Birds, animals and flowers during afternoon walk along the cliff from Thornwick Bay in the direction of Bempton - 8th June 2026

After my morning walk in Flamborough village and lunch in my holiday accommodation, I decided to go for a walk along the cliff from Thornwick Bay

On my way up to the cliff, I saw a male Stonechat

and a female Stonechat

Meadow Pipit perching on one of the posts at the edge of fields near the cliff path

View of Filey and Filey Brigg from the clifftop path

Pretty wild Orchid growing in a meadow

Plenty of Hemlock and/or Cow Parsley in a field at the edge of the path

Looking back towards the two distant lighthouses on Flamborough Head

Relaxed-looking sheep resting in long grass

Northern Fulmar resting lower down on the side of the cliff

Pair of Atlantic Puffins on the cliff edge

Razorbill and False Mayweed flowers

Puffins resting on the side of the steep cliff face

Northern Fulmar sitting on the edge of the rocky cliff

Further on, in another recess in the cliff, there were more Puffins

There was also a pair of Fulmars

and a wing-flapping Razorbill

Some pretty wildflowers on the cliff as I turned round and began to walk back towards Thornwick Bay

Painted Lady butterfly perching on Cow Parsley flower

A third Fulmar was trying to join a pair on the side of the cliff - it was quickly sent away!

There was also an annoying Razorbill above the pair of Fulmars

Peace at last!

Silver-ground Carpet Moth on a wildflower

Relaxed sheep

Lovely carpet of Red Campion and Cow Parlsey/Hemlock in a dip at the edge of the cliff

Heading back towards Thornwick Bay, which is in the distance

It was raining somewhere!

Lots of lovely grasses in front of the holiday park

Back at the holiday park, there was a Chiffchaff on a stem above the hedge by Thornwick nature reserve

Male Greenfinch singing in the late afternoon sunshine

Blackbird singing on top of a pine tree at the holiday park

Flowers from a climbing shrub near my holiday accommodation

Lovely Valerian flowers near the path by my holiday home

 

Wildlife on Brownsea Island, Dorset - 10th October 2025

I visited Ham Common at Rockley Park on my way to the bus stop and saw a Stonechat on a fir tree

This ragged Red Admiral butterfly was resting on a post near the entrance to Brownsea Island

Lots of Spoonbills were standing towards the back of the lagoon

The two Peacocks that live on Brownsea were perching on a bench in the churchyard

One told me off for taking photographs!!

A Chiffchaff flew down from a tree and was perching on a fallen branch in the waterlily pond

View of Round Island from the edge of Brownsea

Avocet with leg bracelets wading across the lagoon in front of the aptly-named Avocet hide

I was lucky enough to see the female Kingfisher again - posing on two different wooden poles in front of the Avocet hide

I was unlucky with the Red Squirrels during this second visit to Brownsea Island and just managed to photograph this one hiding behind a clump of grass before I had to catch the last ferry back to Poole

I stopped to photograph a Sika deer in the churchyard while on my way back to get the homeward ferry