The Hidden Nature of the Norfolk Broads: A Wildlife and Mills Walk at Halvergate Marshes

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3 жыл бұрын

Discover the hidden nature of Norfolks Marshes and Broads and about some of the Mills that helped to create them. In this video I take you on a virtual tour of a new walk that has been created by the Water, Mills and Marshes project at Halvergate in Norfolk. The habitats on the 8.5 mile route vary greatly and as I go, I explore what makes them so unique and uncover some of the amazing wildlife that lives there. The walk also takes me to six historic wind powered water pumps where I delve in to their history to discover what they did and how they contributed to creating the marshes.
If you would like to find out more about the Water, Mills and Marshes project or the new mills walk at Halvergate you can do so here: watermillsandmarshes.org.uk/
If you enjoyed the video and would be kind enough to write a review of it, please do so here: heritageopendays.org.uk/visiting/survey

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@PlanetC64 Жыл бұрын

The music is brill. And the vid? AMAZING. How you work in so much knowledge of Nature And History is remarkable. ❤❤❤

@GregsWildlife 3 жыл бұрын

Phenomenal video, Liam. What a wonderful variety of wildlife you saw! I'm very jealous!

@AShotOfWildlife 3 жыл бұрын

Cheers Greg. It was a long route but so diverse and full of wildlife!

@christrella3134 4 ай бұрын

Thank you! Impatient me had to start asking questions before the end of the video! Lol! Now I understand why you were pumping water from the marshes

@cajsheen2594 Жыл бұрын

Lovely outing with you! Thankyou! ❤ XXX

@AShotOfWildlife Жыл бұрын

Thanks for coming along!

@doristhepost 3 жыл бұрын

This was a really great video, it made me want to come and visit myself. What a great way to see other areas and what they have to offer. So nice to share in your knowledge, please make more like this - in the meantime I'm off for a walk!!

@AShotOfWildlife 3 жыл бұрын

Great! I’m glad you enjoyed the video (and the new style of video that I tried) and also that it inspired you to get outside. I hope you enjoyed your walk!

@Bertil_Lundin 3 жыл бұрын

Great film from the Norfolk Broads! Beautiful footage and a great story. Thanks for sharing and have a good weekend! // Bertil.

@AShotOfWildlife 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Bertil, have a great weekend!

@IanPhillipsWildlife 3 жыл бұрын

Fantastic mate, one of my faves from you.

@AShotOfWildlife 3 жыл бұрын

Cheers Ian!

@knutfugl 3 жыл бұрын

Lovely production, my friend. Thanks for sharing. Wish you a pleasant weekend. Best regards, Knut.

@AShotOfWildlife 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Knut! Have a great weekend.

@knutfugl 3 жыл бұрын

@@AShotOfWildlife Thank you. ◕‿◕

@lorraineclarke4868 3 жыл бұрын

excellent footage of the mills Liam. Interesting to know what they was used for. Good to see wildlife on your travels.

@stephengirling7859 Жыл бұрын

Thoroughly enjoyable. Many thanks.

3 жыл бұрын

Hello my friend! Great video. Amazing footages. Well done. Have a nice day

@AShotOfWildlife 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

@Knowledgica 3 жыл бұрын

Fantastic video, very well made. Thanks for sharing!

@touchedbynature5445 3 жыл бұрын

Brilliant Video, Very Well Presented And Informative. Many thanks for sharing.

@alastairsmith1096 9 ай бұрын

Another great upload. Fascinating.

@AShotOfWildlife 9 ай бұрын

Thanks again!

@alastairsmith1096 9 ай бұрын

I thought that was a grey wagtail but I bow to your superior knowledge

@meerfisch 5 ай бұрын

I love your videos Liam keep them coming. ❤️

@AShotOfWildlife 4 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@robnewman6101 6 ай бұрын

Wow.

@anneluepken5369 Жыл бұрын

I enjoyed that so much. Thanks.

@kevinmarten292 3 жыл бұрын

One of your best ! Good music content too!

@AShotOfWildlife 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Kevin. I appreciate it!

@treytiks5359 3 жыл бұрын

Cool video turned out !!! I liked it. Looking forward to new work on your channel !!!

@colinballard1219 2 жыл бұрын

Great Video ,Thanks

@AShotOfWildlife 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Its a brilliant place.

@Phlegg 2 жыл бұрын

wow I never knew there were three types of swan!! keep up the good work!

@JacqJansen 3 жыл бұрын

You let me show very much. Interesting to watch. I didn't understand everything, but by looking I understood a lot. Have a nice weekend and many greetings from Holland, Jacq 🙋‍♀️👍🌷

@AShotOfWildlife 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jacq! I will do the subtitles soon so you can follow along exactly if you would like.

@JacqJansen 3 жыл бұрын

A Shot Of Wildlife ah that’s very kind of you! 💖

@davidc3808 2 жыл бұрын

A great video, thanks.

@BEACHLIFE78 3 жыл бұрын

Great video and lovely to see all the nature at hand.Look forward to viewing more 🙂👍

@AShotOfWildlife 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I will be making more videos in this format in the coming weeks and months so hope that you enjoy them.

@BEACHLIFE78 3 жыл бұрын

@@AShotOfWildlife i will check them out 🙂

@Tom-zq7lu 3 жыл бұрын

FANTASTIC AND BEAUTIFUL INTERESTING OK 👍🤔🆗💯

@deerohdeer8000 3 жыл бұрын

Brilliant Liam ! Me & my family are thinking to move up to Norfolk !!!! We went last week to look ! We’re thinking of Martham !!!! Keep in touch ! May need some advice !!👍

@AShotOfWildlife 3 жыл бұрын

Cheers Craig. I know Martham area quite well so let me know if I can help :)

@TomMcClean 3 жыл бұрын

Wow! a marsh harrier! Sadly we hardly see any skylarks or meadow pipits any more here. Love the small copper and the small blue. I've never seen either. Most windmills sails and windmills here were wrecked in the great wind of 1839. Only one restored windmill is left in all Ulster at Ballycopland. Plenty of windmill stumps remain. No painted ladies spotted this year I'm afraid. What a wonderful place with a super selection of wildlife.

@AventureOiseauxNature 3 жыл бұрын

Nice trip my friend. Have a great weekend 👍

@AShotOfWildlife 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@macroandnatureworld-gdoremi 3 жыл бұрын

Very beautiful -

@NaturallyCuriousUK 3 жыл бұрын

Nice one Liam! A shame to hear that the Berney Arms pub has closed. We had a boating week on the Broads 3 years running from '99 to '01 and have fond memories of having lunch there. The landlord was a bit of a prankster and had a fake spider up in one corner which he could make descend by pressing a button behind the bar! On one occasion I spotted a trio of Spoonbills feeding on the mud as we cruised across Breydon Water. In a Broads Cruiser you have to take it at slack-water (one hour either side of low tide) otherwise the currents are too strong for the craft. Interesting info about the mills and history of the land. Well done mate! 👍😎👍

@AShotOfWildlife 3 жыл бұрын

Cheers Graham! The Berney arms is probably one of the only pubs in the Great Yarmouth postcode that I never visited when I lived there. There is talk of it being re-opened but the land behind it seems to have become a bit of an alternative people’s campsite. Spoonbills are still on my list of birds to see, I know there are a few breeding pairs in the county now so fingers crossed for soon!

@NaturallyCuriousUK 3 жыл бұрын

@@AShotOfWildlife Apparently spoonbills bred on the Havergate marshes successfully for the first time this year 👍

@NaturallyCuriousUK 3 жыл бұрын

No sorry, my mistake, it was Havergate Island RSPB reserve, which is in Suffolk.

@christrella3134 4 ай бұрын

Why do they pump the water out of the marshes? Is that to provide good footing for walking. Do they harvest the Salt Hay as we do in some coastal towns in NJ? The European Hare is the grandfather ( maybe I should say Grandmother?!) Of the domestic rabbit. Interesting stuff!

@AShotOfWildlife 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching. They dont harvest the hay in most of the fields and leave it for grazing animals. The Brown hare is not the descendant of domestic rabbits, they come from european rabbits. Im glad you watched to the end to see why they pump the water from the marshes, its a completely man made habitat and would be really wet if not. Cheers!