P732 CEEFAX 732 Fri 6 May 21:05/26 1/3 Alex Kirby on RSPB launch of marine life campaign Bempton Cliffs are probably the most important mainland seabird site in England and Wales. Every year, 200,000 seabirds conj here to make their nests and raise their chicks. On a perfect spring afternoon, with a clear green sea glinting in the sunlight, you could think them some of the luckiest sea birds in Britain. But even here in such a setting there are threats. More from Alex Kirby follows >>>P732 CEEFAX 732 Fri 6 May 21:03/14 2/3 Alex Kirby on RSPB launch of marine life campaign Thjsj cliffs near Flamborough Head are one of the most important seabird sites in Britain. Amongst the birds here are majestic gannets and razorbills, guillemots and kittiwakjs, fulmars and puffins But Bempton Cliffs show how fragile our marine protection can bj. The birds are protected bz law while they stay on the resjrvj but as soon as they leave the cliffs, the situation changes. More from Alex Kirby follows >>>P732 CEEFAX 732 Fri 6 May 21:11/25 3/3 Alex Kirby on RSPB launch of marine life campaign $5 $hj RSPB wants the law to give full and adequate protection to all marine life. And because it is no use protecting the birds without safeguarding their food supply, the campaign also wants new laws to prevent over-fishing. Countless generations of birds have nested at Bempton and successfully raised a brood. Future families though, may need more help. More from Alex Kirby follows >>>