We've had more globe trotting visitors to the cliffs tops recently. But even folk closer to home sometimes make a big effort to get here. Earlier this month, a family from London gave their son a birthday treat by driving all the way from the capital to the reserve to see a puffin - and then drove home. That's real puffin dedication.
Puffins are on the must-see list of lots of our international visitors too - as our roving reporter on the cliff tops, Chris Leak, found out:
'It's always nice to know you've helped someone and when the help comes in the form of making a dream come true it makes the event even more special.
Lucea and Anna Maria van Timmeken were both from Holland, which is probably one of our closest neighbours, and also the country has most of the seabird species we have in this country.
The two visitors come from the North of Holland quite close to Germany and said the one bird they never saw at home were puffins as Holland does not have cliffs as high as Bempton, so the bird which is a real crowd pleaser and favourite is never seen.
Even then it was chance that brought the pair to the reserve.
Said Lucea: “ This is our first time in Flamborough and we were driving around taking a look at the area when we saw the signs for the reserve and decided to come and have a look.”
Despite it being cold with a biting wind, a handful of puffins had come ashore, probably to either claim a nest site or look around to find one, and the puffin dream came true as the favourites aired themselves on the cliff ledges.
“We never expected to see the puffins when we came here so to find some which had actually come out on to the cliffs was a real bonus.”
At the same time they were quite taken by the gannets as these large birds are seen in Holland but not to the same extent as in Flamborough.
“I suppose everything is linked to the height of the cliffs here compared to back home. But this is a tremendous facility and we have really enjoyed our visit.” she said.
From Holland to the USA was the next step to be made as Dave Kornfeld from Kansas dropped in with his wife, son and daughter-in-law to see what the East Coast had to offer.
For those who may not know too much about their part of the world Kansas is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. It is named after the Kansa Native American tribe, which inhabited the area. The tribe's name is often said to mean "people of the wind" or "people of the south wind", although this was probably not the term's original meaning.
For thousands of years, what is now Kansas was home to numerous and diverse Native American tribes. Tribes in the eastern part of the state generally lived in villages along the river valleys. Tribes in the western part of the state were semi-nomadic and hunted large herds of bison.
But Dave said they had heard of our reserve from: “Our daughter and her British husband. They had been here before and said we should have a look during our short stay in the UK. So here we are getting ready to step outside and see what is on offer. But even before looking round we have been impressed by the centre and what there is.”
And of course when they had finished the tour and been to the viewpoints which took their fancy they were looking forward to having a warm drink in the comfort of the cafe and a look around the shop.
Still on a transatlantic theme, the first weekend in April saw Carol Lord and her husband Steve arrive at the reserve hot on the puffin trail.
The couple, from San Diego, in California were in Bempton as part of a three-week visit to the UK which started in York after a drive up from touchdown in London. While they were in York they got talking to a lady bird enthusiast who said they must visit the RSPB at Bempton and the lady at the place where the couple were staying also gave the centre a good report. Like many of the visitors they had come to see Puffins but were also impressed by the gannets.
But there was little time for Carol and Steve to hang around. Steve had pictures to take and then the couple had trips arranged to Northumberland where they had Hexham in to visit and also a trip to see birdlife in Wales at the South stack reserve in Anglesey.
“And if the weather allows it we aim to climb Snowdon and also pencilled in is a trip to see Stonehenge.” she said.
Among the other visitors to the centre were a family of six from Lithuania, four visitors from Germany, a couple who had made the trip from Canada and one traveller had made the long haul from New Zealand.
All the signs are that the birds and rugged coastline of the East of Yorkshire are proving a big hit with people from all parts of the world.
Shannon Tse, who's studying in England, enjoyed her first (but hopefully not last) visit.