East Coast

On Saturday we headed over to the coast with Bempton up first. It was fairly busy as usual for this time of year but we got good views of the cliffs and the birds.

The wind was howling today, i've never been when it's been this bad before but it did make for some great shots of the birds being buffeted about! Of course it also made for cold hands trying to hold the camera and binoculars still too.

We saw Razorbills, Guillemots, Puffins, Kittiwakes, Fulmar and Gannets. There were plenty of birds sat on chicks and eggs, it can't be very comfortable for the Gannets sat on some of those large chicks on the small nests!

On the cliff tops there were Jackdaws, Crows, Tree Sparrows, Swallows and Meadow Pipits.

A quick look in the garden had a few more Tree Sparrows, Greenfinch, Goldfinch and a Mallard and we were back to the car for a bit of lunch.

The sun had come out by now and we headed up to Filey, I'd arranged to meet my cousin for a coffee mid afternoon so we were a little pushed for time but decided to have a walk around the top of the Brigg.

Little bit of a mistake here as the country park was being used as the finish point for a cycle race so it was chaos up there, still once we'd parked up and walked on to the cliffs it wasn't too bad. The wind was still quite strong but the sun was out still so it wasn't cold. 

There were Pipits everywhere here popping up out of the grass along with Swallows swooping over it. A lone Pied Wagtail was flying in and out of the benches. Out over the water and on the cliffs were plenty of birds including Cormorants, Fulmar, Kittiwakes, Razorbill and Guillemots.

This beetle was almost camouflaged on the ground, a Green Tiger Beetle I think.

It was only a short walk but worth it for the views alone!

I'm not sure why they put a lampstand in the water but the Cormorant seemed to like it.......................