From Chalk Hills to Crystal Waters: Discovering East Yorkshire's Chalk Streams
For his latest "Telling Our Story" blog, Simon joined 25 other volunteers and Trust staff on a Volunteer 'Discovery Day' to learn about East Yorkshire's beautiful chalk…
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Chalk reefs
A chalk reef is a natural seabed made from chalk that rises above the surrounding seafloor.
The Derwent Upland Streams Project
John Cave, Project Officer for the River Derwent, describes the hard work of the Derwent Upland Streams Project improving water quality at a local level across rivers in Northeast Yorkshire.
Upland Streams Sediment Reduction
YDCP has been working for over four years on the project funding from the Environment Agency’s Water Environment Improvement Fund to help improve water quality in the upper catchment suffering from excess sediment inputs.
Chalk rivers
Cool, crystal-clear waters flow over gravelly beds, streaming through white-flowered water-crowfoot and watercress in serene lowland landscapes.
Kiplingcotes Chalk Pit Nature Reserve
A dazzling array of floral colours and scents, hundreds of butterflies, singing yellowhammers, chirruping grasshoppers- a summer walk at Kiplingcotes Chalk Pit is a treat for the senses.
Exploring East Yorkshire's Rich Chalk Landscapes
This August, Telling Our Story Volunteer - Simon headed out to highlight three of our less visited nature reserves where geology combines with good habitat management to create some wildlife…
Crystal clear
There is nothing as pleasurable as sitting in a sunny spot, with the crystal clear cool waters of a chalk stream rolling by.
Update on essential maintenance work at Paull Holme Strays
The Environment Agency will begin work at the beginning of May to rebuild the embankment at Paull Holme strays. Car park and footpath will be closed.
Practical Conservation Task Day - Skerne Wetlands
Would you like to get stuck into some outdoor conservation work?
Join us for a day of practical conservation and reserve management tasks at Skerne Wetlands Nature Reserve, the UK's…
Paull Holme Strays Nature Reserve
A vast skyline, raptors stealthily hunting over the saltmarsh, and paradise for wading birds- experience nature's beauty on this stretch of the Humber estuary's north bank.
Skerne Wetlands Nature Reserve
What is unique about Skerne Wetlands? The answer is clear as crystal: the sparkling waters of the UK's most northerly chalk streams and the wildlife living in and around them.