Where?

Some basic background...

Kelk sits in the north west corner of Holderness, East Yorkshire, a flat and heavily drained arable region that is perhaps best known for having one of Europe's fastest eroding coastlines!

Most birders will know Holderness because of Spurn, Hornsea Mere, Tophill Low, and the bordering cliffs at Flamborough and Bempton. Decent enough neighbours to have. To the west the skyline is dominated by the Yorkshire Wolds, a gentle ridge characterised by vast arable fields and curious dry valleys.

Generally the whole region is sparsely populated and has a limited road system so it is easy to get a feeling of remoteness. The nearest towns are Driffield and Bridlington.

The area around Kelk is predominantly flat arable land (see 18E) with small pockets of woodland, gardens, grassland, open and running water. Kelk Beck runs north-south and is England's most northerly chalk stream and forms part of the Hull Headwaters SSSI.

The area I call my patch is pretty much everything between Harpham and Lowthorpe in the north, Gransmoor in the east, Gembling and Foston-on-the-Wolds in the south, and in the west by Nafferton and Wansford, though I spend most of my time walking around Kelk, Lowthorpe and Harpham. Google map for Kelk.