Barn Owl
This morning did not start at all well! My mobile phone died and the battery could not be resuscitated! Panic! Quick look on line and a replacement sourced and amazingly, will be delivered this afternoon! I felt that part of me was missing as I undertook my early morning exercise walk!
A slight weather improvement with sunny periods but the northerly wind, albeit lighter in strength, still cooled.
It was good to see one of the local Barn Owls hunting but again it remained distant...
A rather wind dishevelled Yellowhammer...
And a more sheltered Common Whitethroat...
On the cliffs, the business of breeding carries on. There is much cloacal kissing, here with Razorbills...
And Guillemots...
Nest building and reconstruction continues. Here, "under supervision" in Herring Gulls...
And independent...
Kittiwakes gathering mud...
It is difficult to see many eggs on the ledges, but many of the Auks are adopting a "brooding" posture. Eggs are obviously present as witnessed by these predated eggs that have probably fed one of the Herring Gulls...
Unattended eggs make it easy for predators such as Herring Gulls and Corvids. However, none of these Razorbills showed any responsibility towards the egg...
And finally, glorious Gannets...
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All visitor facilities at Bempton Cliffs are currently closed. Public rights of way remain open.
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