We're patiently waiting for the arrival of Spring migrants, up here in East Yorkshire but already, our seabirds have returned. The cliffs at Bempton are filling up with lines of Guillemots, huddles of Razorbills, pairs of Puffins and noisy Kittiwakes. As you'll see from my home page, the magnificent Gannet is a favourite of mine and Bempton holds the most Southerly breeding site on the East Coast of England. Despite the usual grey sky and grey North Sea, seeing this vast collection of birds is so uplifting and I hope they have a successful breeding season. The Gannets Arrival. Find a suitable ledge. Find a mate! Obtain local building materials. Start a family? A good number of Puffins are evident already. The number of burrows is limited with the soil being eroded away, but the Puffins are finding crevices in the cliffs and settling on ledges too. Just one of thousands of Guillemot. Kittiwakes are having a tough time and are susceptable to North-Easterly gales at Bempton, with their precarious nests. There were many Fulmars in the air, but I only saw a couple of nest sites. Most birds were settling beneath the cliff tops out of sight.
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