We had a very average breakfast at the Green Dragon and then headed off for RSPB Bempton Cliffs. Especially nice around the pub, which we had noticed the evening before, was a big flock of very active Swifts swooping around the roofs of the houses. En route we got Rooks which was listed on my software as a year first but surely not! More definitely correct as a year tich was a Yellowhammer spotted on a telegraph wire over a field of barley. Hirundines were plentiful.
We got to RSPB Bempton Cliffs about 10:30 and we immediately enquired about the recent sightings of Black-browed Albatross. We were told that it had been seen earlier at the “Staple Newk” to the far right of the reserve along the cliff edge. It had not been reported recently so we were not too hopeful but we thought we would head there first just to see what was happening with it now. I opted to take my camera instead of my scope because I wanted to get some shots of Gannets.
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