Movie | Northern Gannets Diving at RSPB Bempton | UK’s Largest Mainland Colony



 

Northern gannets dive at such phenomenal speeds it’s solely resulting from their distinctive organic make-up they don’t break their necks. They do have occasional collisions with each other although! See these superb seabirds hunt, court docket, and convey up their fluffy-white chicks on the UKs largest mainland gannet colony.

Yorkshire sea birds

 

The Yorkshire coast is well-known for its sea chicken colonies. There are greater than 200,000 breeding sea birds at RSPB Bempton Cliffs, with all the pieces from Atlantic puffins, northern fulmars, razor payments, to guillemots.

 

Yorkshire boat journey

 

I watched gannets searching on a ship journey from Bridlington harbour run by Yorkshire Coast Nature.

 

Northern gannets

 

Annually some 11,000 breeding pairs cling to slender ledges on the sheer 400ft-high cliffs to construct their nests.

 

Watching from sea

 

The right place to observe gannets as they hunt is at sea. Gannets have adopted fishing vessels for hundreds of years within the hope that they will feed from any undesirable fish so it’s commonplace for them to observe boats, hoping we’ll toss stuff their manner.

 

Gannet courtships

 

On the cliffs you possibly can glimpse their stunning courtship shows. Gannets are monogamous, breeding with the identical associate yearly, and in February they reinforce their bonds with beautiful shows, rubbing beaks and pointing their lengthy necks skywards. Competitors for one of the best nest websites on this precipitous cliff face could be fierce and dramatic fights typically get away.

 

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