The joy of puffin spotting at RSPB Bempton

THE EAST YORKSHIRE TOURIST ATTRACTION IS A CRUCIAL NESTING SITE FOR SEA BIRDS

- By SOFIE JACKSON

IF you have never seen a puffin in the wild, there are currently scores of them nesting in East Yorkshire.

With half of the UK population at only a few sites, the puffin is a UK Conservation Red List species. East Yorkshire is one of a handful of locations where our 580,000 breeding pairs dig their nesting burrows.

Here, they will raise “pufflings” and spend a busy summer ferrying fish in from the North Sea. Visiting RSPB Bempton Cliffs is one of the most popular nature things to do near Hull, the other noteworthy site being Spurn Point.