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BEMPTON’S SEABIRDS

Home to 250’000 seabirds

between March and August

Towering chalk cliffs

Spectacular sights, sounds

and smells

Impressive variety of

different species

Every available nesting site occupied

Focus on a few at a

time

Binoculars/Scope

Correct clothing

Patience!

A good wildlife guide

GIVE US A CLUESize

Colour

Behaviour

Calls

Where is it?

SPOT THE DIFFERENCE!

ATLANTIC PUFFIN Not just a clown…

30cm in length

Excellent fliers. Flapping their wings

at up to 400 beats per minute,

reaching speeds of 88 km/h !

Can dive up to 60 metres, they

swim by flapping their wings as if

flying through the water and use

their feet to steer!

Eat fish, especially sandeels and

can easily hold 10 fish in their beak!

The great black-backed gull will try

to eat them!

Star

Species

COMMON GUILLEMOT42cm in height

Gather in enourmous groups

Standing upright on a rock ledge, with its

white underparts showing and paddle-like feet

sticking out in front, the guillemot is the

nearest thing Britain has to a penguin!

Dive up to 60m and swim by kicking their

paddled feet!

Eats fish and crustaceans

RAZORBILL40cm in length

Razor sharp hooked upper

bill used for holding fish

and defending itself!

Expert flyer (after a clumsy

take off) and swimmer!

Eats fish, especially

sandeels, sprats and

herrings.

NORTHERN GANNETUp to 110cm in height

2m wingspan!

Spectacular aerial dive from up to 40m

high!

Dagger like bill!

Plunges up to 22m to prey on fish!

Able to glide perfectly in high winds!

A flock of feeding gannets can often

point to the presence of feeding

porpoise or dolphins.

Eats fish

SHAGHeight of 66 - 81cm.

Comically-crested with a ‘coiffed’

hairstyle and brilliant bright eyes.

They swim gracefully underwater, helped

by their webbed feet.

Can stay under water for a minute!

Stands proud, maybe drying off,

digesting food or just showing off!

Frightens away threats with a loud hiss!

Eats fish, mainly sand eels and

occasionally crustacea and molluscs.

NORTHERN FULMARUp to 50cm in height

Wingspan of around 110cm

Strong and stocky

Related to the albatross an other “tube

noses”

Glides across the sea with its large straight

wings and is resilient to very strong winds!

Can live up to 50 years!

Spends so much time at sea it’s legs are

pretty useless on land.

Eats fish waste and crustaceans.

BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE

Most common

41 cm high

Dainty

Excellent fishermen, the only

gull that dives and swims

underwater to capture food.

The name "kittiwake" is

derived from the bird's peculiar

cry, a shrill 'kittee-wa-aaake,

kitte-wa-aaake'.

HERRING GULLUp to 66cm in height

1.4m wingspan!

Will eat almost anything!

Don’t mind stealing food!

Will even steal your chips!

Fearless!

Numbers in UK down 40% since

1970

Omnivorous - a scavenger

WHY ARE WE HELPING?

GULLS

Black-headed gull Common (mew) gull

Lesser black-backed gull Mediterranean gullGreat black-backed gull

Little gull

TERNS

Common tern

Sandwich tern

Arctic tern

Roseatte tern

Little tern

SKUAS

Pomarine skua

Arctic skua

Great skua

PETRELS AND

SHEARWATERS

European storm petrel Sooty shearwater

QUICK QUIZ

What I Saw Where Was It? What clues were there?