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In the Yorkshire Wolds in the YorkshireSpring Wolds Neil Aldridge Your guide to enjoying East Yorkshire’s wildlife and wild places this season WILD Heralds of Spring! day Only a day to spend on the Wolds? Enjoy the sights and sounds of springtime wildlife at Tophill Low Nature Reserve. Flamborough Where to go... Yorkshire Bridlington Wildlife Trust Yorkshire Water’s Tophill Wharram Quarry Low Nature Reserve You’ll find two huge reservoirs at the Wharram Percy heart of this nature reserve that flourishes with wildlife this season. Driffield YO25 9RH Brown hare Pocklington Tophill Low Nature Reserve Elliott Neep Pocklington Canal Market Weighton North Cave Wetlands, North Cliffe Woods Beverley and Spurn What to do... They’re back! Spring colour Going for a song Look out for the first Look out for the first spring Birds are beginning to swallows, house martins flowers whilst weaving tune up their voices! and sand martins swooping low over along the pathways. Bluebells Listen out for chiffchaffs, warblers the water – spring has finally arrived! carpet the reserve from May. (April) and cuckoos (May) – don’t forget your binoculars! WILD Wolds Wander... weekend Extend your trip and make a weekend of it. Enjoy pretty walks and more wildlife watching over the course of two days! What to do... Yorkshire Wildlife Trust Yorkshire Wildlife Trust Yorkshire Wildlife Trust North Cliffe Woods North Cave Wetlands Allerthorpe Common Famous for its May This former quarry is now A great place to see adders bluebells, this picturesque woodland a real haven for wildlife. Look for basking on the warm soil on sunny near Market Weighton comes into returning waders including avocet days – look but don’t touch! Hear a bloom during the spring. YO43 4XE and little ringed plover.HU15 2LY green woodpecker yaffle. YO42 4RU WILD So much more! Discover more historic towns, beautiful walks and week coastal adventures as the Wolds roll away to the sea. A short drive away... Yorkshire Wildlife Trust Yorkshire Wolds Way Pocklington Canal Wharram Quarry Enjoy the blossoming Short trips run on this This reserve just north of season and step onto picturesque canal every the ancient village of Wharram Percy, this scenic National Trail. Circular Sunday and Bank Holiday Monday blooms with orchids and other walks from Market Weighton, (12noon from early April). Meet at springtime flowers in May.YO17 9TW Thixendale and Settringham. Melbourne arms Moorings. YO42 4QJ Spurn Safari Day trip adventures… Spurn Discovery Centre Spurn National Nature Reserve Journey this spring to Yorkshire’s very own Land’s End at Spurn point. Use Yorkshire Wildlife Trust’s Discovery Centre and café as your base and pack a wild adventure into one day (1hr drive from Beverley, HU12 0UH). James Hardisty Sally Henderson Sally Walk or cycle the wildlife Tour the reserve aboard Climb the tallest trails and settle into a the Spurn Safari and lighthouse in hide. Look out for deer learn about Spurn’s northern England and seals too. fascinating military history for unparalleled views. (booking essential). Flamborough Cliffs Puffin Fun at Flamborough Head to Flamborough Headland Heritage Coast, (50 mins drive from Beverley) to watch seabirds from one of England’s most scenic coastal viewpoints. Enjoy rockpooling, birdwatching Martin Batt Martin and clifftop walks. Brian Lavelle Brian Visit the Living Seas Take a walk along the On the way home, Centre and find out magnificent white cliffs head into Bridlington more about our marine at Flamborough or for the ultimate fish wildlife! Rockpools are a short Bempton – look out for puffins and chips - out of the paper walk away. YO15 1AE from May onwards. YO15 1BJ and with a sea view! For further information and more ideas ywt.org.uk/wild-guides Yorkshire Wildlife Trust Coastal Communitiesmunities @YorksWildlife Fund Yorkshire Wildlife Trust is registered in England no. 409650 and is a registered charity no. 210807. Registered Office: 1 St George’s Place, York, YO24 1GN @yorkshirewildlifetrust_.
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