South-east Yorkshire, v.c. 61

Grimston Garth Estate

By permission of Mrs. Flora Marriott.

A follow-up to last August's visit, which missed out much of the woodland. Meet outside Grimston Garth House. From Garton follow the single-track road to the end of Grimston Village. Continue past the "No Entry" sign, into parkland and past the premises of B&K Universal. At the sharp left-hand bend turn off right and go straight on to park on the gravel in front of the main house.

Beverley Swinemoor

An area of publicly-accessible, traditionally-managed ancient pasture next to the River Hull, preserving some wetland species now lost to agricultural intensification elsewhere in the Hull valley. This is a wet site, so please bring wellingtons (and a grapnel if you have one).

From Beverley take the A1035 Hornsea Road, turn right on to the old road to Hull Bridge,now a dead end, and park on the roadside near the BATA store,

Lang Dale and Fordon North Dale

In this extensive area of chalk grassland we would hope to (re-)find Clustered Bellflower Campanula glomerata, Field Mouse-ear Cerastium arvense,and Basil-thyme Clinopodium acinos.

Park on the broad road verge where the Yorkshire Wolds Way to the west meets the unclassified road between Flixton and Fordon.

Southburn

By permission of JSR Farms Ltd.

The meadows adjacent to the Eastburn Beck have been gradually rewilded over more than a decade using green hay from various local sites, while the formerly arable fields further east are being reworked as Biodiversity Net Gain units.

Park outside the offices of JSR Genetics, Southburn Farm.

Ganton Golf Course

By permission of Ganton Golf Club.

There are no previous records for this site in the DDb, although much of the course lies within the same monad as the Potter Brompton fields which we surveyed in 2023, and we might expect a similar flora.

Turn off the A64 northwards in Ganton village,then turn left after 100 yards into the golf club car park.