UK’S LARGEST COLONY

Gannets, Puffins and Razorbills are among the hundreds of thousands of seabirds that make up the largest mainland seabird colony in the UK on the Flamborough and Filey Coast, new figures have revealed. The 400ft chalk cliffs around the Flamborough and Filey coast – a proposed Special Protected Area (PSPA) – stretch 17 miles from Bridlington to the north of Filey, including special sites such as Bempton Cliffs RSPB, Flamborough Head and Filey Bay. The latest count of the birds, which took a team of six experts 253 hours during May and June, has revealed the colony is now home to 298,054 breeding seabirds, which fledge over 113,000 young, making it the largest mainland colony in the UK.