Introduction - Puffins at Flamborough sponsored by The North Star Hotel, Flamborough, East Yorkshire

<body> <p><font face="Arial" size="2">This site uses frames, but your browser doesn't support them. Please upgrade to Microsoft Internet Explorer at <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/ie/download">www.microsoft.com/ie/download<br> <br> </a></font><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial">Flamborough, Hotel, Puffins, Gannets, Seabirds, Sanctuary, R.S.P.B., Bempton, Birdwatching, Ornithology, Cliffs, Owls, Gulls, Nesting, Yorkshire, Bridlington, East Yorkshire, Golfing, Fishing, Breeding, Holiday, Short Breaks, A.A., Restaurant, Seafood, En Suite, Sea Gulls, Twitchers, Lighthouse, Coast, Lifeboat, Shearwater, Warblers, Badgers, Peregrine, Falcons, Flycatchers, Snipe, Grebe, Wagtails, Raptor, Merlin, Mandarin, Ducks, Wheaters, Midweek, Weekend</font></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial">The North Star Hotel is just 10 minutes by car from the R.S.P.B. Sanctuary at Bempton. The R.S.P.B. Sanctuary can be seen from some of the hotel bedrooms and is the ideal place during your visit to the cliffs to come to relax and refresh yourself.</font></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial">If you are here just for the day then why not come and sample our fresh Dutch coffee and sandwiches or perhaps try something from our extensive luncheon menu. Prices range from £4.95 for a 2 course senior citizens lunch up to £6.95 for Grilled Halibut or Steak Diane - whatever you choose, the food is always fresh and our members of staff are renowned locally for their friendly welcome. Lunches are from 11.30a.m. - 2.00p.m. and Evening Dinner is from 6.30.p.m. - 9.00 p.m. We also provide a home cooked traditional Sunday lunch, which is £9.95. Visit the best hotel in Flamborough for excellent birdwatching.</font></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial">We are confident that once you have sampled our hospitality and exceptional food - you will come back to visit us. Visit the best place on the East Coast for Bird Watching and stay at The North Star Hotel, Flamborough. Puffins at Flamborough sponsored by The North Star Hotel, Flamborough, East Yorkshire. As we are only 100 yards away from the sea, its not surprising to find that we have a fine collection of very old lifeboat pictures for you to peruse and when you visit this famous and unspoilt part of the coastline, we hope to welcome you to the North Star Hotel.</font></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial">For the latest up to date Bird News, this page will be updated regularly by our two local bird experts, Mike Pearson and Andy Legson.</font></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial">Mike and Andy do very special bird-breaks, which as far as we know are exclusive to this area - for further information on these, or any questions you have regarding the local birds or hotel facilities, please e-mail us direct from the Contact Page or write directly to the Hotel. Other than on the 2nd, when a Rosefinch, an Ortolan Bunting, 2 Barred Warblers and a Greniel Warbler (which stayed to the 4th), the sea dominated the first 3 weeks of the month with one or two impressive counts.</font></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial">342 Artic Skuas were noted on the 2nd along with 45 Bonxies. Long-tailed Skuas showed on 3rd, 4th, 12th (2), 16th and 27th.</font></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial">Sooty Shearwaters showed fairly well during the period with peak counts of 265 (3rd), 553 (4th) and 251 on 16th. Single Cory’s were noted on 2nd and 3rd and Great Shearwaters were seen on 3rd (2), 12th and 16th. 2 Mediterranean Shearwaters were noted on the 3rd, followed by 3 on 4th, 1 on the 8th, 1 on the 12th, 1 on 16th and 1 on 17th.</font></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial">The highest Manx count was 119 on 13th. Little Gulls showed strongly as the month wore on with the count of 342 on the 8th being eclipsed by 1151 on the 21st and then an impressive 1635 on the 22nd.</font></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial">Other notable sightings on the sea were Great Northern Divers on 2nd and 3rd (2); Black Throated Divers on 15th, 16th; Black Guillemort on 5th; 2 Roseate Terns on 9th; Glaucons Gull on 8th; Sabines Gull on 10th and 17th; Mediterranean Gulls on 14th and 17th; Red-necked Grebe on 16th and Storm Petrels on 23rd and 2 on 24th: and 3 Black Terns on 12th.</font></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial">Scarcer waders were in little evidence, though a single Spotted Redshank on the 1st was most welcome. However, this paled into insignificance on the 21st when 4 lucky observers had superb views (down to 12 feet) of a Great Snipe.</font></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial">Raptors showed throughout the month with an obvious passage of both Kestrel and Sparrowhawk. Honey Buzzards were noted on 15th, 22nd and 27th; Hobby on 27th and 28th, Merlin 22nd, 23rd, 24th and 26th; Marsh Harrier on 20th and 22nd and hen Harrier from 26th to the month end. Long-eared Owls were seen on 26th and 29th.</font></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial">At long last, on the 20th provided the first “fall” of autumn passerines. Redstart, Robin, Whinchat and Willow Warbler were all well represented along with an excellent count of 104 Wheatears on the 26th when a count of 90 Willow Warblers included 14 of the rare acredula. Also included in the fall were smaller numbers of Spotted and Pied Flycatchers, Garden Warblers and Blackcaps.</font></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial">Scarcer passerines of the month were Icterine Warbler (11th); Barred Warblers on 20th (2), 21st and 25th; 5 Yellow-browed Warblers on 20th; another Rosefinch on 20th; 2 Wrynecks on 20th; 3 Red-breasted Flycatchers on 20th with a further 2 on 25th; marsh Warblers on 26th and 27th; Little Bunting on 26th and Lapland Buntings on 17th and 20th (2). Red-backed Strikers showed fairly well with 1 on 22nd, 3 on 25th, 3 on 26th and 1 which took up residence at North Landing for 2 weeks from 17th. A scattering of Stonechats was noted during the second half of the month which closed with Richards Pipit (2 on 7th and 1 on 28th) and Firecrest on 30th.</font></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial">The best passerine to date has been an immature Subalpine Warblerwhich stayed for 3 days from 26th.</font></p> <p> </p> </body>