Flamborough Head is a chalk outcrop on the Yorkshire coast. It is the site of the UK’s oldest complete lighthouse (dating from 1669), which is built completely of chalk. It is also a site with an impressive variety of seabirds, plants and chalk habitat.
We haven’t been there for over 10 years, and it’s a good place for puffins so we thought we’d make the North Landing our first stop on the coast today. We were rewarded by a small flock of Puffins on the sea and several more on the cliffs. The photos were small and hazy but we got better ones later at Bempton, so will add them to that post.
I was luckier with close-ups of insects.
I also saw an optimist staring out to sea, and a wooden statue of a smuggler.
It started off overcast and hazy, but became warmer and sunnier as we sat there. Well, I sat, Julia walked down to the shore. You can see this from the brightness of the later (insect) photos and I could also tell from the sore feeling on the top of my head, which is a lesson to all bald men.
Looks like I’ve missed another day (it’s now 00.17 on Thursday) – sorry about that. I really must try harder.
My husband has the same problem re. sore head in the sun. I got him some special spray which is clear and non-sticky and works a treat! No more painful scalp. https://www.superdrug.com/Malibu/Malibu-Scalp-Protector-50ml-SPF15/p/200002
Thanks for this really informative post – loved the photos and links!
Interesting link – in the past I’ve just put ordinary sunscreen on, if I’ve remembered. nightmare – this one sounds a lot better. Thanks for the link.
My pleasure 😉
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Beautiful photos of the coast, Quercus!
Thanks – it’s a photogenic bit of coastline.
Oh boy! Getting the travel itch. DH calms it by just looking at me squarely, reminding me…soon dear, soon.
I calm myself by looking at my bank account. 🙂
or just traveling along vicariously after pouting and shutting myself away =)
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Lisa has picked out my two favourite pics
Thank you. Glad to be back in the groove!
I love the bee in the thistle and the colorful boats. Is this a good place for fossils?
Noy sure about Flamborough but some of the surrounding coast is good – https://ukfossils.co.uk/category/yorkshire/
Whitby is good for jet too.
Wow, what a great write-up on where to fossil hunt! We have a place here, called Calvert Cliffs, that’s good for shark’s teeth, but nothing like what you’ve got! Though, where I work, I spot fossils in the marble and travertine all the time–bivalves, crinoids, ammonites…
We took the kids fossil hunting a couple of times but it wasn’t a hooby that took root, despite the available material.