Thanks to everyone that came along and joined in with our Bempton Cliffs Summer Fete at the end of August. Our staff and volunteers had so much fun manning the quirky stalls and visitors seemed to really enjoy themselves, with Hook-a-Puffin being a big favourite!
Chris couldn't resist joining in with the fun and ended up with a different face paint every day, his favourite being the puffin. He was a great advertisement as lots of kids wanted 'the same as the man on the desk.' Thanks Chris!
By the end of the week we had managed to raise a whopping £550 towards seabird conservation, which is fantastic! The fete definitely put the fun back into fundraising and it was a nice change to our usual summer activities on the reserve.
All in all it was a great week and we look forward to something similar on the reserve next summer :-)
Recent SightingsWe are into migration period now, so the summer migrants are leaving, while the winter migrants are starting to make an appearance.
We've had recent sightings of spotted flycatcher, willow warbler, whinchat, swift, blackcap, pied flycatcher, yellow wagtail, wheatear, whitethroat, lesser whitethroat, golden plover and ruff.There has also been sightings of common buzzard, a female grey partridge and chick, oyster catcher, goldcrest, migrant hawker dragonfly and harbour porpoise.
We also still have the fulmar, shag, herring gull and the gannets with their chicks all at different stages. Quite a few gannet chicks have fledged, while there are still some on the cliffs with their fluffy white down.