RSPB Bempton: Northern Gannets Diving at UK Largest Mainland Colony | Wild Travel | Robert E Fuller

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Northern gannets dive at such phenomenal speeds it's only due to their unique biological make-up they don't break their necks. They do have occasional collisions with one another though!
See these amazing seabirds hunt, court, and bring up their fluffy-white chicks at the UKs largest mainland gannet colony.
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Yorkshire sea birds
The Yorkshire coast is well known for its sea bird colonies. There are more than 200,000 breeding sea birds at RSPB Bempton Cliffs, with everything from Atlantic puffins, northern fulmars, razor bills, to guillemots. Find out more about here: www.rspb.org.uk/reserves-and-...
Yorkshire boat trip
I watched gannets hunting on a boat trip from Bridlington harbour run by Yorkshire Coast Nature. You can book similar trips here: www.yorkshirecoastnature.co.uk/
Northern gannets
Each year some 11,000 breeding pairs cling to narrow ledges on the sheer 400ft-high cliffs to build their nests.
Watching from sea
The perfect place to watch gannets as they hunt is at sea. Gannets have followed fishing vessels for centuries in the hope that they can feed from any unwanted fish so it's not unusual for them to follow boats, hoping we will throw something their way.
Gannet courtships
On the cliffs you can glimpse their beautiful courtship displays. Gannets are monogamous, breeding with the same partner every year, and in February they reinforce their bonds with stunning displays, rubbing beaks and pointing their long necks skywards. Competition for the best nest sites on this precipitous cliff face can be fierce and dramatic fights often break out.
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  • @RobertEFuller
    @RobertEFuller11 ай бұрын

    I hope you've enjoyed the video! Watch more seabird films: bit.ly/3K8z91P Read my blog: www.robertefuller.com/diary/ Shop my seabird artwork: www.robertefuller.com/product-tag/birds/ Follow me: Facebook - bit.ly/43LiisV | Twitter - bit.ly/43yuiO9 | Instagram- bit.ly/3XV7rLA | TikTok - bit.ly/3XUnEAJ

  • @jameseastwood3847
    @jameseastwood3847 Жыл бұрын

    I can think of very few things more elegant and mesmerizing than seeing these gannets plummeting to the water surface then folding their wings and slicing the into the water like the bolt from a bow. Amazing what several million years of evolution can produce.

  • @RobertEFuller

    @RobertEFuller

    Жыл бұрын

    They are stunning birds and yes seeing them dive into the sea is very special

  • @carolann95
    @carolann95 Жыл бұрын

    This is incredible footage! You open up another world to us with every film; and, oh, the adventures that you share! 🥰🤗💯❤💫

  • @RobertEFuller

    @RobertEFuller

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks so much there is so much more to come from my channel showing the natural world and how special it is 😁

  • @carolann95

    @carolann95

    Жыл бұрын

    @@RobertEFuller It will be an honor and joy to view and support.

  • @danielawinkler4658
    @danielawinkler4658 Жыл бұрын

    I saw a few splashing and diving at the Moray bay, Scotland,a few days ago

  • @CMK2015
    @CMK2015 Жыл бұрын

    Millions of years ago, a bird looked down into the blue abyss and thought: lunch?

  • @SolarWasTaken1

    @SolarWasTaken1

    Жыл бұрын

    hehe

  • @user-wl5si3km4m
    @user-wl5si3km4m Жыл бұрын

    مني لك سلام عل جهودك

  • @RobertEFuller

    @RobertEFuller

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks 😊

  • @TundeEszlari
    @TundeEszlari Жыл бұрын

    Brilliant content.

  • @muwizar
    @muwizar Жыл бұрын

    Thank you Mr Fuller!

  • @RobertEFuller

    @RobertEFuller

    Жыл бұрын

    You are very welcome

  • @lastone783
    @lastone783 Жыл бұрын

    I just love the puffins❣️

  • @1stcrg

    @1stcrg

    4 ай бұрын

    Me too ❤️💗💝👩‍❤️‍👩.

  • @poltergeist-5243
    @poltergeist-524310 ай бұрын

    I’ve been here a few times but have always wondered what they look like diving into the sea!

  • @SolarWasTaken1
    @SolarWasTaken1 Жыл бұрын

    wow im going to wach this and its gonna be cool

  • @susanleezer182
    @susanleezer182 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you Robert!😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

  • @ravenking803
    @ravenking803 Жыл бұрын

    Your camera work is incredible! Thank you for this! xxoo

  • @RobertEFuller

    @RobertEFuller

    Жыл бұрын

    😁 Thanks for watching

  • @buildplay2302
    @buildplay2302 Жыл бұрын

    This is an underrated video, it’s just Beautiful!

  • @michelezick3598
    @michelezick3598 Жыл бұрын

    Absolutely beautiful! Thank you for sharing these beautiful creatures...so in awe of how lovely the landscape is there!❤❤

  • @RobertEFuller

    @RobertEFuller

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks 😊 the Yorkshire east coast is spectacular

  • @Mm-ri8us
    @Mm-ri8us Жыл бұрын

    Это восхитительная съемка❤ кадры, звуки, сама озвучка просто 💣

  • @RobertEFuller

    @RobertEFuller

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks you so much 😁

  • @reginatenorio4446
    @reginatenorio4446 Жыл бұрын

    Love seeing the gannets!!! Fulmars are my fav ❤

  • @_adelina_3657
    @_adelina_3657 Жыл бұрын

    05:16 amazing shot!!! Very interesting videos, very informative and educational and the longer they are the better.

  • @rocknloom2474
    @rocknloom24747 ай бұрын

    So many Scuttles!!

  • @ArcticTemper
    @ArcticTemper Жыл бұрын

    My favourite bird, alongside maybe only the woodpecker 😊

  • @nancyshaw4681
    @nancyshaw4681 Жыл бұрын

    AMAZING...THANK YOU!!

  • @kiteblaster
    @kiteblaster3 ай бұрын

    In my study of biomimetics, I love this footage. Thanks for all the effort it took to get this footage!

  • @wackyantman5893
    @wackyantman5893 Жыл бұрын

    Gorgeous, North Yorkshire is just phenomenal

  • @railway-share3820

    @railway-share3820

    Жыл бұрын

    East Yorkshire.

  • @gayleandrus7050
    @gayleandrus7050 Жыл бұрын

    Just completely amazing!!!!! Thanks for all your efforts to share these beautiful, incredibly amazing birds with the rest of the world! Breathtaking! ❤❤❤❤❤

  • @RobertEFuller

    @RobertEFuller

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks 😊 it’s my pleasure to share what I’m lucky enough to do 😁

  • @juliescott9485
    @juliescott9485 Жыл бұрын

    Brilliant video! Gannets are spectacular birds, and their diving amazing. Never get tired of watching them and the beautiful coastal scenery too, thank you Robert 💛

  • @RobertEFuller

    @RobertEFuller

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for watching 😊

  • @anthonygrino7026
    @anthonygrino70268 ай бұрын

    Omg it’s Scuttle!

  • @carollunn3370
    @carollunn33702 ай бұрын

    Robert: this is incredible. They are so graceful. How long can they stay under water? Beautiful scenery. Thank you for taking us to their nesting area. They are so beautiful!!!!!!

  • @simondo1027
    @simondo1027 Жыл бұрын

    Excellent footage. Thank you.

  • @melmasi5098
    @melmasi5098 Жыл бұрын

    Magnificent Robert!🤩💕

  • @dagmarkunzel5406
    @dagmarkunzel5406 Жыл бұрын

    A beautiful video! I always confuse gannets with genets and was amazed that these animals should dive. Sorry, English is not my first language.

  • @RobertEFuller

    @RobertEFuller

    Жыл бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it Dagmar 😁

  • @kat78681
    @kat78681 Жыл бұрын

    These videos always put a literal smile on my face. Great stuff!

  • @lesleyb26
    @lesleyb26 Жыл бұрын

    Spectacular footage REF 👍

  • @RobertEFuller

    @RobertEFuller

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks 😊

  • @hannabolate5657
    @hannabolate5657 Жыл бұрын

    Fantastic footage about beautiful birds

  • @lastone783
    @lastone783 Жыл бұрын

    Just love your underwater footage 😍

  • @RobertEFuller

    @RobertEFuller

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks Under water footage is not easy to capture but I got a few amazing moments on that trip

  • @TheGarnh8r
    @TheGarnh8r Жыл бұрын

    Awesome! some of the best footage I have ever seen of my favorite sea angler

  • @RobertEFuller

    @RobertEFuller

    Жыл бұрын

    I love to watch the gannets I can spend hours mesmerised by them as they come and go from the cliffs

  • @loiswilcken1758
    @loiswilcken17583 ай бұрын

    Thoroughly enjoyed. They're such elegant birds, and you captured that well.

  • @maryg124
    @maryg124 Жыл бұрын

    Amazing footage!

  • @sabinewacheux1649
    @sabinewacheux1649 Жыл бұрын

    I'd like to give this video two thumbs up. 🙂 Thank you for sharing your adventures with us.

  • @RobertEFuller

    @RobertEFuller

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for that!

  • @janinymanwildlife4563
    @janinymanwildlife4563 Жыл бұрын

    Amazing video of Gannets diving 😃great stuff 😃

  • @RobertEFuller

    @RobertEFuller

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks 😊

  • @tapanmajumdar7106
    @tapanmajumdar7106 Жыл бұрын

    U lead us to a fairyland. This one is really incredible. Thanks a lot. From India with lots of love for your videos.

  • @RobertEFuller

    @RobertEFuller

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks 😊

  • @susanleezer182
    @susanleezer182 Жыл бұрын

    How do Gannets keep from running into each other when diving 😊😊😊😊😊😊😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @AE-se9bl
    @AE-se9bl Жыл бұрын

    Thanks a million for this fantastic video ! Very impressive, really enjoyed it as I do with all your videos and all you share! 🌟🥰👏

  • @RobertEFuller

    @RobertEFuller

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks to you all for watching 😁 my channel

  • @carollunn3370
    @carollunn33702 ай бұрын

    ❤❤❤Robert: i've seen this befoee but I had to watch it again. It is breathtakingly beautiful. Love all of your videos. Very interesting & informative. I would be afraid of a baby falling off of that cliff. How long can Gannets stay underwater? This is incredible, Robert. Thanks so much for sharing your wonderful experiences with us!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😊😊

  • @delilahboa
    @delilahboa Жыл бұрын

    As always Robert incredible…..stunning visually and we learn so much from your passed on knowledge…..thank you for all the amazing things you do to help wildlife and for all these fabulous videos, brought to us from your beautiful home and travels…..I love it! X🇬🇧💕X

  • @RobertEFuller

    @RobertEFuller

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks so much there is plenty more to come from home and abroad

  • @cherryrowteriyaki
    @cherryrowteriyaki Жыл бұрын

    what a special video!! The editing is amazing and the music is awesome!! thank you so much for this experience mr fuller!

  • @RobertEFuller

    @RobertEFuller

    Жыл бұрын

    👍And thanks for watching 😊

  • @suebennett9313
    @suebennett9313 Жыл бұрын

    Stunning footage. You can really appreciate the beauty of these birds

  • @RobertEFuller

    @RobertEFuller

    Жыл бұрын

    Many thanks!

  • @saspredydious9295
    @saspredydious92953 ай бұрын

    What an amazing sight! Thank you for uploading!

  • @hannybeks
    @hannybeks Жыл бұрын

    Wowww, amazing, beautyful

  • @thetannaree
    @thetannaree Жыл бұрын

    Wow!!! What beautiful birds. What a fantastic film🏆

  • @RobertEFuller

    @RobertEFuller

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks 😊

  • @dianestiner8602
    @dianestiner8602 Жыл бұрын

    Fantastic to see this ! Amazing birds able to dive at such speed without being hurt, unbelievable, gee !💪. We discover marvels thanks to you 🤩🙏

  • @RobertEFuller

    @RobertEFuller

    Жыл бұрын

    Gannets are very special birds with a 6 Foot wing span

  • @DonnaReynolds-ju8yy
    @DonnaReynolds-ju8yy7 күн бұрын

    Thank you for sharing your videos.

  • @RobertEFuller

    @RobertEFuller

    6 күн бұрын

    Glad you like them!

  • @rindapelton5876
    @rindapelton5876 Жыл бұрын

    You capture the views Beautifully! Thank you 😊

  • @victoriahouse9969
    @victoriahouse9969 Жыл бұрын

    Ah glad to see your mate and mine Steve Race

  • @RobertEFuller

    @RobertEFuller

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes 👍 Steve took me and my team out on a couple of occasions very special experience

  • @sweetberries683
    @sweetberries683 Жыл бұрын

    pretty birds

  • @Sherberythrill
    @Sherberythrill Жыл бұрын

    I live just round the headland in Scarborough, so it's always great to see Bempton Cliffs. :) Did you catch a glimpse of Albert the Albatross this year? Sad as it is to know he's displaced, at least he has a routine and some company in the gannets. Bottlenose dolphin are regular visitors to this part of the Yorkshire coast now too. Growing up, I never saw any at all; just Harbour porpoises. Something seems to have changed for the better with regard to the distribution of nutrients off of the coast and maybe how the coast is fished in general though. At peak season, you can see dolphins literally every day if you know where to look. It's fabulous. :D

  • @RobertEFuller

    @RobertEFuller

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes 🙌 I have seen Albert the Albatross several times and filmed him Amazing to see it but yes sad he is totally off course I have been lucky enough to see them in the Falkland Islands and South Georgia amazing birds

  • @chrisvorgert229
    @chrisvorgert229 Жыл бұрын

    Fantastic as always.. Here in US I see many of those also. But your videos make it so much better than I can see. Thank you

  • @RobertEFuller

    @RobertEFuller

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks 😊

  • @BradleyThompson-Ford
    @BradleyThompson-Ford Жыл бұрын

    This video is breathtaking, how did you get your videos so steady when the boat rocks up and down?

  • @RobertEFuller

    @RobertEFuller

    Жыл бұрын

    The sea 🌊 was quiet choppy So Good stabilisation in the cameras and an editing process plus slow motion footage helps disguise the wobbling about 👍

  • @BradleyThompson-Ford

    @BradleyThompson-Ford

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much, your amazing work has inspired me to create my own KZread channel and its handy to learn from professionals such as yourself how they produce such amazing footage.

  • @georgegaiennie3747
    @georgegaiennie3747 Жыл бұрын

    Another great video, Robert. Thanks.

  • @RobertEFuller

    @RobertEFuller

    Жыл бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it

  • @gudruniannalfo3334
    @gudruniannalfo3334 Жыл бұрын

    Einfach nur fantastisch !!!

  • @RobertEFuller

    @RobertEFuller

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks

  • @janiedunn637
    @janiedunn637 Жыл бұрын

    Gorgeous birds. It was 😞 to see quite a few dead ones in June at the beach of the Sutherland village of Golspie. Also seen a few near where I live a couple of months ago at the North Ayrshire village of Seamill. A horrible thing avian flu

  • @RobertEFuller

    @RobertEFuller

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes very sad to see them affected by avian flu

  • @elizabethdraper1017
    @elizabethdraper1017 Жыл бұрын

    Wow that was amazing to watch thanks Robert 💖

  • @RobertEFuller

    @RobertEFuller

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you 😊 it’s my pleasure to share

  • @hannabolate5657
    @hannabolate56575 ай бұрын

    Great footage ❤

  • @khalidbinasim6942
    @khalidbinasim6942 Жыл бұрын

    Very Good

  • @RobertEFuller

    @RobertEFuller

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks

  • @davidegalliussi1979
    @davidegalliussi1979 Жыл бұрын

    Delicius footage

  • @BunkMayne
    @BunkMayne Жыл бұрын

    The worlds largest colony is on Bass Rock near Edinburgh

  • @RobertEFuller

    @RobertEFuller

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes I have been lucky enough to go to the bass rock 🪨 Bempton is on the main land which makes it unusual and accessible

  • @bradcobb3418
    @bradcobb3418 Жыл бұрын

    Robert as a pro photographer i am in awe of your photographic and artistic skills. Bird photography is only a hobby for me here in Andalucia, as an ex yorky i can at least enjoy our 2.9m wing span Grifon Vultures that should be coming back in numbers soon although we have a permanent colony of about 200, and a few smaller eagles and hundreds of kestrels. Next time I'm back there i must visit your gallery..👍

  • @RobertEFuller

    @RobertEFuller

    Жыл бұрын

    Enjoy the Griffin vultures they are stunning birds Maybe see you in the Gallery one day 👍

  • @Absbor
    @Absbor Жыл бұрын

    peek a BOO! A comment for the algorithm. :-3

  • @raihanfarrelofficial
    @raihanfarrelofficial9 ай бұрын

    Gannet is Scuttle from Little Mermaid 2023 Puffin is Sven from Happy Feet 2

  • @janetfitzgerald5794
    @janetfitzgerald57942 ай бұрын

    It must take precision coordination to lock onto a fish and time the dive so that it gets its wings tucked in out of the way (hopefully before a rogue wave catches them off-guard and alters their timed entry.)

  • @rherrera4177
    @rherrera4177 Жыл бұрын

    Terror from above.

  • @karen-marialegre3361
    @karen-marialegre33613 ай бұрын

  • @spechtmeise9185
    @spechtmeise9185 Жыл бұрын

    FANTASTIC!!! ❤❤❤

  • @naimambarek7491
    @naimambarek7491 Жыл бұрын

    👏👏👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🤣🤣🤣

  • @janetfitzgerald5794
    @janetfitzgerald57942 ай бұрын

    I may have got this wrong, but an old friend from Liverpool used to use a word that I think was derogatory, when referring to someone negatively. I seem to remember it sounding like "gannet". Is this familiar to anyone? If so, why call someone that?

  • @ev304
    @ev304 Жыл бұрын

    4 k videos when!

  • @RobertEFuller

    @RobertEFuller

    Жыл бұрын

    We film most of our footage 4k now

  • @SolarWasTaken1
    @SolarWasTaken1 Жыл бұрын

    first coment gang

  • @MTonVR
    @MTonVR Жыл бұрын

    Did anyone tell you that there is an albatross that came there and is seen around the cliffs?

  • @RobertEFuller

    @RobertEFuller

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes I have filmed the albatross and seen it quite a few times amazing bird

  • @MTonVR

    @MTonVR

    Жыл бұрын

    @@RobertEFuller I’ve been before but I couldn’t see it :(((

  • @RobertEFuller

    @RobertEFuller

    Жыл бұрын

    @@MTonVR often a good time is just as it’s getting dark and it comes back to roost 😊

  • @RobertEFuller

    @RobertEFuller

    Жыл бұрын

    Check out my video on it

  • @MTonVR

    @MTonVR

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks I’m actually going soon so I’ll try to see it

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