Today I was at the seabird capital of the UK, RSPB Bempton Cliffs, on what turned out to be a very, very windy day, which made taking photos/videos very difficult, due to the gusts of wind.
i started around the visitor centre where I found Goldfinch, Pied Wagtail, and Jackdaw. On then down to the cliffs where I saw all the common cliff dwellers, Gannet, Kittiwake, Razorbill, Guillemot, Puffin, Rock Dove, and fly by Shag. It was extremely windy which hampered taking photos, so I decided on going back to the centre and maybe the dell area, where hopefully I was a little bit out of this wind. The trees around the feeders gave some shelter from the wind, so I was able to enjoy the Chaffinch, Tree Sparrow, Goldfinch, Dunnock, Blue Tit, Blackbird, Robin, Chiffchaff, Woodpigeon and Jackdaws. In the dell I managed to find a Willow Warbler and heard a Common Whitethroat.
After dinner I gave the cliffs another go, the wind hadn’t relented, it seemed to be worse, I don’t know how the birds managed to fly in the weather, I did manage to grap a few photos.
After Bempton I moved up to East Lea, a members only site in Filey. I was now getting cold, the wind was still strong, but I was hoping for a bit of shelter here, and it was also becoming overcast and grey too, but not to be down. There were a few goods birds here at East Lea, Greenshank (distant), Common Sandpiper (which did eventually work its way around to the hide, the long staying Long tailed Duck, other birds present were Coot, Moorhen, Teal, Gadwall, Shoveler, Stock Dove, Little Grebe.
It was a good day overall, despite the wind, I did manage to see what I’d come for, hopefully next time it won’t be windy
Video of the day can be seen HERE
Bempton Bird List ; Blackbird, Blue Tit, Chaffinch, Chiffchaff, Dunnock, Fulmar, Gannet, Goldfinch, Great Black backed Gull, Guillemot, Herring Gull, Jackdaw, Kittiwake, Pied Wagtail, Puffin, Razorbill, Robin, Rock Dove/Feral Pigeon, Shag, Stock Dove, Tree Sparrow, Whitethroat, Willow Warbler, Woodpigeon (24)
East Lea Bird List : Carrion Crow, Common Sandpiper, Coot, Gadwall, Greenshank, Greylag Goose, Herring Gull, Little Grebe, Long tailed Duck, Moorhen, Oystercatcher, Shelduck, Shoveler, Stock Dove, Teal, Tufted Duck, Woodpigeon

Razorbill at Bempton Cliffs

Common Sandpiper at East Lea




















