New project to protect endangered seabirds in Scarborough

A new programme to protect one the UK’s most endangered seabirds has been announced in Scarborough.

The ‘Protecting Our Urban Kittiwakes’ project is a joint venture between the RSPB and Northern Powergrid.

As part of the project, the birds will be monitored in urban environments where they have made nesting sites on buildings rather than traditional cliff faces.

RSPB senior conservation officer Natalie le Brun said: “The kittiwake is a globally vulnerable red listed species, which means it is of the highest conservation concern.