On the Birds and Rocks of Flamborough Head

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Hull Geological Society

Lecture by

Paul Hildreth

30th April 2023, 6.10 pm

University of Hull

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Abstract

Flamborough Head is well-known for both its geology, offering important exposures and sections of Late Cretaceous Chalk and Pleistocene deposits, and for its birds, particularly nesting seabirds. This illustrated talk looks at the distribution of both rocks and birds and attempts, sometimes rather tongue-in-cheek, to find a correlation and show that geology is a factor in determining where certain avian species choose to live and breed.