Gliding past the grey cliffs, the sun gleaming on their brilliant white backs were four glorious Gannets, the black wing tips tilting towards me then away, probably, having popped here for breakfast, on their way back to their colony on the Channel Islands.
Around me the scratchy trundling song of a Common Whitethroat coming from a variety of vantage points, one on the Blackthorn, another on the Hawthorn whose blossom was almost ready to burst, tiny white dots still enclosed.
The squeaky song of a Dunnock adding to the noise as was the extraordinary loud trilling song of a Wren, the pale eye-stripe showing as it sung, with cocked tail.
A splash of pink from near the scrub, and the delightful sight of 15 Early Purple Orchids, all fairly tall, but one towering above with an eight inch flower spike and a further 8” stem.
Nearby some much dumpier and deeper purple coloured Green-winged Orchids in full bloom. Lots of Early Spider Orchids still to be found although some are now shrivelled and curled.
Waving in the gentle breeze, the delicate pale blue of the Pale Flax, a smattering at present, many more to come as the month progresses. The dark pink pea-like flower of the Common Vetch hidden amongst the stems of Yorkshire Fog and Coltsfoot grasses.
A Swallow swooping across as it arrives form the south, while watching the skies, suddenly many more to be spotted, a flash of dark blue and then pale underside, and forked tails.
The bright yellow waxy petals of Bulbous Buttercups providing more colour in the fields as are the Cowslips, many of which are now going over.
On the cliffs the Guillemots are occupying the ledges, eggs can be spotted through the camera, watch in the Castle Visitor Centre.
A smothering of white Daisies around the picnic tables and Small-flowered Forget-me-not by the Globe.