A chance to get out again today, saw me taking Lee out for his birthday and heading up to the stunning coast line of Flamborough Head and Bempton Cliffs. We planned to visit Flamborough in the morning and then head over to Bridlington to catch the Yorkshire Belle up to Bempton Cliffs and back.
After a nice drive up to Flamborough, we were soon parking up and getting our cameras and my scope together and heading down to the fog station to look on the sea.
It was a lovely morning, and we wandered down taking in the cracking scenery taking plenty of photos on the way and watching a flock of about 200 House Martins as they rested and fed over the lighthouse grassland, preparing for their long migration south.
Once we reached the cliff edge, i began to scan the sea looking for Whales and it wasn't long before we were watching at least 2 Minke Whales feeding around a feeding frenzy of Kittiwakes, Gannets and Auks. These amazing animals showed pretty well at about a mile range and became Lee's first ever sighting of a Whale.
Also around the area where at least 400 Grey Seals and 10 Harbour Porpoise, with a distant Great Skua watched harassing the feeding Terns and Kits offshore.
After enjoying all the cetaceans, Seals and maritime bird species, we headed to the Headlands restaurant for a well earned brekkie.
After breakfast we headed over to Brid, parked up and then caught the bus into the town ready for our well anticipated boat trip.
Once we got underway on the Yorkshire Belle, i went up to the front and began scanning for birds etc.
No real rarities were seen on the boat trip, but it was great to see flocks of feeding Common Terns, Sandwich Terns, hundreds of Razorbills with their chicks and mixed flocks of feeding Gannets, Kittiwakes and Gulls.
The ships captain took is in pretty close to the cliffs and showed us several of the hundreds of sea caves and geological features, which included the famous Staple Neuk where the Gannet colony is located at Bempton Cliffs.
For anyone who has not been on this trip before, i highly recommend it, as seeing the cliffs and geological features really shows Flamborough and Bempton from an interesting and different angle.
After enjoying our boat trip, it was time to travel home after a brilliant day out.
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| Selwick's Bay, Flamborough |
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| Flamborough Lighthouse |
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| Cattlemere, Flamborough. |
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| Selwick's Bay |
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| Adult And Juvenile Razorbill's, Flamborough Head. |
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| Flamborough Head. |
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| Gannets. |
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| North Landing, Flamborough Head. |
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| Adult Gannet, With A Downy Chick, Bempton Cliffs. |
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| Staple Neuk, Bempton Cliffs |
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