Another free day today while Mrs R was working,saw me heading over to Bempton Cliffs RSPB to attempt to see and hopefully get some better video of 'Albert' on his return to Bempton for the summer?.
I arrived bright and early with a few other hardy souls,or just mad maybe,in fairly windy conditions to be fair,with a freezing south easterly breeze.
I made the relatively short walk around to Staple Newk viewpoint in the hope he was sitting on the cliffs,but unfortunately he was nowhere to be seen and so ensued a freezing cold wait.
The first couple of hours were spent trying not to shiver too much and enjoy a lovely sunrise and also watching the local Gannets and other seabirds from the viewpoint.
Then around 8am,i saw him fly in and proceed to fly around over Staple Newk before settling out of view....crap!.
I walked around to New Roll Up viewpoint and could see him sat there out of the wind preening and giving good,but distant views.
While waiting for him to make a move,the fantastic sight of 6 Bottle-nosed Dolphins giving some nice views as they headed north offshore,was a nice bonus to the days sightings.
Back to Albert and he started doing his curious head bobbing and i said to the others he's going to fly and sure enough he did.
I dashed back around to Staple Newk and got in position and watched as he flew around in full sunshine now below us.
He landed a couple of times but flew again,before thankfully settling this time in full view and i managed to get some really pleasing video and stills with my phonescoping set up.
What a bird and it was just brilliant to see him settled below us giving fantastic scope views.
After about 15 minutes,he was off again flying around the viewpoint,before dropping down to the water and we watched him head directly out to sea.
What a fantastic encounter and i was so pleased with the video and pics i had got on this occasion,making up for last years distant video clips.
The rest of my visit was spent walking around with fellow birder Alan Wrightson as we walked around the various viewpoints watching and showing visitors the local seabirds which i enjoyed very much.It was great to show others birds which i guess we sometimes take for granted after seeing them so many times over the years.
Well what a fantastic day out today,thank you Albert you beautiful big lump!
A Series Of Phonescoped Shots Of Albert.
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| Sun Over The Sea. |
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| Phonescoped Shot Of An Adult Gannet. |
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