Flamborough Bird Observatory
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FBO carries out the recording of birds at one of the UK's renowned seawatching and bird migration hotspots.
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If you’re birding the headland, here’s some handy maps
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It is with sad news that Ian (DIMW) Wallace passed away last week.
He has been a pivotal supporter of the observatory and the Flamborough birding scene for 50 years. His credits are legion. He will be missed by a great many, not least by his many friends here.
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Bba on cliffs earlier this afternoon per FBO member Tony Dixon
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Picture of the Black Stork over
@Bempton_Cliffs
earlier today. This is the first record in the observatory recording area. Photo credit to James Davies
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Stunning picture of the Black-browed Albatross taken by
@berry_rich
from the
@_YorkshireBelle
near Thornwick bay this afternoon.
@RareBirdAlertUK
@BirdGuides
@Bempton_Cliffs
@RSPBbirders
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Red-flanked Bluetail ringed at South Landing this morning, released into top end of the ravine
@BirdGuides
@RareBirdAlertUK
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THE PLANNING APPLICATION HAS BEEN PASSED!!! The ERYC found in favour 10-2 so work will start on construction in the Autumn. Thank you all so so much for helping with this project and the support you’ve shown FBO we cannot thank you enough.
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Late news from Monday the 16th, female Baikal Teal on sea at North Landing. Photo by Martin Riley
@BirdGuides
@RareBirdAlertUK
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Male Eastern type Stonchat at southern end of lighthouse grasslands this evening
BOC photo by Wendy Flakes
@BirdGuides
@RareBirdAlertUK
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What better way to celebrate
#WorldSeabirdDay
than having an Albatross visit the iconic breeding seabirds of the Flamborough headland
Good morning from
@Bempton_Cliffs
. Bird disappeared about 7.10am
@FlamboroughBird
@BirdGuides
@YCNature
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It is on, a Redwing day !!! Over 1000 in off at
@Bempton_Cliffs
with 250+ counted at Flamborough also
@BirdGuides
@RareBirdAlertUK
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WE HAVE DONE IT!!! We have managed to secure all the funds to complete the Garner-Richards Seawatch Observatory. Huge thanks to all who have supported us through planning and financially to make the dream a reality.
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Albatross back at
@Bempton_Cliffs
!!!
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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The Black-browed Albatross has returned to
@Bempton_Cliffs
after being absent for a week.
@BirdGuides
@RareBirdAlertUK
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Taiga Flycatcher still on cliffs below Fog Station . Park at lighthouse and walk to view. Photo by
@CraigCThomas1
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What.A. Day !! Totals from around the headland include 5 Pallas’s Warblers, 11 Short-eared Owl, 2 Yellow-browed Warbler, Firecrest, Grey Shrike, 5 Mealy Redpoll oh and 33565 Redwing.
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Today’s star bird wasn’t the Black-browed Albatross but the observatory’s first Black Stork that flew north west over Sixpenny wood then
@Bempton_Cliffs
. Here’s the link to today’s sightings
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Just reappeared at Bartlett headed NW out of site. Looks like sooty, photos by
@WillboneScott
@RareBirdAlertUK
@BirdGuides
@Bempton_Cliffs
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On this day in 2007, an Asian Brown Flycatcher was found in Old Fall by Phil Cunningham.
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Black-browed Albatross back this morning perched on cliffs above staple Newk viewable from new roll up viewpoint at
@Bempton_Cliffs
@BirdGuides
@RareBirdAlertUK
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A day of one bird -Woodcock, 184 logged today round the headland also Bonxie, 3 Lapwing, 42 Redwing and 13 Fieldfare. Here’s the link to today’s sightings .
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Belated news of a White-billed Diver off South Landing on the 7th of March, presumably the same bird off
@FileyBirdObs
on the 9th .
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Can birders please stay to public and permissive paths on the headland and not enter/stand in fields, this jeopardises the observatory’s relationship with landowners
@BirdGuides
@RareBirdAlertUK
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We wish our friends, followers and supporters all a merry Christmas
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Again bba on cliffs earlier this afternoon by FBO stalwart Brett Richards
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Birds everywhere!!! Totals from Flamborough and
@Bempton_Cliffs
Include Glossy Ibis, Cetti’s Warbler, Little Bunting, 10 Yellow-browed Warbler, Dotterel, 22 Ring Ouzel, Hawfinch, Hen Harrier plus 28000+ Redwing, 1150+ Goldcrest and 200+ Brambling
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Today is
#WorldSeabirdDay
, we are privileged that nearly half a million seabirds including the iconic Puffin make their home here on the headland
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Flocks of albatross showing well with
@Bucktonbirder
at Buckton heligoland trap
@Bempton_Cliffs
@RSPBbirders
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Black-browed Albatross still at
@Bempton_Cliffs
this morning, on cliffs at Staple Newk
@BirdGuides
@RareBirdAlertUK
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Dunnocks are just a local garden bird? One ringed at FBO on 12/10/20 was refound at Asbach in Germany on 27/3/22 some 639km away and 531 days later
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This afternoon’s brief Turkestan Shrike at
@Bempton_Cliffs
At RSPB Bempton this afternoon, a probable adult Turkestan Shrike popped upon a clifftop fence ahead of me. Good views before it flicked off into grasslands, periodically perching on hogweeds and docks before being lost to view. Bird likely arrived after very recent heavy rain.
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Absolutely amazing picture of the Taiga Flycatcher at the fog station this afternoon
#migweek
@RareBirdAlertUK
@BirdGuides
2nd tick in two days! Taiga Flycatcher at Flamborough today. Can't be bad 😊
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It’s a Thrush day !!!!! Migration is on with 6000 over
@Bempton_Cliffs
per
@vismigKC
and at least 3000 Fieldfare over old fall so far plus 4000 Redwing, 6 Ring Ousel, 300 Blackbird, 20+ Song Thrush and 6 Brambling.
#Migweek
@BirdGuides
@RareBirdAlertUK
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Very pleased that the Flamborough headland including
@Bempton_Cliffs
(and Buckton should be included in this), has won site of the year in the
@BirdwatchExtra
birders choice awards 2021, many thanks for all who voted
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The full frame picture of yesterday’s star sighting, Yorkshire’s first Southern Migrant Hawker.
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The Black-browed Albatross crowned rarity of the year by the public!! A fantastic bird that pleased many visitors to the headland.
@Bempton_Cliffs
Rarity of the Year Britain & Ireland 2021. Over 1,400 votes in the final and the much enjoyed Black-browed Albatross at Bempton wins. Thank you to every one and
@BirdGuides
for your votes, retweets and at times emotive comments! Let’s see what 2022 brings us and Happy Christmas.
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A huge thanks to our 12 volunteer ringers who managed, despite less than conducive conditions, quality over quantity with Red-breasted Flycatcher, Yellow-browed Warbler, Grey Wagtails and over 300 people directly engaged during over 50 hours of ringing demonstrations
#MigWeek
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Probable Great Spotted Cuckoo in off at
@Bempton_Cliffs
and appeared to go to ground in bushes east of car park at 15.30, view only from car park/road do not enter field. Please drive slowly on cliff lane
@BirdGuides
@RareBirdAlertUK
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Not in the recording area, Hoopoe on Marton road, near the junction with Wheatley drive in Bridlington.
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Now 16,000 Redwing, 250 Fieldfare, 1 Hawfinch, Bramblings, still pouring west south west through Flamborough Head
@BirdGuides
@RareBirdAlertUK
7000 Redwing vismigged this morning leaving the headland also Ring Ouzel over
@BirdGuides
@RareBirdAlertUK
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What a day !!! Not only the Red-headed Bunting but late news of a Two-barred Warbler along with Radde’s, Dusky and 2 Pallas’s Warblers, 6 Hawfinch, Firecrest, Osprey and thousands of Geese and thrushes.
Full details here-
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Female hawfinch trapped this morning, wot a stunna
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Redwing count now 18000 west with numbers of Fieldfare, Blackbird and Brambling increasing too
@BirdGuides
@RareBirdAlertUK
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A Little Bunting photographed on Saturday on the outer head (possibly Cattlemere) by Lauren Mantley
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A brighter day with an unseasonal 882 Kittiwakes also 33 Red-throated Divers and Brambling while a Mediterranean Gull flew past
@Bempton_Cliffs
.
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Turkestan Shrike has been refound!! Along the track opposite the piggery on cliff lane (the approach road to
@Bempton_Cliffs
) park at RSPB Bempton and walk back to view. Do not park along cliff lane or along track where the bird is
@BirdGuides
@RareBirdAlertUK
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Dunkerque ringed Snow Bunting at
@Bempton_Cliffs
this morning
We had this Snow Bunting drop in for a few minutes at Grandstand viewpoint at RSPB Bempton Cliffs today.
@Bempton_Cliffs
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The Garner-Richards Seawatch Observatory is open!! Arctic Skua and Sandwich Terns past already. Huge thanks to
@opticronuk
for providing the scopes and binoculars for public use
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Possible Brown Booby south at 0912 hrs per Brett Richards .
@BirdGuides
@RareBirdAlertUK
@GrimstonBirder
@spurnbirdobs
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No better day than
#YorkshireDay
and the first Sooty Shearwater of the autumn, to announce that the Garner-Richards Seawatch Observatory is open to the birding community.
Please follow the link for the door lock code and health & safety info
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Image of today’s flyover Glossy Ibis by the finder Andrew Lassey. Only second observatory record (first in 1996), rarer than Brown Shrike here.
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Final figures from Flamborough- 33,565 Redwing plus 757 Blackbird, 735 Starling, 286 Fieldfare, 32 Brambling all west. This is an absolute minimum count as many birds were too high to see per
@vismigKC
@BirdGuides
@RareBirdAlertUK
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A lovely comment from a resident of St David lane about yesterday’s bunting twitchers-
“We live on St David Lane ,
must have been fifty or more twitchers walking up and down. No cars
Thanks for the respect , and hope you all saw the rare bird”
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Seeing as the birding is a little slow at the moment- On this day in 2016 the last Eastern Crowned Warbler to grace U.K. shores was found at
@Bempton_Cliffs
delighting many . Photo by
@dg_aitken
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6600 Redwing made landfall today along with 3 Jack Snipe, Marsh Tit and 100’s of finches while 3 Barnacle Geese and 3 Short-eared Owl at
@Bempton_Cliffs
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Couple of images by Flamborough regular Andrew Allport of the Eastern Subalpine Warbler
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At
@Bempton_Cliffs
the first swallows of the year are gracing the headland . Picture by Jamie Johnson
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8 years ago, this stunning drake Baikal Teal graced the headland. Only the sixth record for Britain and the first for Yorkshire and FBO
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Today’s Grey-headed Wagtail at Thornwick Pools, picture by Brett Richards
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Black-browed Albatross back at
@Bempton_Cliffs
this morning flying around Staple Newk area
@BirdGuides
@RareBirdAlertUK
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The Turkestan Shrike was refound to delight many while the Black-browed Albatross remained at
@Bempton_Cliffs
.
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Exceptional pictures of the Black-browed Albatross from today
Well I may have missed the Albatross on four previous occasions but the hours finally paid off today. Watching it on the sea for hours before an eye watering eye level fly past, more than I could ever dream of
@Natures_Voice
@_BTO
@ChrisGPackham
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Clifden Nonpareil trapped last night here on the headland, pictures by Allan Rodda
@BC_Yorkshire
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Black-browed Albatross again this morning at Staple Newk
@Bempton_Cliffs
.
@BirdGuides
@RareBirdAlertUK
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FBO have submitted a. new application to build a seawatching hide on the outer head is live on the council website. Please follow the link to show your support in this venture just 10 minutes out of your day to help achieve this .
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If you’re out and about on the headland, here’s some handy maps to share your sightings to use at
@FlamboroughBird
#flambirds
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#SeawatchFestival
Sooty Shearwaters are passing the headland this morning along with Great and Arctic Skua so get down to our seawatching observatory to see em
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Black-browed Albatross back at
@Bempton_Cliffs
currently roosting at its favoured spot on the cliff above Staple Newk viewable from New Rollup
@BirdGuides
@RareBirdAlertUK
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Sorry folks more gripping Albatross photos
Mad dash to
@Bempton_Cliffs
this afternoon and rewarded with crippling views of the Black-browed Albatross! After missing a few it was great to finally get one.
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We are raising funds for the amazing work of
@jeanthorpeRR
at this years
@FileyBirdObs
and
@FlamboroughBird
Ringing and migration week
#migweek
. Come along enjoy the birds and the miracle of migration and help frontline conservation
Another bird saved by
@jeanthorpeRR
! 🦅👏
This female buzzard was found injured in the Yorkshire Wolds. It had been shot. Jean took it in, it was fixed up by vet Mark Naguib & released back into the wild.
One lucky bird.
#FridayThe13th
Details here:
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#OnThisDay
in 2003 Flamborough legend Andrew Lassey found this Taiga Flycatcher. The bird was subsequently caught and released at South Landing. First record for the U.K..
Photo courtesy of
@GPCbirding
Full account here
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Black-browed Albatross again at
@Bempton_Cliffs
this morning, circling staple newk viewpoint for last hour
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Today has been dominated by one bird, the returning Black-browed Albatross seen off Bempton and Buckton most of the day. Also Arctic Skua, Bonxie and Bottlenose Dolphins off
@Bempton_Cliffs
. Here’s the link to today’s sightings.
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A distinctly Siberian feel with the birds gracing the headland with Taiga Flycatcher, Red-flanked Bluetail, Siberian Chiffchaff and Siberian Lesser Whitethroat, DIMW would be pleased.
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Amazing day of auk passage with 133000 Razorbills past today. Here’s the link to today’s seawatching via
@trektellen
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Here's the site map of Flamborough Bird Observatory
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Birders enjoyed 2 Pallas’s Warblers, 2 Siberian Chiffchaff, Short-eared Owl, Velvet Scoter, Long-tailed Ducks also 6 Snow Bunting and Lapland Bunting with 4 of each at
@Bempton_Cliffs
.
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The avian stars shone for the masses with Two-barred Warbler, Red-headed Bunting, Pallas’s Warbler and 2 Dusky Warblers, with a big vis mig total and 6970 Pink-footed Geese at
@Bempton_Cliffs
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Wood Warbler trapped and ringed at South Landing earlier
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Black-browed Albatross still present, on slope up from staple arch sat with Gannets. Viewable from new roll up viewpoint.
@Bempton_Cliffs
@BirdGuides
@RareBirdAlertUK
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80 Lapland Bunting still in clifftop stubble at Buckton. Park at
@Bempton_Cliffs
and walk north west along coastal path to view
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If you’re visiting the headland, here’s some handy maps with location names in our recording area
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At
@Bempton_Cliffs
Eleven Bottle-nosed Dolphins now heading towards Filey Bay. Also fly over Hawfinch per
@ScratchTrev
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