Britain's Graceful Seabirds
Join Paul Gray at the Farne Islands and Bempton Cliffs with Britain's Graceful Seabirds, bringing to the screen - the Kittiwake and Arctic tern's battle for survival.
Seabirds on Bempton cliffs. UK.
Gannets, razorbills, puffins kittiwake & fulmars on Bempton cliffs. April 2015.
Seabirds at Bempton Cliffs.wmv
On a very windy day, we visited the RSPB Reserve at Bempton Cliffs, East Yorkshire to see the 1000s of nesting sea birds.
(Sorry about the sound and some camera shake. This was due to the wind)
Photographing Birds at Bempton Cliffs - It's All About Gannets!
Bempton Cliffs near Bridlington on the Yorkshire coast is home to the UK’s only mainland breeding colony of Gannets. This magnificent seabird breeds for life and couples seem to show remarkable affection. In this video we show the highlights of two days photography in this superb location.
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Bird Photographs and Video
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Bird and Outdoor Photography at Bempton Cliffs
I take a trip to Bempton Cliffs , my favourite place in England to visit, to take some time-out and do some bird photography.
Camera Equipment:
Canon 7D mark II
Sigma 150-600mm Sport lens
Manfrotto 190x prob tripod
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Camera Bag: Manfrotto Off Road Hiker 30L
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Canon G5X
Gopro hero 4 silver
DJI Mavic pro
Zoom h1 audio recorder
Rspb Bempton Cliffs 25th June 2018
Rspb Bempton Cliffs 25th June 2018
The hard chalk cliffs at Bempton rise are relatively resistant to erosion and offer lots of sheltered headlands and crevices for nesting birds. The cliffs run about 6 miles (10 km) from Flamborough Head north towards Filey and are over 330 feet (100 m) high at points. The cliffs at Bempton are some of the highest in England. Beachy Head in East Sussex being the highest at 530 feet (160 m).[1]
There are good walkways along the top of the cliffs and several well fenced and protected observation points. Most times there will be helpful bird watchers with a range of scopes and binoculars on hand.
Gannets
Bempton Cliffs is home to the only mainland breeding colony of gannets in England.[2] The birds arrive at the colony from January and leave in August and September.
Kittiwakes
Numerically the most common bird, around 10% of the United Kingdom population of kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla) nest here.
Puffins
The Atlantic puffins (Fratercula arctica) at Bempton Cliffs tend to nest in rock crevices, whereas burrows are used at most UK sites. Although there are estimated to be around 958 birds (450 breeding pairs), it is relatively difficult to get a close view of them.[3] The puffins along the Yorkshire coast are now endangered.
The Bempton puffins mostly fly 25 miles (40 km) east to the Dogger Bank to feed. Their numbers may however be adversely affected by a reduction in local sand eel numbers caused by global warming, in turn caused by plankton being driven north by the 2 degree rise in local sea temperatures
The towering cliffs at Bempton, part of Yorkshire's stunning heritage coast, come alive each year with almost half a million seabirds including puffins and gannets, the UK's largest seabird. Sailing with the RSPB aboard the famous Yorkshire Belle is a chance to get nose-to-beak with the stars of the show on an incredible wildlife adventure.
On a three hour journey of discovery passengers will sail to the base of the 400 foot chalk cliffs as clouds of seabirds swoop, soar and circle above and around the boat. RSPB experts are on hand to identify what's what and the on-board commentary gives a unique insight into the seabird spectacle. For nature lovers of all ages, this is the stuff that memories are made of.
Our last three sailings (late July and August) will look for puffins on the sea, while gannets dive around the boat for food - a truly unforgettable sight.
Booking essential, early booking recommended.
Adults: Non-members: £27.50 RSPB Member: £22.00
Children 2-16: 50% adult price (under 2 sail free but please call 01262 422211 to register attendance)
Address
RSPB Bempton Cliffs, Cliff Ln, Bridlington YO15 1JF, UK
Grid ref
TA197738
Read more at
The reserve is open at all times.
The Seabird Centre (including toilets) is open from 9.30am - 5pm in summer, and 9.30am - 4pm in winter.
Free entrance to RSPB members Yes
Adults £5
Children £2.50
Free entrance for first child
Free entrance for under 5s
Free entrance for carers Yes
Gannets At Bempton Cliffs
Shot on the RED EPIC in 5K, We explore the Bempton Cliffs in England to film a selection of shots for stock footage and sound. With 5 hours of footage to chose from, this is NOT just your average B-roll. It's a compilation of cinematic beauty.
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Gannets at Bempton Cliffs
Gannets diving off Bempton Cliffs, visit for details
In England | Bempton Cliffs
We went to see the sea birds!! (See if you can spot the puffin!!)
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Flamborough Lighthouse, Cliffs, Caves, Puffin & Sea Bird Colony
Flamborough Lighthouse and Cliffs from a visit back in May 2010. You can also see many other videos on my Youtube Channel at
Flamborough Head is a promontory of 8 miles (13 km) on the Yorkshire coast of England, between the Filey and Bridlington bays of the North Sea. It is a chalk headland, with sheer white cliffs. The cliff top has two standing lighthouse towers, the first dating to 1669 and Flamborough Head Lighthouse built in 1806. The cliffs themselves provide nesting sites for many thousands of seabirds, and are of international sigificance for their geology.
Special Area of Conservation
Flamborough Head has been designated a Special Area of Conservation (SAC) by the British Government's Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC). (Special Areas of Conservation are strictly protected sites designated under the European Community Habitats Directive, which requires the establishment of a European network of important high-quality conservation sites in order to make a significant contribution to conserving the 189 habitat types and 788 species identified in Annexes to this Directive.) Flamborough Outer Headland is an 83 hectares (210 acres) Local Nature Reserve.
Site of Special Scientific Interest
The cliffs af Flanborough Head are designated as an SSSI for both geological and biological significance. First designated in 1952, the SSSI area now extends from Sewerby round the headland to Reighton Sands. The estimated 200,000 nesting seabirds, including one of only two mainland British gannetries,are the most notable biological feature.
Geology
The headland is Britains only northern chalk sea cliff. The coastline within the SSSI has strata from the upper Jurassic through to top of the Cretaceous period, with the headland exhibiting a complete sequence of Chalk Group North Sea Basin strata, dated from 100 to 70 million years ago. The sequence of chalks deposits are known as the Ferriby, Welton, Burnham and Flamborough Chalk.The dramatic white cliffs contrasts with the low coast of Holderness to the south, where the chalk is deeply buried and the glacial boulder clay erodes very readily.The chalk cliffs have a larger number and a wider range of cave habitats at Flamborough than at any other chalk site in Britain, the largest of which are known to extend for more than 50 m from their entrance on the coast. There are also stacks, arches and blowholes. The site is identified as being of international importance in the Geological Conservation Review.
Birds
Seagulls such as Northern Gannets, Kittiwakes and Atlantic Puffins breed abundantly on the cliffs. Bempton Cliffs, on the north side of the headland, has an RSPB reserve and visitor centre. The shooting of seabirds at Flamborough Head was condemned by Professor Alfred Newton in his 1868 speech to the British Association for the Advancement of Science. Local MP Christopher Sykes introduced the Sea Birds Preservation Act 1869, the first Act to protect wild birds in the United Kingdom.
Because it projects into the sea, Flamborough Head attracts many migrant birds in autumn, and also has a key point for observing passing seabirds. When the wind is in the east, many birders watch for seabirds from below the lighthouse, or later in the autumn comb the hedges and valleys for landbird migrants. Flamborough Head also has a bird observatory.
Battle of Flamborough Head 1779
A Franco-American squadron fought the Battle of Flamborough Head with a pair of Royal Navy frigates in the American Revolutionary War on 23 September 1779. In the engagement, USS Bonhomme Richard and Pallas, with USS Alliance, captured HMS Serapis and HM hired ship Countess of Scarborough, the best-known incident of Capt. John Paul Jones's naval career. The toposcope at the lighthouse commemorates the 180th anniversary of the battle.
Danes Dyke
Danes Dyke is a 2-mile (3.2 km) long ditch that runs north and south isolating the seaward 5 square miles (13 km2) of the headland. The dyke and the steep cliffs make the enclosed territory and its two boat launching beaches, North and South Landings, easily defended. Despite its name, the dyke is prehistoric in origin, and Bronze Age arrowheads were found when it was excavated by Major-General Augustus Pitt-Rivers in 1879.
Flamborough Head and the village of Flamborough are the setting for the book Bill Takes the Helm by Betty Bowen.[8] In the book an American boy struggles to save his grandmother's house -- in which he, his sister and grandmother are living -- from destruction by the sea. He is also desperately trying to get used to England after the death of his mother, who requested in her will that he be sent there.
Flamborough Head was featured on the television programme Seven Natural Wonders as one of the wonders of Yorkshire and briefly in the first series of Coast. Flamborough Head was also featured in the finale of series 3 of the ITV drama Scott & Bailey.
Preventing seabird bycatch near Bempton Cliffs
Working with Fishers to Prevent Seabird Bycatch, Filey Bay & Bempton Cliffs, North Yorkshire.
In the summer months, Filey Bay is home to thousands of breeding seabirds, a wildlife spectacle enjoyed by many visitors. It is also the location of a sea trout and salmon gillnet fishery. Interactions which occur between the seabirds and fishing gear can result in bycatch as seabirds accidentally become tangled in the nets and drown, if they are not released quickly.
RSPB have been working with the Filey netsmen, the Environment Agency and Natural England to mitigate the bycatch problem.
Hear from Rory Crawford and Rex Harrison about the successes of this collaborative project, developing long-term sustainable solutions to the bycatch problem at Bempton Cliffs, that can be applied worldwide.
Find out more about this project, and the work of RSPB here: rspb.org.uk
Highlights of a trip to Bempton Cliffs 12th July 2018.
Bempton Cliffs, Bridlington
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Gannets at Bempton Cliffs, North Yorkshire, England.
Bempton Cliffs, Bridlington, UK. May 2019
View of the cliffs and seagulls at the RSPB centre, Bempton.
RSPB Site at Bempton Cliffs on the East Yorkshire Coast
A short film from a visit to the RSPB site at Bempton, near Bridlington. Gannets and Guillemots are the main birds seen. Filmed in HD using canon xa10 on auto focus.
RSPB Bempton Cliffs. 14th May 2019
RSBP Bempton Cliffs, near Bridlington, which is home to around half a million seabirds between March and October all raising a family on towering chalk cliffs overlooking the North Sea
#1 // Birds & Boats at Bempton
We drove up to Bempton Cliffs for a walk around and was lucky enough to get out in some great weather!
Bempton Cliffs, 2016
Here is just a clip of some of the birds I saw at Bempton Cliffs in May 2016
Seabirds - Yorkshire Cliffs 20170514
Seabirds nesting and interacting on the Yorkshire cliffs. See many thousands of Kittiwake, Guillemot (Common Murre), Razorbill, and Gannets on the cliffs at Flamborough. Look out for the beautiful Fulmar, calmly watching the madness around her.
Shot at RSPB Bempton Cliffs.