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title: "Wrong hemisphere!  A Black-browed Albatross turns up among gannets at the United Kingdom's Bempton Cliffs"
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# Wrong hemisphere!  A Black-browed Albatross turns up among gannets at the United Kingdom's Bempton Cliffs

![Bempton Cliffs Black browed Albatross Craig Thomas](https://www.acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Birds/Albatrosses/B/Black_browed/Bempton_Cliffs_Black-browed_Albatross_Craig_Thomas.jpg) 

 *A Black-browed Albatross among the Northern Gannets at Bempton Cliffs, photograph by**Craig Thomas*

 An adult Black-browed Albatross *Thalassarche melanophris* was photographed on 2 July this year among Northern Gannets *Morus bassanus* at [Bempton Cliffs](https://www.rspb.org.uk/reserves-and-events/reserves-a-z/bempton-cliffs/) in the United Kingdom.  The mainland seabird colony in Yorkshire is a nature reserve managed by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds ([RSPB](https://www.rspb.org.uk)).  The unbanded bird was present for a few days before departing ([click here](https://www.facebook.com/RSPBBempton)).

 According to the report of last month’s sighting a Black-browed Albatross was seen at [https://www.rspb.org.uk/reserves-and-events/reserves-a-z/bempton-cliffs/](https://www.rspb.org.uk/reserves-and-events/reserves-a-z/bempton-cliffs/) Bempton Cliffs in 2017.  The species has been recorded as singletons in the UK (click [here](https://www.acap.aq/news/latest-news/2203-a-black-browed-albatross-visits-minsmere-nature-reserve-on-the-united-kingdom-s-north-sea-coast?highlight=WyJtaW5zbWVyZSJd%20https://acap.aq/news/news-archive/23-2010-news-archive/563-crossing-the-line-albatrosses-changing-hemispheres) for a 2015 record) and [elsewhere in the North Atlantic](https://www.acap.aq/news/latest-news/1769-a-black-browed-albatross-visits-the-inshore-waters-of-denmark-and-germany?highlight=WyJoZWxpZ29sYW5kIl0=) from time to time, including[off Canada](https://www.acap.aq/news/news-archive/57-2012-news-archive/92-a-black-browed-albatross-gets-to-canada?highlight=WyJibGFjay1icm93ZWQiLCJub3J0aCIsImF0bGFudGljIiwiYXRsYW50aWMncyIsIm5vcnRoIGF0bGFudGljIl0=).

 See also [here](https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-humber-53282880).

 *John Cooper, ACAP Information Officer, 10 August 2020*