in the YorkshireWinter Wolds Jon Traill Your guide to enjoying East Yorkshire’s wildlife and wild places this season WILD Rambles, red kites and R&R day Only just one day to spend in the Wolds? On a crisp winter’s day, wrap up warm and get ready to ramble! Flamborough Settrington Where to go... Bridlington Head to the picturesque villages of Thixendale or Wharram Percy Settrington for circular walks which step on to the Wolds Way National Thixendale Trail. nationaltrail.co.uk Driffield Red kite Millington Woods Pocklington Tophill Low Nature Reserve Elliott Neep York and Lower Market Weighton Derwent Valley North Cave Beverley Wetlands and Spurn What to do... Binoculars ready... Wolds of art! Taste of Yorkshire Red kites roost in the Wolds Robert Fuller is one of Cosy pubs, real ale and over the winter – look up, they the UK’s foremost local produce are also might just swoop overhead! Spot winter wildlife artists. Head to his gallery on the menu in each village to flocks of redwing and fieldfare too. and studio in pretty Thixendale. complete a truly wild day out! robertfuller.com visithullandeastyorkshire.com WILD Star Species weekend Extend your trip and make a weekend of it! Adopt a slower pace and include the following over the course of two days... What to do... Tophill Low Nature Reserve Gaze and wonder Into the woods today… See over 50 different species On a clear night, wrap up Millington Woods near from a cosy hide complete with warm and head outside Pocklington, are the most log burner and hot drinks counter (10 to enjoy some dark sky gazing. botanically rich woodlands in East miles from Driffield, YO25 9RH). Enjoy the peace and tranquillity Yorkshire. Perfect every season! Enjoy that a Wolds escape brings. circular walks and cosy pubs. YO42 1TZ WILD Wolds Winter Retreat Further enjoy the wonder of the Wolds this season and explore week historic towns and peaceful countryside that rolls away to the sea. A short drive away... Minster marvels Perfect Pocklington Lower Derwent Valley A trip to Yorkshire From canal-side walks As the meadows flood wouldn’t be complete to the grandeur of across this National without a visit to the historic Burnby Hall Gardens, this Nature Reserve, the magic centres of Beverley and York – market town at the foot of the starts to happen! A must for especially around Christmas time. Wolds is a delight. brilliant displays of wintering birds. YO19 6AS Day trip adventures… Spurn Safari Spurn National Nature Reserve Spurn Discovery Centre Journey to Yorkshire’s ‘Land’s End’. This unique landscape with its wide open skies, is even more atmospheric during the winter months. (1 hr 30mins drive from Driffield, HU12 0UH) Hardisty James Using the Discovery Centre at Yorkshire Wildlife Sally Henderson Trust’s Spurn National Nature Reserve as a base, you can pack so much wild adventure into one day… Look out for whirling Wrap up warm, fill your Warm up with hot flocks of winter waders lungs with fresh air and chocolate and tasty and birds of prey enjoy the views on foot treats at the looming in the skies above. or aboard a Spurn Safari. Discovery Centre cafe. Short-eared owl Head to the coast... Bracing walks and crashing waves Flamborough are always in store on the Yorkshire coast. Get ready to blow the cobwebs away and look out for owls day or night. Elliott Neep Elliott Start your day in the village of Flamborough for an exhilarating clifftop hike or beachcombing stroll. (40 mins drive from Driffield) Visit YWT Living Seas At RSPB Bempton Cliffs Head into Bridlington Centre for news of the look out for short-eared for fish and chips – latest wildlife sightings – owls hunting in the fields fresh, salty air and a sea maybe add one or two yourself! and gannets from late January… view make them extra tasty! YO15 1AE YO15 1JF 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_.