Flamborough Head - Perfect for Puffins
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- čas přidán 8. 09. 2024
- Join me on an exciting adventure to North Landing, Flamborough, where I set out to find and photograph the charming puffins that inhabit this stunning coastal area. 🌊📸
🔸 *Scenic Views* Using my trusty drone, the video opens with some epic aerial shots of this most picturesque landscape.
🔸 **Gear and Preparation**: Discover the camera gear and settings I use to capture stunning wildlife photos. I’ll also talk about the essential items to pack for a birdwatching trip, ensuring you’re prepared for the unpredictable British weather.
🔸 **Exploring North Landing**: Walk with me along the scenic cliffs and beaches of Flamborough Head. I’ll show you some of the most picturesque spots and hidden gems of this breathtaking location, perfect for nature lovers and photographers alike.
🔸 **Puffin Spotting Tips**: Learn how to identify puffins and other seabirds, and get tips on where to find them. I’ll explain their behavior, nesting habits, and why North Landing is such a special place for these birds.
🔸 **Capturing the Perfect Shot**: Watch as I set up my equipment and patiently wait for the perfect moment to photograph these charismatic birds. I’ll share my techniques for getting sharp, well-composed images of puffins in their natural habitat.
🔸 **Conservation and Respect**: It’s crucial to respect wildlife and their environment. I’ll talk about the importance of bird conservation and how to enjoy birdwatching responsibly without disturbing these precious creatures.
🔸 **Wrap-Up and Reflections**: After a day of birdwatching, I’ll reflect on the experience, share some of my favorite shots, and discuss the joy and challenges of wildlife photography.
Whether you're a seasoned birder, a photography enthusiast, or simply someone who loves nature, this video has something for everyone. Don’t forget to like, comment, and subscribe for more wildlife adventures!
Thank you for watching, and I hope this video inspires you to embark on your own birdwatching adventure! 🐦✨
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Love finding a new channel where the presenter is genuinely excited and enthusiastic. Look forward to seeing more!
Thanks very much Kevin, that’s a fantastic comment to read. I’m glad you enjoyed it and I look forward to reading your comments in the future 👍🏻
Another excelllent video Dan. This is my favourite local coastal area for seabirds, there are several great natural viewing points along the full stretch from Thornwick Bay to the area around the lighthouse at Flamborough Head, provided by inlets and headlands. My very best puffin experience though is on the Farne Islands in Northumberland.
Thanks very much Rob, appreciate it.
I have been fortunate to go to The Carne Islands myself and can agree that they are a wonderful place to see Puffins.
All the best 👍🏻
Hello Dan, today a video with images of nature and even if they are not excellent it's good, your last three videos even if you are a handsome kid showed you a lot and not many birds, I'm glad you bought a camper van
Thank you for your comment 👍🏻
G'day Dan. Great video as always. I took your advice and visited Flamborough Heads last week. In fact, I took a boat ride (highly recommend this option) and photographed two Puffins less than three metres away from the boat. One immediately dived under water but the other one allowed me to photograph it as it took off. Great two days at Flamborough and Bempton Cliffs in perfect summer weather. Here's a spot you might be interested in for Long Eared Owls. Crown Point Road, Burnley BB113QZ. I found two Owls while I was there.
Thanks very much John, I’m really glad that you had a fantastic time and I’m kicking myself that I didn’t take the boat trip as that sounds fantastic.
Thanks for the suggestion of a location, I will definitely be checking that one out 👍🏻
All the best
Lovely Dan, an area that I haven’t been to before but looks great for exploring!
Get yourself over to Skomer next year, absolutely brilliant for puffins, there’s a campsite right next to the ferry (west hook) with amazing sea views, great coastal walks too choughs etc!
Thanks very much Andy. I completely agree with you and have been fortunate enough to go and stay on Skomer for 5 days. It was an absolutely incredible experience and somewhere I would love to return to.
All the very best 👍🏻
What a stunning place that is Dan. Off to the Farne Islands tomorrow so hoping to finally get on the island and get some images of the puffins myself. 👍 Dinky Do looks great 😀
Hope you have a fantastic trip Ian. The Farne Islands will certainly not disappoint.
All the very best mate 👍🏻
Best place for puffins (and arctic terns), in UK I’ve been to is The Isle of May. It’s also easy enough to see puffins with sand eels/ fish over at Bishop’s Cove on the island. Fish and chips, strawberries and cream, puffins and sand eels - can’t have one without the other…
I’ve never been to the Isle of May (had to google it if I’m honest) but you have certainly peaked my interest and it’s something I will be looking into for next year.
All the best 👍🏻
It's a superb place and so glad to see the arctic terns this year (they didn't breed there last year). I was lucky enough to spend a week on the island in June. Over 100,000 puffins there this summer. Nothing beats photographing them at sunset.
That sounds incredible 🤩
One of the most beautiful coastlines in the UK in my opinion. Did you realise that when you filmed the birds in the water, the very last bird before you moved the camera away was a puffin at 3.51. You obviously hadn't spotted it at the time of filming and I had to rewind and pause to double check.
What another lovely video and great to see the puffins. Love the music you use too, it's very relaxing and fits so well with the scenes.
We live in a motorhome but I have a campervan that I travel solo in called The Nook. It's 31 years old, but I love to escape with the dog while the other half does his own thing. You can't beat it for waking up early at beautiful places and getting out before the masses arrive.
Thanks very much. I only realised that I had the puffin on the water when I came to edit the video and so placed that frame as I mentioned puffins in the commentary. I record lots of B Roll and only a fraction of it ends up in the video.
Living in a Motorhome sounds idyllic and waking up to different views must be awesome.
I certainly want to travel more as our children have grown up. We are off up into Scotland for several weeks this summer exploring the Hebridean islands, I can’t wait!
All the very best 👍🏻
Hello Dan, Its oddd that I come from just out side Manchester. Last week after going to the Bird Fair at Rutland I was at REBP Bempton Cliffs. about 7:30 not one Puffin, but lots of chicks. Flamborough Head and North landing is some were I have not been for years. was a good cava at North Landing when I was there. One thing I do enjoy about your Videos You inform us more about
the birds/creaturs with some tips on what to look for, Thank. I will bye you, pops and the boss a coffee when I see you at a shown, Thanks
Thanks as always John I really appreciate your continued support mate.
Well we certainly visit the same places and live close to one another so we are bound to cross paths at some point.
It would be great to say hi 👋🏻
All the best mate 👍🏻
Great little video Dan. Looking forward to see how you get on with the motorhome. I've been thinking about one for a while now. Hope pops is keeping well?
Thanks very much Dale, I am certain that Dinky Doo will feature in many a future video and if there is appetite for it, maybe a van tour video?
All the best mate 👍🏻
I found a spot a few years ago further up near the lighthouse at Flamborough where there were a few puffins. Every year I've gone back there have been some there. Hoping to get there in the next week, but they may have gone now as it's late.
Thanks very much for this, I will definitely take a look at the area around the lighthouse following your recommendation.
All the best 👍🏻
Brilliant video absolutely beautiful views lovely puffins north landing brilliant place 👍🏻👍🏻
Thanks very much I really do appreciate it 👍🏻
Another amazing video, Dan, from your East Yorkshire itinerary, especially the aerial drone footage of a stunning location.
I usually visit RSPB Bempton Cliffs and/or RSPB South Stack on Anglesey for my annual Puffin fix but it looks like Flamborough Head now needs to be added even if the vantage points are somewhat precarious!
I have only been to Flamborough Head twice, both visits many years ago. The first was for autumn seawatching and the second was for watching nothing due to the thick sea fog!
Thank you for introducing Dinky Doo (spelling?). Campervans are great fun so enjoy. I have never owned one but have rented on several occasions over the years in Scotland and also in Iceland and Finland/Norway.
Thanks very much and I’m glad I have inspired you to add Flamborough to your Puffin locations. It’s well worth visiting at low tide as you can access many of the cliffs from the base for a different perspective.
I would love to visit Iceland, Finland and Norway they are all on my bucket list of destinations.
All the very best 👍🏻
Top class work again pal. Nice drone video as well.
Cheers Chris, appreciate it mate.
All the very best 👍🏻
Nice video Dan,try Skomer Island next year,it's best place for puffins I've been
Thanks very much, I’ve been lucky enough to get out to Skomer once before and it’s certainly a destination I would love to return to 👍🏻
Awesome Dan 👍
Thanks very much 👍🏻
The little nook at 9:07 where the puffin was sleeping looks like it was cut out just for his shape! Looks like the perfect place to find all these wonderful birds. Congrats on the new motor home!
Thanks very much we are certainly looking forward to exploring places in it.
I had not noticed the shape of the rock and it absolutely does look like it was perfectly cut out for the Puffin 🤣
All the best 👍🏻
The wonderful creation. ITS AMAZING.
Thanks very much, I really appreciate it.
All the best mate 👍🏻
A very timely video, Dan - I'm off there on Thursday for a couple of days - it looks a terrific place.
I hope you have a truly wonderful trip Ian.
All the best 👍🏻
Great stuff as ever Dan, though if you really want to see LOADS of Puffins my suggestion is without a doubt get yourself on to Skomer Island off the SW Pembrokeshire coast - over 40k puffins on this years count & they literally walk right past you. It’s a must see place for puffins, razorbills, guillemot, kittiwakes, fulmars, curlew, oystercatcher & though; as well as the chance of SEO’s & if you stay overnight (if you’re lucky enough to get through before all the accommodation sells out) the chance to photograph these in the golden hours as well as the haunting spectacle of the thousands of manx shearwaters that leave their burrows at dusk to go out to sea to hunt in the darkness. It’s also one of the best designated dark sky locations in the UK, it’s an amazing place. Don’t get me wrong, I love Bempton Cliffs & the surrounding areas too, but Skomer is just as you Northerners would say ‘different gravy’.
Great vlog, some great tips too.
Congratulations on the purchase of Dinky Doo, look forward to your adventures in him/her.
Keep on keeping on mate!
Best,
Nick
Thanks as always mate, I really do appreciate it.
I’ve been lucky enough to go to Skomer and stay on the island for 5 nights and totally agree with you that it is without doubt one of the most magical places ever.
I’ve actually lay on the cliff tops under a full moon as thousands of sheer water have come in to feed their chicks. It was as you stated, haunting. I’ve struggled to get any of the accommodation since then as it has to fall within school holidays. I will keep trying though.
All the best mate 👍🏻
Hi Dan, that's a definite YES from me, I will go there in September during my Yorkshire tour. Love the Puffins and of course all of the other wonderful seabirds we saw in your video. As always a great video, hugely educational and very well presented and put together. Love the motor home, If I lived in the UK I would do the same, such a great way to see the country and of course gives you great access to wildlife sites. I hope you all really enjoy using it. very best regards
Andy
Thanks as always Andy, I really appreciate it. Bear in mind that in September that most of the sea birds will have taken back to a life on the sea and so may not be visible from the cliffs. I still think that the area would be a fantastic place to visit.
All the best mate 👍🏻
North Landing is brill. The Drinking Dinosaur rock, just East of the Flamborough lighthouse and fog station, is also brill and great for puffins AND seeing seals down on the shore.
Thank very much for your comment and feedback. I really appreciate it 👍🏻
Another wonderful video, Dan! I have a couple of hats like that one from a company here in the states called Boston Scully. (not recommended) I do love that style. Puffin are some really cool birds. Thanks for letting me tag along! Such fun! Tell Pops hello for me! Cool camper van!
Thanks very much Jon, you are the first person to show some appreciation for the new hat and I really appreciate it mate.
I will certainly pass on the hello to Pops, I know that he will appreciate it.
All the best mate 👍🏻
Cracking foties Dan. I especially liked the sedge warbler fotie. It's a beautiful place. I've been there years ago. 😀😀
Thanks very much Andrew, I really appreciate it 👍🏻
great video and great shots
Thanks very much I appreciate it 👍🏻
Awesome so lovely film. Thanks for sharing & big like
Thanks very much for your kind words I appreciate it 👍🏻
Dan once again another awesome video. We were going to come down this weekend to Flamborough but other things came up. So I think this maybe the spot for us other than the Isle of May
Thanks very much I’m glad you enjoyed the video and found it useful.
All the best 👍🏻
Cracking matey, A motorhome is defo on our wishlist!
Cheers Graham. I can definitely recommend a motorhome/campervan, they certainly give you freedom which works so well with our hobby 👍🏻
Fantastic I think I need to visit this place some time
Thanks very much John, I really appreciate it 👍🏻
I’m currently around the Flamborough area this week Dan, what weather conditions would you recommend viewing the Puffins in. Great video yet again.
The absolute best conditions would be early morning with the golden light of a sunrise. With it being on the east coast you don’t get the sunset.
Hope you get some great shots 🤞🏻
Never been there but it’s quite possible now thanks for the great video
Thanks very much I really appreciate it.
All the best mate 👍🏻
An amazing bird. you could do a bit of a van tour to show us around it
Thanks very much Tony, I will definitely be doing a van tour if there is an appetite for it. Maybe I will put out the feelers to the channel community and see what they think.
All the best mate 👍🏻
Loved the film Dan. Next time you go to North Landing go when the tide is out. You can walk out a fair way and see Puffin quite close, sometimes at eye level on the cliffs and on the water. Also House Martin nesting on the cliffs which is a real treat. Cheers, take care.
Thanks very much Stewart I really appreciate it, especially from someone as knowledgeable as yourself. If you ever fancy getting out and about with me I'd love to put something together?
All the best mate 👍🏻
@@danwillis_photography Sounds like a great idea. We'll have to put our heads together and come up with a plan.
Fantastic 😊
Thanks very much 👍🏻
I'd highly recommend the boat trip going from North Landing. Went on it about a month ago, and you can see everything that you saw in the video but from water level. Was amazing - took nearly 1000 photos in about 45 mins. Great chance to get all the birds in flight.
Thanks very much, I really appreciate it. I toy'd with the boat trip that day and regret not taking the plunge. I will definitely have a go at it next time 👍🏻
@@danwillis_photography Only problem is that you've got birds flying from all angles, so you need the neck of an owl! Plus, you're up and down like a yo-yo on the waves. Was great fun though.
Visit regularly from Snowdonia our friends live across the car park from the lighthouse 👌
What a wonderful place to live, very jealous 👍🏻
Dan, love the videos, but I have to offer the opinion that the best place in the UK for Puffins is the Isle of Lunga in the Inner Hebridies.
Thanks very much Dave and I completely agree with you about Lunga, I have been there myself (and I have a video on it) and it truly is a magical island. Incidentally I have also been to Skomer and the Farne Islands which were equally as stunning.
All the best mate 👍🏻
A big thank you to your wife who I am pretty sure shoots most of the great video footage of you in action.
Thanks very much Colin and Jen passes on her thanks also, she certainly is an excellent camera operator 👍🏻
Dan, am I going mad or is that not a Puffin at 3mins and 53 seconds, I keep watching it over and I'm sure it is, although no one else seems to have mentioned it, do maybe a trip to specsavers for me
You are not going mad at all, it most certainly is a Puffin. I didn’t notice it until I was editing and so overlaid that frame as I say the word Puffin. Glad you noticed it mate 👍🏻
Hi Dan , great video as usual. Can you please tell me what equipment you use for your 4k videos please? Thank you
Thanks very much.
For my vlogging I use a DJI pocket 3 and a GoPro hero 11. All of the animal videos are shot on my Z9.
All the best 👍🏻
Another great video and again thank you so much for taking the effort to make them . Do you mind me asking which drone you use please ? Many thanks.
Thanks very much Paul, I really appreciate that.
I use the DJI Mini 3 Pro drone.
All the best 👍🏻
@@danwillis_photography many thanks 🙏
Best place for puffins is by far the farne islands...
Thanks James, I’ve been lucky enough to visit the Farne Islands and agree it’s an epic location 👍🏻
Didn't realise there is beavers in Flamborough
Me either 🤔🤔🤔
Thanks for another lovely video Dan. I love your sound track too. By the way, I have an article I wrote that was inspred in part by your puffin story on Lunga. Send me your email and I will send it to you. Thanks heaps.
That sounds awesome Scott, it’s always great to hear that my videos have brought about some inspiration.
Would love to read the article, email below 👇🏻
dannwillis79@gmail.com
All the best 👍🏻