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A menacing looking group of gannets closing in on the Yorkshire Belle's wake. They've all got one thing in their sights, which we happen to have a barrel of on board: herring.
A July return to Bempton Cliffs after a previous visit in March. The majority of the Auks had left withsome juveniles still on the cliffs. More 2nd and 3rd year Gannets in evidence and plenty of immature Kittiwakes about.
Puffins are any of three small species of alcids in the bird genus Fratercula with a brightly coloured beak during the breeding season. These are pelagic seabirds that feed primarily by diving in the water.
Adults are large and bright white with black wingtips. They are distinctively shaped with a long neck and long pointed beak, long pointed tail, and long pointed wings. At sea they flap and then glide low over the water, often travelling in small groups. They feed by flying high and circling before plunging into the sea
Here's a look back to a coastal visit earlier in the year.
The full six foot wingspan is well seen in this view taken in the spring on our recent trip to Bempton. This is for sure somewhere I must return to when I have little more time.
Nice to see him again. Spent most of the day asleep on the cliff then went well out to sea for a wash and brush up. Late afternoon, he did as predicted and flew back in to the cliff and put on an airshow. Bempton Cliffs, Yorkshire, UK.