240 Among the Birds in Northern Shires. 



shire northwards to the Hebrides and the Shetlands, 

 one stirring scene of bird - life after another in 

 bewildering numbers crowd upon the observer. 

 From Flamborough's cliffs to the Pinnacles at the 

 Fames; thence onwards to the Bass Rock, and 

 across the Highlands to the Hebrides and to St. 

 Kilda in one direction; or up the east coast of Scot- 

 land to the wall-like crags of Sutherlandshire and 

 Caithness, and across the Pentland Firth to Orkney 

 and on to Shetland, in another, what famous bird- 

 stations may be found! We will visit a selection of 

 these in turn, commencing our inspection upon the 

 noble headland at Flamborough, at Speeton and 

 Bempton. 



Some of the finest cliff scenery in the north of 

 England lies between Flamborough Head and 

 Filey on the Yorkshire coast, and what is of more 

 importance from an ornithologist's point of view, its 

 bird-life is correspondingly impressive. We have 

 many fine cliff-scapes in the south of England, but 

 the birds are disappointing, because they occur in 

 small numbers only, or are absent altogether, as is the 

 case in South Devonshire, for instance. There are 

 few such haunts of Guillemots and Razorbills in the 

 northern shires of England as are located upon some 

 of these grand cliffs. During the non-breeding 

 season they are practically deserted by sea-fowl, left 

 to the undisputed possession of Jackdaws and Rock 



