Glorious Gannets (Morus bassanus L.) - RSPB Bempton Cliffs

the main attraction (for us)

an unexpected bonus, tree sparrow (Passer montanus)

Photographs 1 & 9 copyright Alison Hogan

A cracking day on the Farne Islands

Did you spot the "bridled" guillemot (Uria aalge)?

a female eider (Somateria mollissima) shelters
her young from a watchful herring gull
(Larus argentatus)

For an informed discussion of the breeding birds and natural history of the Farne Islands, I would highly recommend that you follow Ed Tooth's blog - Ed is a National Trust Ranger currently working on the islands. Ed's Blog can be found at:

http://occasional-birder.blogspot.co.uk/

Photos 1, 2, 4, 12 and 13 copyright Alison Hogan