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So how are your New Year resolutions holding up? Four days in, still going strong? For many, there will be the usual suspects... lose weight, get fit, stop smoking. For me, it’s always the same one: get out and see more of nature. I don’t keep lists, but I do write down little snippets about...

This looks like a very exhausted gannet , they can be found diving for fish along the north east coast and nest in large numbers at our Bempton Cliffs reserve. Lets hope this one recovered.

After what can only be described as a ‘heart-rending’ rugby world cup semi-final in Auckland on Saturday morning, thoughts quickly returned to our annual October trip to Grassholm in the afternoon. The purpose of the trip is to cut free juvenile and adult Gannets which have become tethered...

On Friday, we had an unexpected visit from Ian Daniells, a volunteer from Lower Moss Wood Wildlife Hospital in Cheshire. Ian had made the journey to release a Gannet that had blown off course in last week's high winds and ended up in Buxton, Derbyshire! Alongside the Gannet were two juvenile Herring...

Here is Ken Croft's latest write-up: "The month started with two Green Sandpipers, one of which remained until the 4th, three Spotted Flycatchers were present on the 1st and a juvenile Bullfinch fed with the Linnet flock. The next day new migrants were a Lesser Whitethroat and a Grasshopper...

Sunday was one of those strangely unpredictable days that seem all too familiar here at Minsmere. Despite a poor weather forecast, we were actually treated to good weather, resulting in lots of visitors - avian as well as human. For some it started early. John Grant, familiar to many as a volunteer...

Took this on the 21 August 2011

I have spent the past week at home for my father's 60th birthday celebrations and have been greeted back to the reserve with the strongest south-westerly wind imaginable! Last night, I walked down to the beach at the bottom of the reserve and was held back against the railings of the gate whilst...

It may be wet and windy across the UK today, but there is plenty of Wildlife to see in wild Wales! The recent winds have brought thousands of Manx Shearwaters past the reserve and even the occasional Balearic Shearwater! We've also had numerous Gannets flying by and even diving right in front...

After a couple of weeks of waiting, visitors at Borth beach have finally caught sight of the amazing spectacle of 10,000 Manx shearwaters in a feeding frenzy, stocking up their preserves for the long journey back to South America. The flock is regularly spotted up and down the coast around Cardigan Bay...

The reserve has changed quite dramtically over the last few weeks; the seabird colony has departed and the cliffs are much quieter, less smelly affair! That's not to say that the reserve isn't teeming with life... the Chough families are busy foraging for insects, the Stonechat broods are confusing...

Pair of Gannets flying past at Bempton.

Had a great morning combining Deep Sea Fishing and a spot of photography. This Gannet shot made me smile, as when viewed full sized he is looking at me squint eyed! or perhaps he was after the mackerel we had just caught

I came over to Bempton last week making a 200 mile detour on the way to our holiday cottage. WHAT A PLACE! Having been on this blog and site emany many times I thought I knew about Bempton. How wrong can one be, nothing can prepare you for the cliffs covered in Gannets Guillemots and Razorbills add a...

Bempton Cliffs, 3 May 2011

Hi Summer and welcome to the RSPB Community A Chaffinch makes quite a good "generalist" and a GS Woodpecker is something of a specialist (though that chisel bill gets used for jobs other than hacking at bark). For a true specialist I'd look to something like the Swift. It does everything...

Hi I took this Gannet photo on my last trip to Bempton cliffs back in May 2010, I found it quite difficult as they fly past very fast, I ended up setting my camera on manual focus & hoping for the best, in this case it paid off!

And so clean.... When I was there many of the females had oily footprints on their backs,

Now it's time to sit back and enjoy the view and the hustle bustle of the colony.

Using an old nest site and last years material.

If you can't get it locally then it has to be flown in.

It's a slow process building a nest.

Hi, I think the Shetland Islands are one of the best places in the UK to visit and not just for wildlife. I may be biased as I spent 18 months there during my time in the RAF - on the Isle of Unst in 1979/80. But I did go back for a visit in July, 2008 and was quite amazed at the changes! Not only...

I live in the hills of south west kerry. I have just rescued a gannet on the beach. Was being attacked by dogs. Seems okay but possibly wrong with its wing. I have kept human interaction to a minimum, and hes resting out the back of the house now. Bought some fresh fish and left it for him, but...