A glorious spring morning, with high white clouds tumbling across a bright blue sky and the sea shimmering with sparks of gold.
Above the meadows, Skylarks fill the air with their exultant carolling, with oceans of pale yellow Cowslips bobbing in the breeze. The first few Bulbous Buttercups are starting to appear, with red-tinged Salad Burnet and bright pink Early Purple Orchids.
The hedgerows are full of flowering Blackthorn, with white petals drifting like confetti in the breeze. Whitethroats, Blackcaps, Chiffchaffs, Song Thrushes, Blue, Great and Long-tailed Tits all weave among the blossom as they hunt for breakfast.
On the downs, red and yellow Birdsfoot Trefoil (or Bacon and Eggs) is starting to bloom, along with the first electric blue Chalk Milkwort, Green-winged Orchid and hundreds (or maybe thousands) of Early Spider Orchids.
As I stopped to examine the flowery turf, a pair of mating Lesser Bloody-nose Beetles plod past in front of me – the male carried along on the back of the much larger female.
The wrinkled leaves of Wood Sage are also emerging, along with the huge, furry leaves of Burdock, while at the woodland edge, the bright blue flowers of Green Alkanet are a picture, among drifts of flowering Cow Parsley.
The creamy umbels of Wayfaring Tree look magnificent among the fresh green leaves of Hawthorn (tinged with pink), with fresh Honeysuckle leaves starting to scramble over the scrub.
The cliffs are bustling with activity, with Guillemots and Razorbills bobbing on a sparkling sea, with Fulmars, Shags, Herring Gulls, Great Black-backed Gulls, Peregrine and Kestrel all on the wing.
As I returned to the Centre, a squadron of Swallows whizz past above me, heading in off the sea after their long journey.