Spurn Head

The coastline that stretches from Spurn Head in the south to Bridlington in the north is known as the Holderness Coast and is the fastest eroding coastal district in Europe. The North Sea lashes the soft clay cliff face, which is receding at a rate of 2-7 feet each year. In contrast the Hook of land known as Spurn Head that juts into the Humber Estuary is actually lengthening due to the debris from the erosion that is taking place to the north.

The Yorkshire Naturalists Trust own the famous hook of shingle and sand, which is a stop over point for thousands of migratory birds each year. Spring and Autumn are the best time to visit Spurn Head when you could see great flocks of starlings, chaffinches, rooks, jackdaws, hirundines, swifts, chats, flycatchers divers, grebes, gulls, skylarks, owls, terns, pipits, oystercatchers and waders. You might also be treated to a glimpse of one of the many seal colonies that inhabit this coast.