Cromer Lighthouse & East Cliffs
The Lighthouse is best approached by parking in Cliff Road off B1159, as you head out of town towards Overstrand (NR27 0BU). There is a post-box on the corner on the right-hand side. Walk back to the junction, cross the road and head up the steps in front of you. Follow this path through the trees, bear right as you leave the wood and head up the slope, the Lighthouse is at the top. Beyond the Lighthouse you can walk a cliff path, east through The Royal Cromer Golf Club to Overstrand. Between the Lighthouse and Cromer town there is also Happy Valley, North Lodge Park and a convenient cliff-top shelter for sea-watching. This whole area, including the cliff-top gorse scrub, combined with the grassy habitat of the golf course, criss-crossed by a network of footpaths, is a known magnet during Spring and Autumn migration. The areas most notable bird was Little Swift, which roosted on the cliff in 2005, but Iceland Gull, Woodchat Shrike, Pallid & Alpine Swift, Dusky and Bonelli's Warbler have also been seen.
- Species recorded
- 188
- Visitors
- 74
What you might see
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Parasitic Jaeger
14% of all club sightings recorded here
Last seen 234d ago
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Black-legged Kittiwake
13% of all club sightings recorded here
Last seen 33d ago
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Razorbill
Recorded fairly regularly here
Last seen 49d ago
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Bar-tailed Godwit
12% of all club sightings recorded here
Last seen 45d ago
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Northern Gannet
Almost always seen here
Last seen 33d ago
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Sandwich Tern
Seen on the majority of visits
Last seen 33d ago
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Common Scoter
11% of all club sightings recorded here
Last seen 33d ago
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Common Eider
Recorded on 16% of visits
Last seen 52d ago
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Manx Shearwater
Seen here 26 times in the last 3 years
Last seen 274d ago
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Velvet Scoter
Seen here 8 times in the last 3 years
Last seen 69d ago
