Spurn Point
Sean Fletcher and Anita Rani witness the return of the native oyster after an absence of 85 years to Spurn Point, a narrow three-mile ribbon of land at the mouth of the Humber Estuary.
Jutting out into the North Sea is Spurn Point 鈥� a sandy spit at the mouth of the Humber Estuary. It's a place of perpetual renewal, where creatures, habitats and people must constantly adapt to a landscape that refuses to stand still.
Along this narrow three-mile ribbon of land, Sean Fletcher and Anita Rani join Spurn Point's latest evolution. Sean is with the team restoring a long-lost resident 鈥� the native oyster, returning to these shores after an absence of 85 years. He also learns how people have settled, built and farmed in this ever-shifting environment. Anita is out on the mudflats, helping the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust expand a fragile pocket of seagrass meadow, and she takes part in a routine safety drill, preparing for the very real danger of vehicles succumbing to mud and tides. A local poet reveals the inspiration he finds in this landscape.
Away from Spurn Point, John Craven launches this year鈥檚 Countryfile Photographic Competition in aid of 蜜芽传媒 Children in Need.
And after the driest spring in half a century, Charlotte Smith investigates the impact of wildfires on our countryside and asks how well prepared we are for a future where they鈥檙e expected to be more common.
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