Author name: Richard Clarke

The Lincolnshire Marsh and Wallingfen will be the last two sections of this extended series of blogs. The term Lincolnshire Marsh refers to the lowland strip that edges the coast of North Lincolnshire, North-East Lincolnshire and the county of Lincolnshire. The photo above was taken roughly half-way between Barton on Humber and South Ferriby and […]

Having seen where the River Hull starts (s.p.b.) today the photo shows where it ends, this photo taken late in 2016 before the flood alleviation scheme started at Minerva pier/Nelson St. area. This section of Hull’s improved flood defenses is almost complete with the section in front of Minerva Pub now open to the public

The source of the River Hull and its mouth are particularly interesting points and seeing as they are loosely to do with geology I will deal with them here. The photo above shows a wooded bank with dense undergrowth immediately north of the churchyard at Kirkburn (I was stood at the perimeter fence to take

The above photo was taken from the east bank of the River Hull and looking north-west across the River towards Arram Grange farm. In the midddle ground can be seen ‘black land’, a term often used in the Fens of west Norfolk and south Lincolnshire, that is topsoil with a very high humus content derived

The above photo, taken in 2016, shows a point in the course of the River Hull where a channel off the River connects with Pulfin Bog Nature Reserve (off right) administered by Yorkshire Wildlife Trust. The Reserve includes a large open water area and covers the area within a large meander of the River Hull.

The photo above shows a section of the River Hull’s floodplain between the River’s west bank and a section of the Beverley and Barmston Drain to the west of the River in the middle distance, this photo taken in November 2016 with geese (possibly migrating) appreciating the standing water. Across the winter of 2016-2017 I