Be grateful that Anvil Point Lighthouse has no Foghorn, for it would have been active. Before Kevin Ferrioli and I entered the garden he spoked the fresh spoil piles of a burrowing insect, possibly Bees or wasp. In the garden pond we found sixteen Smooth Newts meanwhile, under a reptile sheet were five Slow Worms. Coiled in a 2 and a 3 were 3 males & 2 females including 2 juveniles. Three stems of Lady’s Smock / Cuckoo Pint were close to opening white flowers beside the pond. Two clusters of Bog Bean flower heads poked out of the water. At the water’s edge plenty of leaves were upon the Dwarf Willow. Ground Elder flowers were at path edges along with some Herb Robert. We delighted a seeing a few Cowslips at the edge of narrow path, however, one Early Spider Orchid was a further delight. An unidentified Sedge also showed its simple flowers. A Dandelion stood naked; its seed clock having been dispersed.
Plenty of Garden Snails were active, perhaps due to moist conditions. One left a 6-centimetre slime trail behind it upon short grass. Another was amongst Gorse flowers and needles. One was A Banded Snail was amongst the thorns, blossom, and leaves of Blackthorn.
Near the gully mouth we still could not see the Lighthouse upon the opposite side. We could see some sea from the cliff tops. Kevin spotted a Bloody-nosed Beetle scaling the side of a coastal wall. Initially only a cluster of eight Razor Bills were seen upon the brine. However, some sixty birds, mostly Guillemot, were offshore nearer the Dolphin Hut. It was interesting to find a solitary Raven perched just below the observation point. Today only one Fulmars was seen in activity.
Upon a Stinking Iris leaf was a Nursery Web Spider poised to punce upon any prey.
Yesterday, on the North South Drove there was evidence of Badger activity with several latrines just by the Eight Acres pedestrian Gate. In the woodland the white flowers of Ramsons have emerged.