Bempton cliffs in North Yorkshire are well known for the amazing seabird colonies that inhabit the cliffs, there are thought to be around half a million seabirds through the year.
I was due to sail out with a group of other Photographers and friends to photograph the gannets diving into the sea and I was really looking forward to the spectacle. However, the British weather put an end into those thoughts, even though we’ve had five heat waves in one year, the weather was against us on the day so instead it was a wonder along the tops of the cliffs to observe the gannets in flight and on the top of the cliffs, maybe not as exciting as diving but still worthwhile. Most of the other seabirds such as puffins, guillemots, etc had left for the year but the gannets stay until autumn before leaving the cliffs. Having walked along the clifftops for three hours or so I had quite a lot of very similar shots of birds in flight and hovering in the wind – always looking for that shot that’s a little bit different.. Some of the images from the day are shown below.
