After an overnight frost, we pulled up into Burton Agnes Hall car park in bright, clear sun at 11.00 am. We had come with friends Brian and Heather to visit the magnificent snowdrop walk. As usual the woodlands were thick with them and the main challenge for me was to select compositions from the mass. Soon it was time to indulge in some lunch before heading off to Bempton. Although it is early for a first visit, there is always a frisson on anticipation. Gannets were plentiful, but none on the cliffs; they were all gliding past. Fulmars, on the other hand, were on the cliffs but perching under overhangs and ledges and out of site as they so often do. They were indulging in their usual pastime though flying out over the sea in a loop before swooping back in out of site and challenging the photographer to lock on in that brief moment when they are visible. Feral pigeons were plentiful but I could see no rock doves among them. Brian and I wandered along to join the twitchers looking for the lapland buntings, but we arrived late on in the afternoon when they weren't cooperating. Back at the visitor centre there were large numbers of tree sparrows at the feeding station but the light was now very poor so photography was difficult.
All too soon it was time to take our leave but we had the pleasure of fish and chips at Papa's on the way home to look forward to.
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