It's all about the surveys this week, both professionally and voluntarily, and between early and late sessions on the North York Moors yesterday, I came back to the coast to do my Kittiwakes (and Cormorants) here on the Filey cliffs. Happily, I bumped into this extremely handsome lad along the coastal path; happier still, he was with his Mrs and two kids (see below).
Stonechats are a traditionally rare breeder here in the Filey are in recent years, with pairs often present in early spring almost always disappearing soon after, but this year, a small area of scrub beneath the cliff path was clearly enough to the job.
By coincidence, here's another freshly-fledged juvenile from Bay Ness, the day before:
