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Spurn Birding Holiday - Autumn Migrants 2026
Spurn and the Humber Estuary
Spurn is one of the top Bird Observatories in the UK for bird migration. The unique long, narrow hook of Spurn at the southern end of the Holderness coastline encourages birds to follow the narrow peninsular concentrating numbers of birds in a relatively small area.
Spurn Birding Holiday - Autumn Migrants 2026
A great place for finding and studying common migrants from Scandinavian thrushes to terns and wildfowl. Spurn is also one of the top sites in the UK for finding unusual birds. In the last five years our YCN trips to Spurn have encountered many scarce and rare birds on our trips including: Red-flanked Bluetail, Pallas's Warbler, Arctic Warbler, Great Grey Shrike, and Stilt Sandpiper!
Adjacent to the peninsular is the vast Humber Estuary, home in autumn and winter to hundreds of thousands of waders such as Red Knot, Bar-tailed Godwit, Curlew and Grey Plover. These fantastic flocks make impressive viewing on the mudflats and saltmarsh as they create wonder murmirations over the mudflats.
YCN make a large donation to Spurn Bird Observatory every year from the profits of our trips. To see how your trip makes a difference Click Here
2026 Dates: Sept 14th - 18th, Oct 12th - 16th and Oct 26th - 30th
Level: Beginners and intermediate
Places: Up to 6
Leaders Richard Baines
Price: £595.00/person for a shared room. An additional £75 for single occupancy
What’s included: Lunch and Dinner for the 5 day tour with four nights' in spacious self catering accommodation (breakfasts not included) at Westmere Farm in Kilnsea (see detailed itinerary download on this page), One expert guide and transport.
To Book: Please use the booking facility below, complete the booking form and we will then get in touch with you to finalise the booking. Any queries please give YCN a call on 07747753260.
Queries: Contact Richard Baines at Yorkshire Coast Nature. richard.baines@yorkshirecoastnature.co.uk
Richard Baines PGdip MCIEEM
Company Director And Birding/Wildlife Guide
Richard’s love of birds and wildlife started at age nine when he watched wide eyed as a charm of European Goldfinch fed on a thistle within a few feet of him in the grounds of his primary school. The next day he was busy drawing the flock in his art class./tutors/2/richard-baines-pgdip-mcieem
Spurn Birding Holiday - Spring Migrants 2026
Spurn/Kilnsea
Spurn is a great place for finding and studying common migrants in spring. In recent springs, Spurn was host to a wide variety of great birds. Joining the common migrants such as Common...
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Mon 14th Sep - 12.30pm
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Mon 12th Oct - 12.30pm
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Mon 26th Oct - 12.30pm
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