Saturday 26 May 2018

Bempton

Last Sunday morning we drove over to Bempton, luckily i'd checked the weather beforehand as we were leaving behind 18°+ temperatures in Leeds to barely 11, rolling fog and a cliff top wind! I felt for the people who hadn't, there were a lot of shivering folk in shorts through the morning!

So wrapped up we walked onto the cliffs surrounded by the sounds of Meadow Pipits, Whitethroat and the odd Skylark too. We saw several of these large caterpillars, i'm not sure what they are.


Right from the off we spotted Puffins on the cliffs, there were 6 huddled up and a few flying about. In fact we have never seen so many in a visit before, maybe because we came at little earlier this year?








The cliffs were full of birds and we saw Kittiwakes, Herring Gull, Razorbill, Guillemot and even managed to find a couple of Fulmar too.

Razorbills




 Guillemots



Kittiwake


Herring Gull


Fulmar!


Razorbill


Gannets






Fulmar


Kittiwake


At one part the Kittiwakes were constantly flying backwards and forwards over the path and into the fields to pick up mouthfuls of grass.


We saw an egg on the floor, a really big egg that we thought must have come from a Gannet because of the size but it turned out to be a Guillemot egg!


A few Swallows were flying about and a Kestral swooped up from the cliffs and flew right in front of us and over the tops. The fog rolled about the cliffs most of the morning but didn't really hinder any views.




Jackdaw 



Tree Sparrow


A quick look in the managers garden and we were on hour way home....to warm up a little in the sun!



10 comments:

  1. I have always wanted to visit Bempton Cliffs but have never managed it. I swear that if ever I visit the UK again it will be at the top of my list.

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    1. It is definitely worth a visit, the birds, the views, the surrounding areas.... May/June is the best time for the birds.

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  2. Lovely collection of photos :) I love visiting Bempton!

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    1. Thanks Louise, it's a beautiful place!

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  3. How wonderful,I love Bempton. Love to see the puffins and hear the noise all the birds make:)

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    1. The noise is immense at times! It's a great place to go.

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  4. A super selection of images and so many birds :) Bempton is a place I have never visited but one I would love to go to. It looks wonderful there.

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    1. Thank you :) It's well worth a trip!

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  5. What an excellent post...So many awesome birds! Puffins are such a colorful bird, and that egg looks like an object'd'art!

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    1. Thanks Sondra, I love seeing the Puffins! We should have put something next to the egg to show the size, hard to believe a Guillemot could produce it!

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