Bird and wildlife walk from Thornwick Bay to Bempton Cliffs on 9th May 2025

When I set off from Thornwick Bay holiday park there was a Swallow sitting on the roof of one of the buildings near the visitor centre.  It did not stay there long!

I walked up onto the cliffs and was surprised when a Weasel or Stoat (not sure which) popped up out of the long grass.  Once again, it did not stay there long!!

Guillemots and a couple of Razorbills were perching on the side of the cliff

This photographer was doing something that I would not dream of doing!

Jackdaw admiring a group of Pink Campion flowers

Northern Gannet at the side of the cliff

Male Reed Bunting at the top of a twig at the edge of the nature walk at Bempton Cliffs

Sedge Warbler in a thicket

Warbler at the top of a tree in the Dell

Gannet with black iris - presumed to show that it has survived bird flu

Razorbill enjoying a rest at the edge of the cliff

Puffin on the rocky cliff face

Distant Corn Bunting on concrete wall

Barn Owl flying over the fields at Bempton Cliffs

Jackdaw having a rest on a bench outside the visitor centre

Gannet picking a flower for its partner

Time for the Gannets to move on

Gannet with something to talk about!

Young Gannet just arriving on the cliffs

Gannets in love

Gannets having an argument!

Meadow Pipit on a concrete post at the edge of a path leading back to the holiday park

View past the holiday park of the two lighthouses in the distance at Flamborough Head 

Linnet on a gorse bush in the early evening sunshine

Goldfinch at the top of the hedge

Birds and wildlife seen during morning walk in Thornwick and an afternoon walk to South Landing - 8th May 2025

In the morning I walked along a footpath at the edge of Thornwick Bay holiday park

A male Chaffinch was singing from the top of the hedge

Another Chaffinch was perching on a metal barrier

Common Whitethroat perching in the middle of the hedge

Dunnock perching on bare bramble

Common Whitethroat on the hedge

Meadow Pipits having a wash on marshy ground

Nosy lamb watching me take photographs

Pretty pink Campion flowers at the bottom of the hedge

Beautiful Pansies in a planter at the holiday park

I went back to the mobile home for lunch, then in the afternoon I walked to South Landing

Yellow Poppy amongst the vegetation in the woodland at South Landing

Roe deer in a field near the cliffs at South Landing

Large colourful Puffin sculpture in Flamborough village

Rabbits in a field at the edge of the holiday park in Thornwick Bay

Drinker moth caterpillar on the path

Stonechat, Puffins, Gannets, Wall butterfly and lighthouses seen during walk from North Landing to Flamborough Head on 7th May 2025

I was staying in Thornwick Bay, East Yorkshire, for a week in early May.  After a day at Bempton Cliffs, I decided to walk along the cliffs to Flamborough Head on the next day.

A male Stonechat was singing while perching on a twig at the beginning of my walk

I took note of the serious warning when I set out to walk along the cliff path

View from the cliff path to Thornwick Bay

Puffins perching on the rocky cliff face

Further along the cliffs I briefly saw a Puffin standing on grass at the edge of the cliff before it flew away

I also managed to get a close view of a Puffin that was resting just below the edge of the cliff

Dangerous area of the cliff on the way to Flamborough Head

Gannets in flight

The old Lighthouse at Flamborough Head

and the new Lighthouse

Wall butterfly resting on the ground at Flamborough Head

and then feeding on a dandelion flower

Puffin pulling up grass for its burrow from the edge of Flamborough Head

Puffins seen on the cliff face during my walk back to North Landing

Home for the week!