A visit to the Yorkshire Coasts Seabird Colony at Bempton Cliffs on what turned out to be a very very windy day bit of an early visit in the year for me but I was hoping for a Short Eared Owl that had been here for a while now, but with today’s wind I didn’t have any luck.
I started my visit near the visitor centre around the bird feeders out of the wind and found plenty of Tree Sparrows and Greenfinch. Along with these were Blackbird, Dunnock, Chaffinch and Robins
The Seabirds were now returning to the cliffs for another breeding season with the Gannets now gathering in good numbers, along with Kittiwakes, Auks I struggled to find at this time of year with me only finding one Guillemot out on the sea, there were plenty of Rock Dove/Feral Pigeons and a scattering of Fulmars
Birds at Bempton ; Blackbird, Blue Tit, Crow, Chaffinch, Common Gull, Dunnock, Fulmar, Gannet, Greenfinch, Guillemot, Herring Gull, Jackdaw, Kittiwake, Magpie, Robin, Rock Dove/Feral Pigeon, Tree Sparrow
I got call of Shorelarks at Crook Ness near Burniston Scarborough so after my time here I headed the way stopping firstly at Holbeck Car Park for Mediterranean Gull, got some great views of one bird without getting out of the car, there were also Black headed Gulls
Crook Ness is a bit hard to find so if your going, hit Burniston on the coastal road from Scarborough turn right at the mini roundabout and then turn right again down a side road next to the Three Jolly Sailors pub called Rock Lane this joins into a road called Field Lane keep going on this road turn right near the farm and you should come to a small car park
Crook Ness MAP . Walking along the cliff path it was long before I found 4 Shorelarks in the stubble field on the right of the path, they were very flighty and didn’t like me too close, so I let them settle again and they were joined by another 8 birds giving me excellent views on still a very windy day. Down on the beach and rock pools Oystercatchers and Redshanks and a single Cormorant off shore
Birds at Crook Ness ; Crow, Common Gull, Cormorant, Herring Gull, Oystercatcher, Redshank, Shorelark
Gannets
Mediterranean Gull
Huddsbirder 
Nice gannets! RH