Rate birdingplace St Bees Head
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Sea cliffs with the only English site for Guillemot à miroir. With other breeding birds like Guillemot de Troïl, Pingouin torda, Macareux moine and Mouette tridactyle.
St Bees Head is a headland on the North West coast of Cumbria and is named after the nearby village of St Bees. Red sandstone cliffs stacked with nesting seabirds like Guillemot à miroir, Guillemot de Troïl, Pingouin torda, Mouette tridactyle, Macareux moine and Fulmar boréal. Three viewing points give you great views of the colony and on a clear day you can see the Isle of Man across the sea.
St Bees Head is situated between Whitehaven and St. Bees in west Cumbria and lies on the long-distance footpath of the Cumbria Coastal Way. You can park in Whitehaven at Haig pit and take the Cumbria Coastal Way to the head. The path follows the edge of the cliffs, which rise to 90 metres above sea level. You can also park in Sandwith and follow the farm track straight to the head. Or park in St Bees village in the shore-front car park. Access to the reserve is via the path over the metal footbridge at the north end of the promenade. Click on a P in the map for directions to a parking. By train: St Bees station is 0.75 mile (1.25 km) from the reserve.
Photo St Bees Head by Dougsim, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons