On 21 June I went with Ellis Lucas and his dad Mark, to Bempton Cliffs to see what we could find hopefully to see my first Bee Orchid, I met Ellis at the
Young Conservationist Workshop back in April and wanted to meet up also my Dad and I had been trying to go for 2 years.
I woke up at 5:00am and left at 6:00am hopefully getting to Bempton for 9am, we arrived at 8:45am but weren't supposed to meet Ellis and his Dad till 9:30am! So we waited in the car park and got Tree Sparrow (about 35), Woodpigeon, Jackdaws which were very tame and a ironic Swallow nest, the wardens their had put a camera up to film a Swallow nest, but the Swallows decided to build on top of the camera LOL.
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| Ironic Swallow Nest |
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| Jackdaw |
Just before Ellis and his Dad arrived I asked one of the members of staff, 'is their any Bee Orchids around?', and yes they were right in the car park they had taped off an area where two lovely Bee Orchids were.
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| Bee Orchid |
Almost straight after Ellis and Mark arrive, and head straight to the cliffs, which we were greeted with Gannets, Guillemots, Razorbill, Puffin, Kittwake, Feral Pigeon and more Jackdaws.
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| Puffin |
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| Razorbills |
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| We have lift off |
After that we got some amazing views of Gannets, i'm not joking only about 2 meters above us!! So here are some of my favourite pictures of the Gannets
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| My Favourite picture of a Gannet |
You can see Ellis's picture and his write up at
http://elliswildlife.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/brilliant-bempton.html
A great write up Toby, it was a really fantastic trip, you took loads of amazing photos
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ReplyDeleteIt looks like a brilliant day. The pictures are really good. Was that your first Puffin of the year? From Findlay
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