Perhaps the confusing weather that we have experienced of late has caused a little bit of confusion in our wildlife… This weekend a young puffling was found one and a half miles inland at a factory on Jewison lane in Bridlington. Nobody knows how the 5-6 week old youngster got there but it was lively and healthy enough to resist rescue for several hours. A local wildlife rescue expert was contacted for advice before it was decided that the seabird was fit enough to be released at Flamborough, the nearest suitable site. This time the puffling made no mistake in flying straight out to sea and we hope that’s where he or she stays!
Whilst most of this weekends visitors journeyed to Bempton in their cars, a number of visitors took the scenic route and arrived by sea. An inquisitive king eider made the long swim from Filey Brigg to check out the cliffs near Jubilee, whilst a seal and a porpoise did a leisurely tour of the length of the reserve.
Another visitor that dropped in to the reserve seemed to have come to sample the delicacies that can be found at the bird feeding station. A great spotted woodpecker was seen there yesterday as well as the more regular linnets, tree sparrows and robins. A cuckoo was also seen and heard this weekend and, whilst we have had cuckoos on the reserve in the past, this is the first one to have been heard this year.
Rachael Tulloch (Warden Intern, RSPB Fairburn Ings)