The sea bird display during the breeding season at RSPB Bempton
cliffs is well worth a visit. The reserve is well organised with a modern
centre, and clifftop viewing platforms which offer close-ups of nesting
gannets, puffins, kittiwakes etc. Thousands of birds cling to their spot on the
narrow and crowded ledges, while others swoop seawards, drift gracefully along
the cliff line or sit on the swell, hundreds of feet below. It is an amazing spectacle.
Just down the road on the other side of the village is
Bempton station. Opened in 1847 by the York and North Midland Railway on a
branch from Scarborough to Bridlington, the station is alongside a single-track
level crossing protected by automatic barriers. The station building is now a
private house. Known as the Yorkshire Coast Line, Northern presently run the
service between Hull and Scarborough. A two-car Class 158 approaches the
station with the 17.20 to Scarborough on 16/5/19.
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