Holderness: Sigglesthorne, Goxhill, Rolston, Hornsea

Today's walk was a broad skirting route around Hornsea Mere. I started at Sigglesthorne, a pretty village on the bus route to Hornsea. The morning started gloomy and mild and the showers forecast for mid morning never materialised, the sky growing brighter with occasional sunny spells. I walked around the village, admired the church and then took Wassand Balk, a single lane road towards Wassand. A Buzzard sat on a distant hedge. I walked on the track through the woods at Wassand and then took a footpath across a ridge and furrow pasture field with sheep towards Goxhill. A Yellowhammer called atop a hawthorn.

Blackbird at Sigglestorne.

Pied Wagtail.

Sigglestorne St Lawrence's Church.

Buzzard.

Pastures near Wassand.

The only, distant view of Hornsea Mere I got today.

Yellowhammer.

Two very large fields were next in my route, offering very little interest. The occasional Skylark flew over. I soon got to Goxhill, a hamlet with a tiny church, St Giles.

Large field with winter wheat.

St Giles church, at Goxhill. a Grade II listed building.

Grey Squirrel, not common in Holderness, but still present.

Redwing by the Hornsea railway track at Goxhill. I didn't come across as many as I did yesterday.

Water tower by the road to Hornsea.

I take a bridleway by the golf course. It is a good track to start with, but then it turns into a very straight narrow and shady grassy path, the grass tall and wet. It is a bit of a slog until I finally get to Rolston, my socks wet through. I walk to Hornsea on the B1242 and then make my way to the promenade, where I have a coffee and my packed lunch surrounded by chatty and very tame Starlings. The bus stop is right next to me, and I take the next 24 to Hull.

A bit of an extreme threat to motorcyclers in this community woodland and nature reserve at Rolston.

Jackdaw at Hornsea.

Very tame and vocal starlings at Hornsea promenade.

This one was right next to me.

 

Holderness: Hollym, Holmpton, Patrington

A mild day, mostly overcast, with a couple of showers in the morning. I take the 75 bus to Hollym Cross Roads, and from there I walk along North Leys road. This is a quiet road, single track road around the village. Redwings' alarm calls come from the hedges as they fly off, there are also plenty of Blackbirds and Robins about. Rooks call from the trees. I have a short walk along the main road to Holmpton, and then I take the Public Right of Way along the Runnel and walk along the coastal path to Holmpton.

Many Blackbirds about today.

And also, but much shyer, Redwings.

Pied Wagtail.

A derelict bridge, across a ditch, Nevils Bridge, has been replaced by a culvert.

A new bridge over The Runnel, presumably added during the improvements to the coastal path. I don't think there was a bridge here, you just had to cross The Runnel.

Reed Bunting at The Runnel.

Looking North towards Withernsea.

A flock of Teal flying south.

The rain starts as I walk along the Runnel, lumps of clay from the field edge sticking to my shoes. The top photo shows what is left of a pill box, a single wall just at the edge of the cliff. As I get close to Holmpton, I need to cross a ditch. This is a section of the newly opened King Charles III coastal footpath, but the only way across is a wooden board, which is wet with the rain, so I decide not to risk it and walk along the field edge to the village instead. A female Stonechat feeds on the edge of the ditch. I walk around the village, visit the churchyard and take a footpath behind the Hall. The highlights in the village are a small group of Tree Sparrows and a male Stonechat by Seaside Road.

The board.

Tree Sparrow.

Male Stonechat.

St Nicholas, Holmpton.

Rook.

Some of the outbuildings of Holmpton Hall, one of them with a dovecote.

Given the rain and the mud, I opt by taking Patrington Road instead of a footpath. It is not too busy and there is plenty of interest. Meadow Pipits, Reed Buntings, a Mediterranean Gull and a sprinkle of Yellowhammers.

Meadow Pipit.

Mediterranean Gull.

Roe Deer.

Roe Deer.

Sparrowhawk.

Whalebone Corner. There is no information on this whale arch, sitting on a tight bend on the road by a public footpath.

Yellowhammer.

The Old Police Station at Patrington.

I have my lunch in Patrington at Cakey Bakey Yum Yum before catching my bus back home.

Holderness: Weel, Tickton and Hull Bridge

Today's walk takes me across a corner of Holderness just East of the river Hull near Beverley. This is a low lying almost flat area of Carrs and the walk meanders along Weel Carr, North Carr and Tickton Carr. There are some pastures, but the walk is mostly along large arable fields mostly edged by hedgerows and ditches. There are several plantations that give the walk some landscape interest. It is drizzling when I leave my bus at Beverley Swinemoor Lane. I walk by Grovehill Road and cross the narrow Weel Bridge. I take the grassy bank along the river, which gives a broader view, although my socks are quickly soaking wet. A Cetti sings and Reed Buntings call. A Kestrel is perched on a rooftop. I walk past a line of boats along the industrial area, many derelict or half sunk. Six Snipe fly over towards the fields. Three Curlew on the grassy fields of Hoggart House farm, with two doe Roe Deer watching a buck in the distance make for a good top shot. Skylarks chirp overhead,

Grovehill boats.

Kestrel.

Curlew.

Several Cormorants rest on telegraph poles by the hamlet of Weel. There are flocks of Redwings feeding on hawthorns, the first I see this year.

Cormorants.

The river Hull from its banks.

Redwing.

The fields North of Weel.

Rabbit near Corporation Farm.

Golden Plovers over.

Reed Bunting.

At Corporation farm I hear some tree sparrows in a hedge, but they won't show. I also think I hear a Raven, and watch a corvid with a large bill over, through my bins, too late to take a photo. Are there Raven's around here? The Golden plovers are a big surprise. About 180 are feeding spread on Tickton Carrs, with the start-stop gait of Lapwings.

Yellowhammer.

Roe Deer.

Golden Plover.

Pink-footed Geese. A flock of around 300 flew south.

Reed Bunting.

I make my way to Tickton and walk along the main street to Hull Bridge. It's just over half an hour walk to the centre of Beverley, where I go to have my lunch and take the bus home.

Goldfinches.

St Paul's Tickton.

Moorhen.