Bempton Cliffs RSPB......Seabird City.....Saturday 12th June 2021.

A day out visiting this superb site today enjoying the sights and sounds of hundreds of thousands of seabirds is a real pleasure to behold and i'm so proud we have this fantastic place on the stunning Yorkshire Coast.

Today i wanted to get some video clips of mainly the Gannets and Razorbills,my two favourite seabirds and set out with my phonescoping kit to see what i could get from today's visit.

To start with,it was pretty cold with an onshore breeze and overcast conditions first thing,but after a few hours things improved and it was wall to wall sunshine.

I managed to get really close to some of the Gannets as they collected nesting material from the cliff top,grabbing great beak fulls of fresh grass to line their nests and gaining some great views and video in the process,what a privilege!.

When i first started birding,there were only about 80 pairs of our largest seabird nesting here,there are now 13,000 pairs,what a great success story it has been for this species.

A first for me on today's visit was seeing a Razorbill egg and i didn't realise just how big they are.Like the Gannets,these beautiful Auks showed impeccably and i managed some lovely views and opportunities to take some nice video of them.

It really is a great place and i can spend hours just watching the Kittiwakes wheeling about with their endearing call and the occasional sighting of orange feet as a Puffin fly away from the cliff to carry out another fishing sortie,a top,top place!.

It also has to be said,what a fantastic place this reserve is for other species of birds,with the obvious large numbers of Tree Sparrows,another Bempton success story along with many insects and also wildflowers,with the rough grassy areas just bursting with Pink Campion.

So After enjoying my second trip here of the year,i made a steady journey home back to North Lincolnshire,contented in another great visit to Yorkshire's seabird city.

Staple Neuk In The Foreground,What A Fantastic Coastline!.

Those Stunning Eyes.

A Displaying Pair Of Gannets.