on the YorkshireSummer Coast Tim Hill Your guide to enjoying East ’s wildlife and wild places this season

WILD Puffins, picnics and play! day Only a day to spend on the coast? Make the most of it with a visit to Headland and Yorkshire’s Seabird City

Where to go... RSPB Bempton Yorkshire Wildlife Trust Cliffs Flamborough Cliffs Yorkshire Wildlife Trust Flamborough Cliffs Wild and rugged, explorers will be Nature Reserve rewarded with some of the best puffin vantage points in the UK. Seabirds aplenty. YO15 1BJ

RSBP Bempton Cliffs Flamborough Accessible reserve with Head Lighthouse fantastic viewing platforms and superb vistas, perfect for spying gannets and taking photographs. YO15 1JF FLAMBOROUGH Yorkshire Wildlife Trust Living Seas Centre Living Seas Centre & Discover life under and around the National Nature Danes North Sea. Join the shoreline experts Reserve, Tophill Low Dyke Hall for hands-on family activities. YO15 1AE South & Gardens Landing What to do...

Peering at puffins Seashore safari Picnic at North Join the Yorkshire Wildlife Rockpooling! Search Landing beach Trust team for top spotting for weird and Come prepared or grab tips at Flamborough Cliffs (Sundays wonderful creatures at South some chips in Flamborough and during the summer). ywt.org.uk Landing beach and find out dine al fresco on the sand. Enjoy more at the Living Seas Centre. ice cream for afters!

WILD Travel by land and sea! weekend Extend your trip and make a weekend of it! Enjoy lazy summer days and include the following at a relaxed pace:

What to do...

All aboard the Flamborough Bridlington open top bus Yorkshire Belle! Head Lighthouse Travel in style! Stops at Enjoy leisurely coastal Enjoy awesome views, Bridlington, Sewerby, cruises or sail around the Headland café stops and sunny days with Flamborough (North Landing and for seabird sightings galore. an easy two mile walk to/from Lighthouse) – plus some of the region’s Departures from Bridlington Harbour. North Landing. YO15 1BJ best attractions.eyms.co.uk yorkshire-belle.co.uk WILD Make the most of the coast! Discover picturesque coastal fishing villages, look out week for seals, harbour porpoise and take a day trip or two...

A short drive away...

Scarborough sights Historic hideouts wander Amble along Marine Drive Explore the former Visit this pretty town and keep an eye out for smugglers’ coves of with historic abbey, harbour porpoise and seals. Save Robin Hoods Bay and Boggle golden beach and bustling harbour. time for ice cream! Hole – keep an eye on tide times! Inspiration for Bram Stoker’s Dracula.

Spurn Discovery Centre

Spurn Lighthouse Day trip adventures… Coast to Coast Journey to Yorkshire’s very own Land’s End at Spurn National Nature Reserve. Head to Yorkshire Wildlife Trust’s Discovery Centre and café and pack a wild adventure into one day! (1hr 40 mins drive from

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Walk or cycle along the Tour the reserve aboard the Climb the tallest wildlife trails and visit a Spurn Safari and learn about lighthouse in northern hide. Look out for deer, Spurn’s fascinating military for unparalleled seals, butterflies and wading birds. history (booking recommended) views. All 143 steps!

Tophill Low Skerne Wetlands Go wild on the Wolds You’ll find two huge reservoirs at the heart of Yorkshire Water’s Tophill Low Nature Reserve – and a carpet of wildflowers in the summer (YO25 9RH). Yorkshire Wildlife Trust’s Skerne Wetlands features the UK’s most northerly chalk streams, crystal clear waters

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Visit Tophill Low’s North Check latest sightings at Skerne looks its Marsh East Hide early Tophill Low’s Reception best in summer - for a chance to catch a Hide. Pack a picnic, hat listen for water vole glimpse of kingfisher and otter. and enjoy easy strolls. as they ‘plop’ into the water.

For further information and more ideas ywt.org.uk/wild-guides

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