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<blockquote data-quote="AlanR" data-source="post: 1516335" data-attributes="member: 49974"><p><strong>Journey Home</strong></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">It’s a long way from Cheltenham to Ayr. I had planned the way up via Martin Mere and South Walney but the way back was a bit of a last minute decision. I put Bempton into my GPS routing software and it came out not so far from half way. I’m really glad I went there.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">I don’t like long drives and have to I stop every hour or so to keep awake. I set the alarm for 7:00 am. and then woke at 5:45. I was on the road by 6 am. After driving for about 250 miles with just three stops I reached the <strong>Bempton RSPB site</strong> at about 2:00 and decided to visit the site that afternoon. I expected a little view platform where half a dozen people could watch a few hundred sea birds. I found about a dozen view points spread over a mile or so, hundreds of birders and tens of thousands of birds!</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">I had five target birds.<strong> Kittiwakes</strong> and <strong>Razorbills</strong> were there in vast numbers (as were <strong>Gannets</strong>, not my list as I had soon lots in Scotland). <strong>Guillemots</strong> were there in hundreds but often it took a bit of looking to distinguish them from <strong>Razorbills</strong>. <strong>Puffin</strong> numbers were very low. The first one was pointed out for me some way down the cliff edge and I saw maybe half a dozen all told. I was really lucky that a <strong>Fulmar</strong> in flight was pointed out for me as it as the only one I saw.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">I saw my five birds in a few minutes but I stayed for a couple hours visiting the various cliff viewing areas. As well as sea birds there were lots of <strong>Skylarks </strong>and <strong>Meadow Pipits</strong> and a bright yellow <strong>Yellowhammer</strong> near to the site entrance.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">I stayed overnight at Bridlington with a lot of begging <strong>Herring Gulls</strong> and <strong>Pigeons</strong> and drove home the next day.</span></span></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Alan </span></span></strong></p><p>(Photos: Gannet, Kittiwake, Razorbill, Guillemot and Puffin)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AlanR, post: 1516335, member: 49974"] [b]Journey Home[/b] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]It’s a long way from Cheltenham to Ayr. I had planned the way up via Martin Mere and South Walney but the way back was a bit of a last minute decision. I put Bempton into my GPS routing software and it came out not so far from half way. I’m really glad I went there.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]I don’t like long drives and have to I stop every hour or so to keep awake. I set the alarm for 7:00 am. and then woke at 5:45. I was on the road by 6 am. After driving for about 250 miles with just three stops I reached the [B]Bempton RSPB site[/B] at about 2:00 and decided to visit the site that afternoon. I expected a little view platform where half a dozen people could watch a few hundred sea birds. I found about a dozen view points spread over a mile or so, hundreds of birders and tens of thousands of birds![/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]I had five target birds.[B] Kittiwakes[/B] and [B]Razorbills[/B] were there in vast numbers (as were [B]Gannets[/B], not my list as I had soon lots in Scotland). [B]Guillemots[/B] were there in hundreds but often it took a bit of looking to distinguish them from [B]Razorbills[/B]. [B]Puffin[/B] numbers were very low. The first one was pointed out for me some way down the cliff edge and I saw maybe half a dozen all told. I was really lucky that a [B]Fulmar[/B] in flight was pointed out for me as it as the only one I saw.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]I saw my five birds in a few minutes but I stayed for a couple hours visiting the various cliff viewing areas. As well as sea birds there were lots of [B]Skylarks [/B]and [B]Meadow Pipits[/B] and a bright yellow [B]Yellowhammer[/B] near to the site entrance.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]I stayed overnight at Bridlington with a lot of begging [B]Herring Gulls[/B] and [B]Pigeons[/B] and drove home the next day.[/FONT][/SIZE] [B][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]Alan [/FONT][/SIZE][/B] (Photos: Gannet, Kittiwake, Razorbill, Guillemot and Puffin) [/QUOTE]
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