Birds and flowers in Thornwick Bay, East Yorkshire - 5th June 2026

I arrived in Thornwick Bay during the early afternoon and was able to move into my accommodation straight away - this was the pleasant view through the front window of my mobile home

After unpacking, I went for a wander round the site

A Barn Swallow was sitting on the top of an outside light on a storage building

Male Chaffinch singing from the top of the hedge round Thornwick nature reserve

Tall Ox-eye daisies inside the nature reserve

Male Gadwall on the water at Thornwick Pools

Speckled Wood butterfly on a leaf inside the reserve

Wild Orchids and Ragged Robin flowers near the water at Thornwick fishing lake

Lovely yellow Water Iris at the edge of the lake

Goldfinch sitting on a fence

Another Goldfinch at the top of a hedge

Female Linnet on a thin stem

Wild Orchids among Buttercups in the gorge leading to the sea at Thornwick Bay

Rocks in Thornwick Bay

Deep crevasse in the cliffs in Thornwick Bay

Pretty white flowers on the cliff in Thornwick Bay

Meadow Pipit sitting high up on a cable

Lovely yellow flowers at the holiday park

Pair of canoodling Wood Pigeons on a fence

Vipers Bugloss at the edge of an expanse of grass at Thornwick Bay

 

Birding walk on my last morning in Thornwick Bay - 24th May 2024

I just walked round the Thornwick Bay Holiday Park site on my last morning as I was carrying a heavy backpack and did not want to travel far with it.

A Skylark was soaring into the sky at the edge of the holiday park

Young Starlings were waiting to be fed by an adult

A male Chaffinch was singing from the top of a fir tree

There was a short fuzzy caterpillar at the entrance to the bird hide in Thornwick Pools

A Moorhen walked past a tiny Pied Wagtail

A Sedge Warbler was flitting about in the reeds at the back of Thorwick Pools nature reserve

A Mute Swan absolutely dwarfed a Little Ringed Plover

Closer view of the Little Ringed Plover

A pair of Canada Geese with a gosling were feeding on grass in front of pink Ragged Robin flowers

Early Purple Orchid near the edge of the fishing lake

That was it!  Great birding trip to Thornwick Bay, Bempton Cliffs and Flamborough Head was over!