A pair of Razorbills enjoying each others company!
Razorbill brooding an egg
Razorbills have been on the cliffs in their pairs for over a week and we are pleased to announce they are on eggs! With lots of cliff ledges and little crevices, there are plenty of good nesting sites on the reserve. Razorbills do not make a nest, they lay their egg on the bare rock. It is a pear-shaped egg so it does not roll off the cliff if it is knocked or kicked. It can take up to 36 days before these eggs hatch so plenty of time to visit to see them for yourself! If you visit the RSPB visitor centre, you can watch all the activity LIVE from our cliff-top cameras. The staff and volunteers will also be around the centre to provide you with up-to-date information on how the season is progressing.
You can watch the cliffs from the comfort of the Visitor Centre with LIVE cameras!
The Guillemots have been much more unsettled than the Razorbills this year and are still in the process of moving on and off the cliffs. Over the past few days however they have been on the cliffs in greater numbers so we have been desperately searching for some eggs. Any day now!
The larger gulls such as Herring and Lesser Black Backed have been busy over the last week and many are also on eggs. It is impossible not to hear our Kittiwakes at the minute as they call out from their nest sites. Many have been seen flying with their bills full of mud in order to construct their nests and some nests are coming along well. We are monitoring their progress carefully and will keep you posted with how things are coming along. The cliffs are alive and this seabird city is coming to life- why not come see for yourself?
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