An energetic predawn climb, up the overgrown Green Path, had to carry bramble averse Bracken. The dawn chorus was wonderful, with Wren, Chiffchaff, Blackcap and Blackbird singing with incredible intensity. At the top, this was replaced with Skylark and Woodpigeon in a massed sussuration.
Two Buzzards hovered in a gentle yet persistent breeze. A Swift started feeding overhead. The Rooks, who we had watched fly down to roost last night from the garden, flew west, over us, with their characteristic croaking contact calls.
The mist across the Pevensey Levels was beautiful, as the sun rose over the High Weald horizon in the east.
