The sea is in turn building and eroding this unique hooked peninsula of sand and shingle.
Spurn Head Heritage Coast
As a SSSI (Site of Special Scientific Interest), geomorphologists monitor its changing shape and, in spring and autumn, migrating birds pause here in their thousands, attracting visitors to the bird observatory.
Tom Fitzgerald,
Principal Sustainable Communities and Coastal Management Officer, Community and Sustainable Development Unit, East Riding of Yorkshire Council, County Hall, Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire HU17 9BA
Tel: (01482) 391718
Email:Tom.Fitzgerald@eastriding.gov.uk