Spurn Point: Footage from Yorkshire Film Archive shows work of bird observatory

Here is what those at the archive had to say about this film:

"This month the Yorkshire Film Archive takes us to Spurn Point in 1950, which is an iconic and constantly-moving peninsula, which curves between the North Sea and the Humber Estuary. It is a stunning site which has a rich human and natural history - being home to a number of migratory birds, plants and insects.

"This film (created by filmmaker Charles Chislett) shows the bird observatory at Spurn Point, and the activities of the people involved in the observatory. This includes trapping the birds and ringing them, before letting them back into the wild.

"Such early data that the individuals would have been collecting (and even the films themselves) can be useful in showing how bird species numbers and size have fluctuated over time, especially in our ever-changing climate.”

This clip is courtesy of the Yorkshire and North East Film Archive as part of their Nature Matters project supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund. Nature Matters explores the archives through an environmental lens and includes activities such as film digitisation, events, outreach and contemporary collecting (the search for nature-based films of the last few decades). Find out more about the project at www.yfanefa.com/nature_matters

To watch the full film, visit www.yfanefa.com/record/4735