Flamborough.....Sunday 14th September 2014.

Today saw me heading to the home county for a pre-booked trip aboard the Yorkshire Belle in search of migrant seabirds and organised by the local RSPB group.On arrival at Brid i got my gear together and headed down to the quayside after a quick sarnie,to join the other expectant passengers,en route stopping for a quick scan through the local gull flock and waders,with the only highlight being a small flock of Sandwich Tern loafing with the gulls.Eventually 9'o clock arrived and we all climbed aboard,hoping for something good.As we began to steam out of the harbour the first flocks of birds began to be seen and included a few Common and Sandwich Terns along with several fishing Shags and a flock of 79 Pink-footed Geese flew south along the coast,my first of the autumn period.It wasn't long before we encountered our first feeding flocks and we started chumming,this had an immediate effect with a Sooty Shearwater flying into the slick.We edged closer and managed some cracking views of this visitor from the southern oceans,before it carried on its way.A few distant Arctic Skuas harried the local Gulls and Terns and we then enjoyed a fairly close flyby from 2 Bonxies,both birds not really stopping to check us out and they continued on their journeys south.Another couple of Sooties visited the slick and 4 Manx Shearwater flew north.The best bird of the trip was seen next,another Blue morph Fulmar.This was a welcome sighting for everyone and it was great to see another after the bird several weeks ago at Scarborough.This individual looked a bit darker than the Scarb bird and unfortunately it did not show as well,giving us a couple of flypasts before carrying on its migration.A few other notable sightings were seen and included 5 Arctic Tern,120+ Common Scoter moving north,3 Grey Seal and a handful of Harbour Porpoise sightings.So all in all it was a fairly good trip,apart from the poor light conditions for photography,but it was nice to see another Blue Fulmar at close quarters and the Sooties were great to see too.After reaching land again,i walked back to the car and headed for Flamborough village in the hope of seeing some migrants.After parking at the lighthouse i made my way back up towards the golf course and it wasn't long before i was enjoying some nice views of a lovely Red-breasted Fly.This bird was very active,flycatching in one of the gardens and was also very vocal,constantly calling with it's Wren-like rattle,a cracking little bird.A short walk up the road to Old Fall hedge,saw me spending a bit of time in this area and it was pretty productive to be fair,with me adding another Red-breasted Flycatcher to the days sightings,Pied Flycatcher(Sometimes in the same field of view as the R.b.Fly),2 Redstart,an 'Eastern' type Lesser Whitethroat,Garden Warbler and the cream of the crop a Wryneck.Unfortunately because of the amount of people present,both the R.b.Fly and Wryneck kept their distance,but i enjoyed some decent views of them both all the same.The only other notable bird was a Wheatear on the golf course as i wandered back to the car.So all in all a great day was had today with some nice birds seen and i travelled back to Linc's after another great trip to the home county.

2nd calendar year Lesser black-backed Gull.

2nd calendar year Kittiwake.

2nd calendar year Gannet.

Blue Fulmar.

Blue Fulmar.

1st calendar year Great black-backed Gull.

1st calendar year Herring Gull.

Sooty Shearwater.

Sooty Shearwater.

1st winter Red-breasted Flycatcher.