More than 2,200 dolphins and around 50 whales have been spotted at Bempton Cliffs since it became England’s first official Shorewatch location 16 months ago.

The scheme run by the Whale and Dolphin Conservation (WDC) charity trains volunteers to carry out surveys of marine life.

A team of 20 volunteers has just conducted their 1,000th observation from the clifftop at the RSPB site, which is internationally famous for the colonies of seabirds which nest on its chalk cliffs.