Yorkshire

The castle was first built by a Norman baron in c. 1100 on a cliff above the River Nidd. There is documentary evidence dating from 1130 referring to works carried out at the castle by Henry I.[1] In the 1170s Hugh de Moreville and his followers took refuge there after assassinating Thomas Becket. Knaresborough castle has had ravens since 2000, one of which was donated by the Tower of London. In 2018, one of the birds was filmed greeting people at the castle in a Yorkshire accent, saying "Y'alright love?" The video subsequently went viral and was reported by various news broadcasters.

Boulder clay, in geology, is a deposit of clay, often full of boulders, which is formed out of the ground moraine material of glaciers and ice-sheets wherever they are found. It was the typical deposit of the Glacial Period in northern Europe and North America. The cliffs around Filey are made of this clay and it explains the rapid erosion of the coastline due to sea wave action.

Reighton Sands near Filey East Yorkshire

Bempton Cliffs in Yorkshire is the home of thousands and thousands of seabirds who return every year to breed. The cliffs are over a 100 metres high and every inch in May June and July can be covered in a variety of birds, predominately Gannets, Razorbills, Guillemots and Puffins etc. the cliffs are monitored by the RSPB and their staff are very helpful in pointing out species you may have missed

A Gannet flying overhead casts a big shadow.