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

Failed to keep up the momentum from T.P.W. and C. 19, so here are a couple of pictures, somewhat late. At the south-east corner of the curtain wall at Fort Paull some old hawthorn shrubs but in full flower this spring, a mass of white blossom and hopefully a mass of berries in autumn. Separated

A walk taken this afternoon following a very familiar circular route from the Humber side car park just south of Paull village, alongside the Humber following the footpath seen above to near the two old lighthouses (s.p.b.s), then north along a footpath with arable field on one side (oilseed rape in flower but some seed

There is much positive comment re David Attenborough’s 100 birthday, and quite rightly so. There is no doubt that over the past 100 years there has been a great social change in attitudes towards animal welfare, although there remains a long way to go particularly re factory farming, mostly pigs and chickens, and agribusiness in