
I began to walk along the clifftop path when, to my surprise and delight, a single medium-sized bird flew overhead. I was unsure what kind of bird it was until it suddenly started hovering over a patch of brambles.
I quickly snapped a couple of photographs and a short video. Google Lens later identified it as either a peregrine falcon or a sparrowhawk. Sadly, I’m sure it was probably the latter, as I have seen a lot of sparrows or dunnocks flying around these brambles.
I continued walking along the pathway and I noticed several gulls flying overhead and above the beach. I photographed a line of gulls perched on a line of posts, obviously part of a breakwater, showing above the waves.

I saw quite a few sparrows flying around in and out of the hebe shrubs on the promenade gardens. I was happy the predatory hawk I photographed earlier had disappeared, although sadly nature has ways and means of feeding the hungry.
Today, I walked for 2.57 miles in 55 minutes.
Google Fit awarded me 35 heart points.
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