Hi there,
I was Just wondering what birds you’re able to spot at this time of year.
particularly kittiwakes, are there many of them?
This is a copied & pasted from the Flamborough bird observatory site. There seems to be lots of info on there about what's going on. Hope it helps.
1st August 2022
Generally onshore winds, with overcast skies and some sunny intervals; temperatures reached 20 degrees C. Seawatch highlights included two Yellow-legged Gulls (juvenile & 1st-summer) and a juvenile Caspian Gull, 60 Manx Shearwaters, 224 Oystercatchers south, a Little Ringed Plover, one Black-tailed Godwit, 48 Redshank also all south, whilst 151 Sandwich Terns and nine Arctic Terns tracked north. Thornwick Pools hosted six Teal, a Little Ringed Plover, a juvenile Wood Sandpiper, a Green Sandpiper and seven Dunlin; the escaped Baikal Teal also made a re-appearance there. The usual suspects, albeit of high quality, remained at Bempton Cliffs – Black-browed Albatross and Red-tailed Shrike, with a juvenile Yellow-legged Gull offshore; three Marsh Harriers hunted adjacent cliff top fields.
2nd August 2022
An overcast day, with light/moderate south-westerly winds and a high of 25 degrees C. Seawatch highlights included seven Shelduck, a Grey Plover, 39 Knot and a second-summer Mediterranean Gull flew south, with seven Teal, 50 Sandwich Terns and a Common Tern moving in the opposite direction. Thornwick Pools attracted a Tufted Duck, a Black-tailed Godwit, five Dunlin, an adult Little Ringed Plover and two Yellow Wagtails. A Spotted Redshank that flew south-east over RSPB Bempton Cliffs was an excellent local record, a juvenile Yellow-legged Gull was again offshore, while the Red-tailed Shrike remained in residence nearby. However, there were no signs of the Black-browed Albatross