A nice sunny morning welcomed to the Skua and Shearwater Cruise at Bridlington Harbour. Leaving the harbour saw a small group of Kittiwakes with a few Redshanks waiting for the tide to go out and a few terns hunting on the harbours edge mainly Sandwich Terns but a few Common terns as well.
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| Kittiwakes and Redshanks on the sea wall |
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| Sandwich Tern on the buoy |
We then headed out into the bay seeing Cormorants and Shags and a few Razorbills and Guillemots passing Flamborough Head giving some nice views at which point a couple of Artic Skua Flew past and Shearwater species were seen.
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| Dark Phase Artic Skua flying past the chalky cliffs |
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| Flamborough Head Lighthouse |
The bait was there put which brought in the Gannets and the gulls mainly different age Herring Gullsbut a few Great backed Gulls and Black-head gulls were around and Fulmar were seen. After a little a Sooty Shearwater was seen and give a flyover allowing everyone on board to see this super bird.
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Sooty Shearwater flying by
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| Gannet flying through the sunlight |
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| Fulmar skimming the water |
Then headed back where we had a nice view of a Grey Seal and in the Harbour good numbers of Turnstones and a single Purple Sandpiper to end a good day
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