A pack of press men turned up on the reserve today. (No, Justin Bieber wasn't spotted on a viewing platform.)
The big attraction were seven seabirds that had been nursed back to health after taking a battering in the recent bad weather that had claimed the lives of so many of their kind.
The five guillemots, a razorbill and a young puffin had been cared for by the team at Scarborough Sealife Centre and were being released back into the wild from the cliff tops.
After the sadness of dealing with thousands of dead seabirds on the beaches recently, this was a truly magical moment. Here are the highlights:
The young puffin waits patiently to be released.
Site manager, Keith Clarkson, gives some guillemot facts to the crowd.
The birds are carried in convoy to the viewing platform.
The media jostle for the best position prior to release.
The last two birds say a final farewell.
Going, going, gone. The puffin flies straight out to sea.