The Daily Nature Log
The Narrative
The temperature in Sheringham sat at 9°C, though the northeasterly breeze nipped it down to a perceived 7°C. After Margaret dropped me at the golf club gates, I skirted the course, accompanied by a heavy presence of jackdaws—easily the most common birds on the scene today.

   The flora was out in force: purple Honesty tucked beneath damson shrubs, blue Greater Periwinkle pushing through the weeds, and carpets of Green Alkanet and Red Dead-nettle. At the cliffs, the tide was high, creating a rhythmic “skiffle-board” rattle as the waves tumbled over the stones.

I managed to capture the local residents on camera, including two cormorants on a sea groyne, gulls patrolling the heights, and a remarkably bold wood pigeon that refused to budge from its fence.

Nature, however, reclaimed the clifftop path. An avenue of Alexanders and Mallow was unfortunately swamped by a massive infestation of small black flies, forcing a tactical retreat. I finished the circuit via the promenade gardens, watching sparrows darting through the Hebe, before passing a lady with a Schnauzer and snapping one final starling at the gates.
The Stats
Location: Sheringham Golf Club & Clifftops
Distance: 2.49 miles
Duration: 54 minutes
Conditions: 9°C (felt like 7°C), NE wind (6-7 mph)
Key Flora: Honesty (Lunaria), Greater Periwinkle, Green Alkanet, Red Dead-nettle, Alexanders, Mallow
Key Fauna: Jackdaws, Cormorants, Wood Pigeon, Sparrows, Starling, “The Infestation”
Fitness: 22 Google Fit Heart Points

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