Yorkshire Wildlife Trust - Spurn Point

Easington
United Kingdom

Yorkshire Wildlife Trust - Spurn Point website

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This is a unique coastal reserve with a long sandy spit stretching three and half miles into the Humber Estuary from the Holderness Coast. Habitats found here include chalk grassland, mature grey sand dunes with sandy beaches on the seaward side and mud flats on the estuary side. This is a Mecca for birdwatchers, with many rarities being seen as well as many thousands of migrants and winter visitors.

The site has a wilderness feel that pushes your comfort zone, whether it is the elements of the weather, sea or sky. The infra structure is very low key and it is possible to wander freely over the site with that constant feeling of discovery and for most of the reserve the only restrictions to access are the dense vegetation and your imagination to explore the reserve. This reserve still remains, in my opinion the best place in Britain to see visible migration of birds travelling south down the peninsula even in spring.