See the birds at Bempton Cliffs reserve with RSPB

An RSPB volunteer has adapted spectacles to help people see birds at Bempton Cliffs nature reserve.

Ian Crossley noticed that not everyone could see the birds when using a telescope. He spoke to Specsavers’ Bridlington practice in Yorkshire, who donated discontinued spectacles so he could remove one lens and paint the other with black nail polish to help people see through the telescope better.

Crossley said: ‘They either close one eye or both eyes as they look down the lens. It sounds funny but it’s extremely frustrating – especially for children who desperately want to spot a seabird. By wearing the spectacles, you don’t need to decide which eye to close or even close one at all. You just look through the lens with the eye that isn’t blacked out.’