A busy spring is drawing to a close (and apologies for the lack of updates for a few months) and one of the earliest seabird breeding seasons ever is well underway. Guillemot and Razorbill chicks have both been seen already, which is a couple of weeks earlier than usual and more predictably there are a few pretty large Gannet chicks around - check out the live images of Peckster and Flip on the CCTV at the centre - their chick is huge! Do make sure you get a chance to visit Staple Newk Viewpoint itself though. Kittiwake action is still focussed on grass and mud gathering - worth a walk to Jubilee Viewpoint where industrious Kittiwakes fly past you within a few feet - wonderful.
If you do head up to Jubilee, keep any eye, or more accurately an ear, out for Corn Buntings. Two males have been singing from fence lines in this area over recent days and a Yellow Wagtail sometimes lurks in the nearby wheat field - a stunning show of Red Campion along the path verges too.
Puffins are being seen well every day. Staff at the centre will point you in the right direction. One having an argument over rightful ownership of a crevice with two Rock Doves was an amusing sight at Jubilee Viewpoint on Wednesday.
Spring migrants are still moving through. One or two Wheatears have been seen over the last three days and this morning a Spotted Flycatcher was reported from the Dell. Small northward movements of Swifts and Swallows are still evident, so even though our resident pair of Swallows are prospecting in the centre's porch, plenty of birds still clearly haven't reached their final destination.
Steve Race saw two Grey Partridge on the reserve this morning walking along the coast path (the Partridge, not Steve) just beyond Bartlett Nab, good news indeed! Also a Roe Deer in the same area.