As well as the many Gannets at Bempton, there is a good showing of other seabirds. Although I have a good local colony of both Kittiwake and Fulmar, they are not as easy to get close to at home, as they are on the cliffs of Bempton.
With the birds nesting so close it is very easy to get some half decent images.
Close up on a Kittiwake.
Nesting pair of Kittiwake.
Kittiwake in flight.
I have always enjoyed trying to photograph the Fulmar flying past. Here the lighting was much better than on the south coast, where one is normally photographing into the light. Fulmars have such a wonderful glide, hardly ever flapping their wings as they use the thermals off the cliff face.
Fulmar on the wing.
Auks are also common on the cliffs, with most of them being Guillemot, but there are also pretty good numbers of Razorbill and Puffin, although the Puffin doesn't show as well as some other sites, due to them nesting in holes on the cliff, rather than rabbit burrows.
Razorbill looking for its partner.
And here he is.
Puffin.
Off on a Fishing trip.
Puffin returning empty beaked.
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