Black-browed Albatross - a photo on Flickriver

            Thalassarche melanophris

Bempton Cliffs, Yorkshire

Taken on its 100th day at Bempton this year, last year arrived later and stayed until early September.. This Albatross is believed to have lived in Europe since 2014, when he is likely to have been blown off course and left unable to return to his breeding grounds in the South Atlantic. It has now spent at least part of its summer amongst the Bempton Gannet colony on 4 occasions first visting in 2017.

Although vagrancies from the South Atlantic are rare, on several occasions a Black-browed albatross has summered in Scottish gannet colonies. A similar incident took place in the gannet colony in the Faroe Islands island of Mykines, where a black-browed albatross lived among the gannets for over 30 years. In July 2013 the first sighting of a Black-browed albatross in the Bahamas was recorded. 

The Black-browed albatross feeds on fish, squid, crustaceans, carrion, and fishery discards. This species has been observed stealing food from other species. It can have a natural lifespan of over 70 years.

Taken in: UK / England / Bempton / Bempton (show map)

Taken on: July 29, 2022

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