United Kingdom · England
Flamborough Head
278 species and 43,056 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: September–October, with up to 181 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
European Herring GullLarus argentatus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Common BlackbirdTurdus merula
Common MurreUria aalge
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Western JackdawColoeus monedula
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Northern GannetMorus bassanus
European ShagGulosus aristotelis
Common GullLarus canus
Eurasian MagpiePica picaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Bempton Cliffs RSPB Reserve7 km237 species
- North Cave Wetlands YWT NR53 km186 species
- Spurn Bird Observatory Recording Area59 km331 species
- Blacktoft Sands RSPB Reserve63 km205 species
- University of York – Heslington East Campus65 km157 species
All 278 species recorded here
- European Herring Gull Larus argentatus
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- Common Murre Uria aalge
- European Shag Gulosus aristotelis
- Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Razorbill Alca torda
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Common Scoter Melanitta nigra
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Great Skua Stercorarius skua
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- European Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Great Tit Parus major
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Common Eider Somateria mollissima
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Two-barred Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Little Auk Alle alle
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus
- Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps
- Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa
- Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris
- Asian Desert Warbler Curruca nana
- Twite Linaria flavirostris
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Black-throated Loon Gavia arctica
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
- Yellow-billed Loon Gavia adamsii
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Grey Partridge Perdix perdix
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Tawny Owl Strix aluco
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- European Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus
- Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis
- Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Red Kite Milvus milvus
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta
- Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
- Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis
- King Eider Somateria spectabilis
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Eurasian Dotterel Eudromias morinellus
- Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- European Serin Serinus serinus
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Willow Tit Poecile montanus
- Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
- Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea
- Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
- Woodlark Lullula arborea
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis
- Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis
- Fea's Petrel Pterodroma feae
- Barolo Shearwater Puffinus baroli
- Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Marsh Tit Poecile palustris
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Flamborough Head?
September–October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 181 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Flamborough Head?
278 species, from 43,056 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Flamborough Head in November?
The most recorded in November: European Herring Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Red-throated Loon, Black-headed Gull and Common Blackbird.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.