A walk from the Humber Bridge to Hull along the Humber

I wasn't planning a particularly long walk today, but I ended up catching a train to Hessle and walking from the Humber bridge to Hull along the Humber. A lovely, sunny and mild day, the breeze was westerly, the Humber pink and blue, the tide low. The first highlight was a pair of Mistle Thrushes on the grassy bank of the foreshore, the Humber Bridge as a backdrop.

Mistle Thrush.

Common Gull.

Mallard.

Lesser Black-backed Gull.

I walk around the Fleet Drain, where there is a lone Redshank. Then I make my walk around the industrial units following the public footpath to reach the Humber again.

Redshank at Fleet Drain.

Looking back towards the Humber Bridge.

Soon I'm within the Hull City limits. I walk onto the saltmarsh and lift a few logs. Soon I find a few Dun Sentinels, marsh snails that live in saltmarsh, emerging at high tide and retreating under flotsam and jetsam at low tide. The grubbing at the tideline also gives me a few invertebrates, and I find two spiders sunning themselves on a fence. A bumblebee zooms past.

Dun Sentinel, Assiminea grayana.

Some millipedes.

Jumping spider, Salticus sp.

I reach the Makro brownfield site and look west towards the expanse of mudflat. Two Redshank and finally, a Curlew (number 79 for the 100 bird species in Hull challenge) are feeding high up near the reeds.

Redshank.

Curlew, the first of the year.

I continue across the Makro site, not lingering too much. A Linnet sings from atop an elder and two crows chase a Kestrel.

Linnet.

Kestrel.

A view of the Makro site.

I carry on by St Andrews, the Albert docks and return to the station by the marina.