far, with the sea and sky blurring together into golden ribbon above the sea.
As spring approaches, the woodland floor is starting to come back to life, with pale yellow Primroses, china white Snowdrops, delicate blue Spring Crocuses all starting to bloom. Hazel catkins and the tiny pink female flowers can also be found around the Aviary Glade, with Crack Willow covered in fluffy flowers, though a nearby Sallow has yet to come into flower.
The fresh heart-shaped leaves of Dog Violet, deeply cut leaves of Herb Robert, delicate leaves of Cow Parsley and tightly furled leaves of Cuckoo Pint and 'blades' of Stinking Iris and Three-cornered Leek are all emerging, creating a varied palette of greens.
Among the grass of the Aviary Glade, the fine corkscrew leaves of Crow Garlic poke out above the grass, which is scattered with new Daisy flowers.
A male Bullfinch, perched in the scrub above Caravan Terrace looks fantastically bright on this rather overcast morning, with the songs of Blackbird, Chaffinch, Blackcap and Great, Blue and Long-tailed Tits echoing between the trees and rocks above a softly murmuring sea.
Along the clifftop, Fulmars glide in smooth spirals on the stiff wings, as a Shag flaps ponderously back to the cliffs with a beak-full of twigs and seaweed. A Great Black-backed Gull dwarfs the Herring Gulls above him, as a noisy gang of Jackdaws settle among the branches of a Tamarisk below the Observation Point, bouncing on the thin branches like glossy black fruit.
A Raven calls out it's harsh 'cronk' from the top of the Mile Markers as it's partner flaps by - the diamond shaped tail distinguishing it from the other members of the crow family (along with the size).
A Roe Deer (his antlers still covered in 'velvet' bounds up the Milepost Slope ahead of me, before disappearing into a flowering patch of Gorse.