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I really wanted to see the puffins and this weekend is supposed to be the last time you can see them this year, so off we went to Bempton Cliffs.
I managed to snap one truely terrible shot of a puffin (below) before the heavens opened and I got totally and utterly soaked to the skin! I drove home without my trousers on!!
Had a great afternoon at Bempton Cliff's the only thing that spoiled it was the sea fog coming in then going making it had to get photos's
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.
A visit to RSPB Bempton Cliffs reserve south of Scarborough, combined with lunch at Flamborough head, provided plenty of opportunity to observe the nesting Gannets, Fulmars and Kittiwakes at close quarters, whilst Shags were to be seen skimming the coastline just offshore. Bempton is the only mainland Gannet colony and presents quite a spectacle with thousands of birds rearing large grey fluffy chicks on the precipitous chalk cliffs
Shot of a gannet (Morus bassanus) taken at the RSPB reserve at Bempton Cliffs, East Riding of Yorkshire. Bempton remains the UK's largest mainland breeding colony for gannets.
Alternative title: "Excuse me... but you appear to have something stuck in your teeth!".
Not the greatest of inflight shots, i struggled to make out many of the fulmars flying around and i could not see many nesting on the cliffs.
Almost gull-like, this grey and white seabird is related to the albatrosses. It flies low over the sea on stiff wings, with shallow wingbeats, gliding and banking to show its white underparts then grey upperparts. At its breeding sites it will fly high up the cliff face, riding the updraughts. They will feed in flocks out at sea. They defend their nests from intruders by spitting out a foul-smelling oil.