June 2026

One more Twigmore view, bracken flourishing in the cover sands.

Another view in Twigmore Woods, showing part of one of the ponds with golden flags. A self-sown silver birch is doing well at the edge of the pond despite the water being very acidic. Most of the azaleas had purple flowers but a few we bright red and a few white. Azaleas are not native

Recently travelled to Twigmore Woods in the forested countryside south-east of Sculthorpe steel works. This is a famous wood as a result of diverse trees and shrubs growing there and for the large open pools. Once known as ‘Gull Wood’ because a large colony of common gulls stayed there all year round; it was a

Three good walks recently; twice from Brickyard Lane south of Melton developing modern industrial park (see above) and once through the shelter belt of mature trees that borders North Ferriby along its western edge. At the Humber end of Brickyard Lane a walker can turn left and either take the field edge path along the