RSPB Bempton Cliffs
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The UK's largest mainland seabird colony. Nearly half a million seabirds, including puffins, on 400 feet high chalk cliffs on the stunning Yorks coast.
East Yorkshire, UK
Joined December 2010
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We can't stop watching this! This
#puffin
was clearly enjoying the wind beneath his wings
#skydiving
@Natures_Voice
@DiscoverCoast
@VHEY_UK
@Welcome2Yorks
@VisitYNT
@YCNature
@coastmag
@BTA_Bridlington
Video: Michael Babcock
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It's not often you get all our Auks in one photo! 😆
📷 Puffin - Guillemot and Razorbill - Chrys Mellor
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#Volunteer
Ian has been hard at work again. He's designed and built a scope clamp to make viewing easier for those in
#wheelchairs
. And it helped this visitor see her first
#puffin
.
#Genius
. 🔭👩🦽👨🦽
@RSPBEngland
@bridlingtonecho
@EuansGuide
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Did you know Gannets have been known to give one another gifts of flowers or grass stems to reinforce their bond? 😍🌾🌼
📷 1,2 - Isaac Jones
📷 3 - Alison Hill
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Mary is 96, and this is the moment she saw her first
#Puffin
!
This is a simple but genius bit of engineering from one of our volunteers to ensure all visitors are able to see through our scopes. 🔭
📸Ian Crossley
@RSPBEngland
@Natures_Voice
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We've had 9 Puffins spotted on the cliffs this morning! There's currently 3 at Mosey Downgate viewpoint.
📸Lorraine Willis (Archive)
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This
#superseabirdsunday
we want to share this wonderful action shot taken by a visitor! 😍🥰
📸 Tracy Robinson
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We're seeing.... quadruple?! 🧐
What an absolutely amazing photo captured by a talented visitor!
📷 Gannets - Trevor Allsopp
@normal_wildlife
- Instagram
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What a lovely gift of Daisies! Did you know Gannets pair for life? 🌼
Gannets - Suzie Bradbury
@suzies_snaps
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Amazing news! The black-browed albatross that graced our reserve and cliffs this Summer has been voted Rarity of the Year Britain & Ireland by the public and
@BirdGuides
. Did you see it? A truly spectacular bird 🥇🎉
@RSPBEngland
@Natures_Voice
@RSPBbirders
📸Roger Darvell
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Anyone still got one of these on their book shelf? We love a bit of
#retro
🐦📚
#ThrowbackThursday
#GoodReads
@RSPBbirders
@Natures_Voice
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We just had to share this incredible sunrise captured by a visitor early last week! 🔥
📸 Stephen Stokes
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Land ho! The first puffin on the cliffs has been spotted 🥳🥳
Two were seen from Mosey Downgate this morning. It won't be much longer until these beauties are back on the cliffs in force!
📸Rich Berry
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After a storm comes ..... Barn Owls! 🌈⛈☀️🦉
🎥 Ellen Leach
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🎉We have touchdown!!🎉
One of our fab volunteers has spotted our first puffin on the cliffs at Staple!😍
@FlamboroughBird
📸Rich Berry
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STOP PRESS: First
#puffin
of the season spotted on the cliffs. It's that time again...
@FlamboroughBird
@FileyBirdObs
@Natures_Voice
@VHEY_UK
@DiscoverCoast
@Welcome2Yorks
#Bridlington
#Scarborough
🐦😍Stock image: James Walker
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What beautiful photos of a Gannet returning with nesting material! 😍
📷 Dave Wesson
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🎉AMAZING NEWS🎉
The first puffin of the year has been spotted today sit on the sea off Staple Newk viewpoint!
#spring
#Puffin
#puffinsgalore
#seabirds
@FlamboroughBird
@FileyBirdObs
📸 Ali Barrett (archive)
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A brilliant start to the day
@Bempton_Cliffs
, with great views of barn owl and dolphins to round off our first Breakfast Birdwatch event 😍🐬🦉
📸Dolphins, David Bromley (archive)
📸Barn owl, Trevor Charlton (archive)
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Throwback to the beginning of the season when the Auks were gathering on calm seas! We miss them already! 😅
📷 Trev Charlton
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Well... what can we say except WOW! The other night we were treated to the Perseid meteor shower shooting across a sky lit up with the Northern Lights. Did you manage to get a glimpse? 💫🌌✨
📷 Ellen Leach
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An unexpected encounter ... 😆
📸 Short-eared Owl and Hare - Anne Swindells
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We're having quite the hoot
@Bempton_Cliffs
! The weather is looking better and we now have not 1, but 3 short-eared owls putting on a show for us🤩🦉
📸 Dan Howe
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❗️BREAKING NEWS❗️ We have our first gannet chick here on the cliffs!! Our Seabird Research Assistant, Richard, snapped this fab photo yesterday morning, not long after it hatched! Can you spot it?! ✨🎉
📸 Richard Cope
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Have you got a shot of the black-browed albatross? We've seen some cracking photos so far and we'd love to see more😍 Feel free to share! 🐦
#Photography
#WildlifePhotography
📸Rachel Bigsby,
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We couldn't resist sharing this absolutely gorgeous set of Puffin photos! 😍🥰
📷 Vikki Parle
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❗️BREAKING NEWS❗️
Our first gannet chicks have been spotted on the cliffs 🥳🥳
📸Martin Jones-Gill
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What a fantastic capture of these two lovely Puffins taken by a visitor recently! 🥰😍
📷 Puffins - Phil Cutland Green
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We certainly weren't looking for nesting Tree Sparrows in this place! These two have picked our bike shelter as their home for this year... 🐦🐣
📸 James Davies
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A visitor captured these wonderfully acrobatic Puffins! 😍
📷 Carla Stark
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Off Bempton at 14.55 an Orca (Killer Whale) headed south. 2-3 miles off Grandstand. Huge tall vertical dorsal. Seen 5 times by numerous visitors, no sightings reported since.
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We've had some early visitors on the cliffs over the last few days! 😍 Although it's super exciting, they won't be back on land properly until the end of the month, so there's no guarantee they'll stick around.
Keep your eyes peeled for more updates though... 👀
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What an absolutely gorgeous early morning shot captured by a very talented visitor! 😍🌞
📷 Gannets - Samuel Richardson -
@samuel_naturephotography
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How happy are we? We've won the Remarkable Visitor Attraction Award at
#REYTA19
and we're walking on air.
@VHEY_UK
@Natures_Voice
#Bridlington
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Did you know Puffins shed their colourful beak in the winter? 🌊❄️
Beneath the colourful beak plate there is a plain black beak. The colourful beak is purely for the breeding season and to enable the Puffin to carry more fish! 🐟
📷 Puffin - Michelle Coyle
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We've been having some lovely sunrises recently! Dare we say Spring is in the air... ⛅️🌅🌷
📸 Ellen Leach
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We just had to share these stunning photos of Roe Deer captured by a visitor at sunset! 🦌
📸 Roe Deer - Alun Lambert
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The reserve has had a very distinctive soundtrack over the last week or so! 🎶
🎥 Pink-footed Geese - Ellen Leach
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We’re so excited to see the cliffs starting to fill up with our feathered friends! 😍🌊
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What an adorable post-bath Tree Sparrow! 😍❤️
📷 Tree Sparrow - Jane Eardley
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A truly glorious day today
@Bempton_Cliffs
! Sunshine, plenty of seabirds and dolphins spotted heading past the viewpoints 🐬
📸 James Davies
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We had to share this beautiful photograph of a pair of Gannets engaged in 'fencing' with their bills as part of their bonding behaviour! 🥰
Have you been lucky enough to spot this wonderful sight on the cliffs?
📷 Nick Proctor - Nick Proctor Photography
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The Gannets are busying themselves collecting nesting material 😍
📷 James Davies
📷 Alan Coe
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Reported fly past
@Bempton_Cliffs
this AM from black browed albatross seen by 2 vols & visitors photo. At Staple, but not spotted since. Plenty of eyes on cliffs & sea now.
@RareBirdAlertUK
@BirdGuides
@FlamboroughBird
@FileyBirdObs
@RSPBbirders
📸Martin Gill Jones (archive)
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Hmm...anyone get the impression that all this attention might be going to someone's head? 😂
#albatross
@DiscoverCoast
@VistBrid
@RSPBbirders
@WildlifeMag
#Yorkshire
📷 Ian Howard
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We've been enjoying the sunny weather here at Bempton and it seems the Puffins have too! 🌞 A visitor captured these wonderful in flight action shots! 😍
📷 Puffin - Stephen Beaver
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Short eared owl seen 3.30pm over the field near the car park and to the back of the visitor centre! Second day in a row and at about the same time too... 😊🦉
📸Dan Howe (Archive)
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There's a new seabird on the block. 😄 Looks like this short-eared
#owl
decided to broaden its horizons earlier this week. 😍🦉
📷 Rich Berry
@RSPBEngland
@Natures_Voice
#Yorkshire
#EscapeTheEveryday
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Come on you creative lot! Caption this🤔💭
📷 Ali Barratt (archive)
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⚠PLEASE NOTE: ⚠
We have had a number of bird deaths, specifically Kittiwakes, on the cliffs and sea at Bempton reserve, that are being investigated as Avian Influenza or ‘Bird ‘flu’. DEFRA has been informed. 1/4
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Got a wonderful
#Puffin
photo you want to share? 📷 We love seeing your images and reposting them when we can! 😍✨🌊
📷 Ellen Leach
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Just when we thought Bempton couldn't get any better! Did you manage to catch a glimpse of the Northern Lights yesterday evening? 🤩
📸 Ivan Nethercoat
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It this time of year when we have to say goodbye to our puffins, guillemots and razorbills. These fantastic birds spend the rest of the year out at sea, in groups or rafts. 👋 😢
📸 Ali Barrett
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Wow! 15+ bottle-nosed dolphins slowly heading North past
@Bempton_Cliffs
now, currently viewable off New Roll Up viewpoint
📸 Trevor Charlton (Historic)
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Who bags the top prize in the synchronised grass gathering event at the gannet Olympics?
@Natures_Voice
@VisitYNT
@YCNature
Image: Lynn Glasby
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Here's a nice size comparison pic for you lovely lot! Black-browed
#albatross
vs kittiwake... 📏👀
📸 Gary Mowles
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Yesterday Bempton transformed into a winter wonderland! 😍❄️☃️
📸 Ellen Leach
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An early morning treat for us
@Bempton_Cliffs
! A short-eared owl has been spotted, porpoise have cruised past our viewpoints and we've watched a sparrowhawk grab a spot of breakfast🦉🐬🌟
📸Steve Race (archive)
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As we are asking all visitors to wear a mask when entering our visitor centre, we are on the lookout for some of the best wildlife masks. We are yet to spot a puffin mask, or a gannet mask?! 😷 Anyone have any particular good wildlife masks, we would love to see them.
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Still a bit chilly here
@Bempton_Cliffs
, but at least someone is looking cosy at Staple!🌬️❄️
📸Scott Davison-Smith
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Exciting news from Bempton Cliffs 🥳One of our volunteers spotted a magical moment earlier this week, our first gannet chick fledging! We're super excited🐣
📷 Jo Symon
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Ooh baby, we love it when you do that weird wing thing. 😄🐦
📷 Richard Cross
#albatross
#Yorkshire
#EscaoeTheEveryday
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The first gannet was spotted back on the cliffs this morning along with 100s of wintering guillemots. A very
@Bempton_Cliffs
sign of Spring soon to be coming!
📸 David Wright
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Puffins will be making their spectacular return to
#Bempton
soon! We cannot wait😍 Have you got a visit planned this year?
📸Dan Howe
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These beautiful seabird portraits were snapped by a visitor recently! 🤩✨
📷 Puffin and Razorbill - Matt Cottrell
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Saturday not only brought us Minke Whales but incredibly close sightings of diving
#Gannets
too! 😍
🎥 Ellen Leach
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Puffins are brilliant swimmers! Using their webbed feet as a rudder, puffins can dive down 60m under water in search of their favourite fish. 🐟
📷 Tracy Robinson
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Our Tree Sparrows are starting to fledge. These two picked a rather soggy day to leave the nest! 🪺
📷 Tree Sparrows - Trev Charlton
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A cracking day for cetaceans
@Bempton_Cliffs
! We've had not one, not two... but three pods of dolphins cruise past us 😍🐬 The third group is heading past Bartlett viewpoint now!
📸 James Davies
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A lot of our Gannet chicks are getting pretty big! We couldn't resist sharing this beautiful family portrait with a surprise guest! 🦋
📷 Gannets & Chick - Carla Stark
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What an adorable photo of one of our Herring Gull chicks nestled in the Daisies! 😍🥰
📷 Herring Gull Chick - James Davies
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We love seeing a beak full of Sandeels! 😍
📷 Razorbill - Andy Booth
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Stunning leucistic gannet spotted at Staple Newk viewpoint today!
What a beautiful bird.
📸 Jo Symon
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What an absolutely stunning shot captured by one of our lovely volunteers! 😍
📷 Gannets - James Davies
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Even our superstar
#seabird
loves to snuggle. 🐦😍 The black-browed
#albatross
has been on the cliffs again today. If you didn't spot him last year, you've got a second chance...at least for now. ⏰
📷 Dan Howe
@VisitEastYorks
@DiscoverCoast
#Yorkshire
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Black-browed albatross currently on the sea off Staple Newk viewpoint
@FlamboroughBird
@RareBirdAlertUK
📸Keith Barrow (archive)
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We couldn't resist sharing these fantastic acrobatic photos of two Short-eared Owls taken by a visitor last week! 🦉
📸 Joe Winter - Instagram - @ jw1102
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Alpine Swift past
@Bempton_Cliffs
heading south east
@FlamboroughBird
@BirdGuides
@RareBirdAlertUK
📸 Trev Charlton (archive image)
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What a fantastic set of images that beautifully capture one of our resident Barn Owls hunting! 🦉 Have you spotted them recently?
📷 Barn Owl - Sukhdev Singh
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Hip hip hooray, another success story for our swallows 🎉 This time they've successfully fledged another four chicks 😍🎉
📸 James Davies
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We've had a special visitor hanging around the Dell, carpark and bird feeders. A reserve first for Bempton, the Red-eyed Vireo has been showing well today meaning we've got some cracking shots to share with you! 🤩
📸 - Will Scott
📸 - James Davis
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Just to prove we had our first puffin on the cliffs earlier today... big thanks to Kevin Groocock for the images.
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We've had some glorious weather recently, just look at the view from one of our recent
#seabird
cruises! 🐦🌊😍⛴️
If you fancy joining us you can book here
👉
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Owls AND Puffins! What more could we ask for? 😍
📷 Morgan Green
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Welcome home, you! Spring is springing and the
#gannets
are making their return to the cliffs 🙌 How happy are we? 🐦😍
📸 Will Scott
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Three short-eared owls put on a show this afternoon, pic Will Scott
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We're absolutely in love with these Weasel photos taken by a visitor last week. What a cutie! 😍
📸 Weasel - Stephen Beaver
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The Weasels put on a great show last week! We couldn't resist sharing these adorable photos captured by a visitor. 😍🥰
📸 Weasel - Andrea Mapplebeck
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Fantastic views of the Pallas’s Warbler
@Bempton_Cliffs
this afternoon in Pallas’s Patch. Still present this evening but relocated in the Dell.
📸 Jo Symon
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This cutie was spotted from the cliffs by a visitor! 🦭🌊
📷 Grey Seal - Karen O'Connell
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We always love seeing photos of the wonderful Swallows around the reserve. We just had to share this lovely set! 😍
📷 Swallow - Steve Elks
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