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Bempton Cliffs RSPB Reserve
237 species and 98,848 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: July–October, with up to 143 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Common BlackbirdTurdus merula
Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
European Herring GullLarus argentatus
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Rock DoveColumba livia
European RobinErithacus rubecula
Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Common GullLarus canus
European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Western JackdawColoeus monedulaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Flamborough Head7 km278 species
- North Cave Wetlands YWT NR52 km186 species
- University of York – Heslington East Campus61 km157 species
- Blacktoft Sands RSPB Reserve62 km205 species
- Spurn Bird Observatory Recording Area64 km331 species
All 237 species recorded here
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- European Herring Gull Larus argentatus
- Common Murre Uria aalge
- Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Razorbill Alca torda
- Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- European Shag Gulosus aristotelis
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Great Tit Parus major
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- European Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Common Scoter Melanitta nigra
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Great Skua Stercorarius skua
- Red-tailed Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Grey Partridge Perdix perdix
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Pale-legged Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus tenellipes
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Common Eider Somateria mollissima
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus
- Red Kite Milvus milvus
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
- Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla
- Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris
- Tawny Owl Strix aluco
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
- Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Little Auk Alle alle
- Twite Linaria flavirostris
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei
- Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
- Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus
- Black-throated Loon Gavia arctica
- Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- European Green Woodpecker Picus viridis
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Eurasian Dotterel Eudromias morinellus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Marsh Tit Poecile palustris
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Booted Warbler Iduna caligata
- Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Bempton Cliffs RSPB Reserve?
July–October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 143 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Bempton Cliffs RSPB Reserve?
237 species, from 98,848 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Bempton Cliffs RSPB Reserve in November?
The most recorded in November: Common Blackbird, Common Starling, European Herring Gull, Eurasian Tree Sparrow and Eurasian Chaffinch.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.