Bempton Cliffs Walk (Some of the Birds) - 27th February 2022

 

Hello, I'm back! Have you missed me?

A glorious early morning walk to the cliffs, blue sky and sunshine, but a strong, cool, south westerly. Cliff Lane started the ball rolling with Yellowhammers singing out and the accidental flushing of at least three Grey Partridges. The walk down to the cliffs was serenaded by singing Sky Larks. Approaching the cliffs the calls changed to guttural growling with thousands of Auks on the ledges, sea and in flight. The Guillemots and Razorbills were back in town! (My first Razorbills of the year!). I wouldn't be at all surprised if someone with a scope, scanning the rafts on the sea, doesn't find a Puffin or two! Of course, Fulmars and Gannets were in good numbers as well.

Razorbills

Guillemots (with some "Bridled" Guillemots)

"Let sleeping Bridled Guillemots sleep" or...

...Just poke them in the eye!

Male Guillemot on the left, female on the right. How do I know?...

 

... easy - when they start mating!

Fulmars

Gannets

"I told you to bring me a fish, where is it?"

"Go back and get me one!"

A small gift for my beloved!

All images taken handheld with Sony RX10 Mk4. Sorry about the Fulmar images!

Bempton Cliffs Walk (Simplistic Sunrise) - 27th February 2022

 

It was not my intention to capture the sunrise this morning, but as I was up we started our walk to the cliffs. There was no bright red pre-sunrise, in fact the sky looked a very washed out pale! As we started our walk up Cliff Lane, a glow started to appear and my step quickened in order to get past the unsightly caravan park. At the top of the first rise the sun began to rise above the horizon, so was fair game for capture! It did allow for what I refer to as a "simplistic" sunrise.

Once on the cliffs, the sun had brightened considerably! Nice to see and feel but rather horrid for photography!

All images taken handheld with Sony RX10 Mk4.

Aspects of Bridlington Harbour & Bay (Some of the Birds) - 26th February 2022

 

Purple Sandpiper

A decent day at last! I missed the low tide waders due to capturing images of the sunrise (separate blog post), so when I did get back to the harbour, the tide was covering most of the mud. I managed to capture Turnstone and Purple Sandpiper on the harbour rocks and Sanderling on the last remaining sand. The Redshanks were hunkered down at the back of the fish dock and I couldn't find any Dunlin or anything else of interest!

Turnstone

Purple Sandpiper

Sanderling

Herring Gulls

All images taken handheld with Sony RX10 Mk4.

Aspects of Bridlington Harbour & Bay - 26th February 2022

 

An almost unheard of situation today, market day and decent weather, almost as rare as rocking horse 💩! A walk around the harbour just before and during sunrise was rather special.

Later in the day, a few brave souls ventured out into the bay on the pirate boat

All images taken handheld with Sony RX10 Mk4.