Rainfall awoke me this morning and later the rain gauge read 21.3! Leaf fall had blocked a drain puddles punctuated pathways. At least the vegetation looked green a fresh!
White petals from a Viburnum sat on the long meadow cut through path. A Lime tree showed flowers, each having a companion linear leaf. The timeline had a coat of silt and leaf fall which water had carved a passage through. From “Rest & Admire” Peveril Ledges and Old Harry could be seen. Just off Durlston Head was fishing boat FY851. The seahad a brown strip along the rocky shoreline of Durlston Bay. Privet and Enchanters Nightshade flowered under the tree cover. Occasional cascades of water droplets came off overwhelmed leaves of Holm Oak. Before the castle both Mock Orange and Sweet Pea showed welcomed blooms.
By the time I reached to observation point FY851 rounded the head. At least three Greater Black Backed Gulls were perched along the cliff face. I was surprised at the number of Shag about. At one point a quartet were upon the sea of Tilly Whim whilst another stood upon sea edge rock. However, one was clearly a Cormorant as it showed it white throat and breast. Racing Pigeons flew Past the Dolphin Hut as I admired cliff top Agrimony and Charlock. Upon the latter I was to see a pair of Garden Snails in inverted position with raindrops being shed from their bodies. The dominant clifftop flower at present being Wild Carrot. A small linear raft of seabirds consisted of five Razorbills and four Guillemots for a change.
Where upright pairs of leaves met a Teasel, stem pools of water gathered, resembling some sort of insect trap. It was a surprise that despite the rain Micro Moths made short flights between the sward. Below the lowest Mile Marker, Wild Thyme and Kidney Vetch added colour to the rocky Rabbit grazed grassland. Near the demonstration quarr several stems of Common Toadflax kissed the tarmac. A Kestrel in flight went to land at mid height on a Mile Marker ladder but diverted to perch in tree cover near the Goat Plot. A pair of Carrion Crows sat silent upon a Hawthorn. Near the Small Copse I noted a Woolly Thistle stem that had grown along the ground but had sent up vertical growth to support several flower heads. Both a Swallow and a House Martin flew in Skylark-like fluttering over Saxon in the rain.