RSPB Bempton Cliffs - 1st August 2021

 

Black Browed Albatross

Due to home circumstances, I only spent the morning volunteering on the cliffs. The morning started damp with early showers but brightening and remaining mild. A strong north westerly tried to keep temperatures down. 

My good deed for the day, during my litter pick, involved rescuing this Kittiwake Tarrock from the cliff path. Probable damaged / broken wing and blood on its breast. Now off to be cared for at a rescue centre.

Birds of note included the Black Browed Albatross, two Peregrines and hunting Barn Owl. Very few Guillemots and Razorbills remain on the cliffs, still some flying around and some on the sea. Puffins are still here, more obvious now that the Guillemots and Razorbills have thinned out, but most were seen in flight, many carrying sand eels for their young. I would expect all of the Auks to be gone within the next two weeks.

Black Browed Albatross

Gannet Life

Kittiwake Tarrock

Guillemots

Nothing goes to waste, imm Great Black Backed Gulls feeding on what looks to be an adult Gannet

When you carry a camera, sometimes it is the "smaller" wildlife that catches your eye

All images taken handheld with Sony RX10 Mk4, not necessarily with the right settings.