Flamborough Head is a promontory, 8 miles (13 km) long 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 cliffs on the north side of the headland provide nesting sites for hundreds of thousands of seabirds including Guillemots, Razorbills, Puffins, Gannets and Kittiwakes. They are also of international significance for their geology.
Flamborough Bird Observatory maintains records, operates ringing stations for the whole Flamborough Headland including the Bempton Cliffs RSPB reserve, bounded by the purple dotted line below. Records for this whole area are published in our annual reports. Please contribute your counts and photos or records of scarce and rare birds by sending them to fborecords@hotmail.com
A searchable, zoomable interactive map showing all the birding hotspots on the headland is available here.
As a requirement to maintain its accredited bird observatory status through the Bird Observatories Council, FBO is also obligated to provide records for a limited, defined core area. Essentially, this area is everywhere eastwards from Danes Dyke, bounded by the orange dotted line below.
