Flamborough Headland, situated on the North Sea coast of East Yorkshire, is renowned for having the largest mainland seabird colony in Britain and a reputation for the best seawatching on the British east coast. Not least, the area is a fantastic place to witness bird migration and see small birds such as thrushes, chats and warblers making landfall after crossing the North Sea. It also has an impeccable pedigree in attracting scarcities from continental Europe and many rarities from farther east.
Latest Sightings
- 22nd April 2026
More north-easterlies brought increasing cloud cover as the temperature slowly rose to 12°C. The first Arctic Skua of the year, a pale morph adult, passed the Fog Station during the morning seawatch. Warblers continued to trickle through with numbers Whitethroats, Lesser Whitethroats, Sedge Warblers all still in single figures. A… - 21st April 2026
High pressure continues to dominate the weather with cloudless skies, a moderate, cool north-easterly and a maximum temperature of 13°C. A Little Ringed Plover visited Water Lane Flash. Single Yellow Wagtail, Wheatear, Reed Warbler and Goldcrest on the Outer Head showed the paucity of passerine migrants. - 20th April 2026Mainly sunny though clouding over during the evening. A light to moderate north-easterly pegged the temperature to a maximum of 12°C. A Whimbrel and seven Common Scoter passed the Fog Station during the morning. Passage waders on the Outer Head included a Green Sandpiper, a Golden Plover and a Little…
- 19th April 2026A bright day, but feeling cool with a light northerly wind and best of 11 degrees C. A Spoonbill flying south-west over the Golf Course at 1728hrs represented the day’s highlight. The morning seawatch featured five Eiders, a Sandwich Tern and three Red-throated Divers, while two Gadwall were at North…
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The Ringing Diary
- 2025 Ringing Round-up2025 has been an excellent year for our ever-growing ringing team with new trainees joining us and two more ringers becoming licensed trainers. This year we completed 272 ringing sessions across ten different sites. We took part in six projects :- RAS-Re-trapping adults for survival, CES-Constant Effort site, NRS-Nest record…
- Migweek 2025Every year FBO runs its Migweek event, offering daily guided walks, daily ringing demonstrations, talks and a migration station providing info, merchandise and chat. The event continues to grow in popularity with this year being the best ever with a big increase in visitor numbers. The team ran eleven ringing…
- September 2025This month saw the final preparations for Migweek, with the clearing of rides at South Landing being completed. Twenty seven sessions were run across the headland including three at RSPB Bempton. Towards the end of the month we welcomed Dr. Joe Wynn from Liverpool University who is researching where trans-siberian…
- August 2025What an amazing month for our ringing team! Thirty-one sessions were held at eight different sites which yielded a fabulous 1301 birds of which 1163 were newly ringed and 137 were re-traps, with two UK controls and one foreign control. Our team ran two public demonstrations on 16th & 17th…
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