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Anita is on Spurn Peninsula, at the Southern tip of Holderness, visiting the National Nature Reserve with Andy Gibson, from the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust. She discovers why it鈥檚 so important to help create new wetland habitat for the thousands of wading birds at Spurn, due to an ever-changing coastal landscape, at the constant mercy of the sea. She joins Steve Crawford from Surfers Against Sewage in their fight against marine litter on Spurn, for one of their annual Big Spring Beach Cleans.

Tom Heap鈥檚 travelled to the Nertherlands, where the dairy industry has come to a grinding halt. After years of expansion, the country鈥檚 herd is producing too much cow muck and it鈥檚 harming the environment. The solution is extreme, the Dutch government has ordered around two hundred thousand cows must go either to slaughter or out of the country. But what does this mean for the UK鈥檚 dairy farmers, given that we also have pollution problems from slurry? 聽

Matt takes a bumpy ride out to Spurn Point to visit the crew of the Humber Lifeboat Station, the UK鈥檚 only full-time, paid coastal Lifeboat Crew. He joins Coxswain Dave Steenvoorden to find out about the remarkable history of the community who once lived at the station, before it became too difficult to access. Matt discovers what life is like for the crew here, now their families are gone and how the changeable conditions make for an exciting daily routine!

Sunk Island is neither sunken nor an island, but is, as John Craven discovers, a remarkable agricultural landscape with a rich history. With vast tracts of pancake-flat land and skies that go on forever, the extraordinary panoramas of Sunk Island are the inspiration for local photographer Fiona Caley. The daughter of a Holderness farmer, Fiona鈥檚 ongoing project records the lives and landscapes of this fertile land.聽

Anita is back at Spurn for one of its wildlife highlights, the spring bird migration. She catches up with Paul Collins from the Spurn Bird Observatory and lends a hand monitoring the migrant bird populations. Anita then meets two young birders hoping to inspire a new generation with the help of social media.

White Park cattle have been a part of Adam鈥檚 life for as long as he can remember. His dad, Joe, first brought them onto the farm when he was a boy, and just six years ago Adam lost almost half his herd to TB. So when a friend asked him to find some prize White Parks, Adam new just where to go,聽John Lean鈥檚 farm in Devon.聽After admiring John鈥檚 quality herd, Adam heads to London to聽meet top butcher Nathan Mills who shows him why White聽Park is one of the best steaks you can buy. So good in fact, it was knighted by Royalty in the 16th century,聽hence聽鈥楽ir-Loin鈥欌�� apparently!

Where the Humber Estuary meets the North Sea, the constantly evolving coastline must be monitored all the time, to ensure the Humber Lifeboat and her crew have a clear, safe passage out to sea. Matt takes the wheel on the 鈥楶ride Of The Humber鈥� under the watchful eye of the Lifeboat Crew, as they head out to 鈥榮niff the channels鈥� and assess access in and out of the Estuary around the notorious Stoney Binks sand banks. With about two hundred-thousand tonnes of shipping passing Spurn point each day, they鈥檇 better get it right!