We left the site after breakfast for nearby the RSPB Bempton Cliffs visitor centre on Flamborough Head with the possibility to see some puffins. We learnt that although 500,000 bird's nest on the chalk cliffs there are not many puffins so we were fortunate to find 2 posing near one of the viewing platforms.
I got lots of nice photos of gannets and puffins using the telephoto lense on my Samsung camera to upload later. We saw gannets performing their bonding ritual, fulmars, lots of kitewakes and guilimots. 
Rosemary bonded with two very knowledgable 'twitchers' festooned in massive cameras and viewing telescopes on their first day out for over a year. They pointed out some of the the birds to her.
Walking back to the visitor centre we even spotted a barn owl hunting along the cliff tops and drop on its prey behind the undergrowth.
After ticking off puffins from my bucket, list Bridlington was a big disappointment. Run down, promenade full of amusement arcades, chip shops, ice cream shops, betting shops and buildings invaded by seagulls! We could not even get a decent coffee around the old working harbour.
The fact that the pirate ship will scatter wreaths and ashes sums it up nicely.
We took the bus back after an hour to the very tidy CMC site for fried chicken and asparagus on the Jamie. It's been much cooler and overcast today but it's still shorts weather.
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