What do cacti, polar bears, water lilies and pond skaters all have in common? As students from four primary schools within the Broads National Park can now tell you they …
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Broads Uncovered: Ghosts, Myths and Magic
Beware all who enter the Broads National Park – here be dragons, imps, hideous hounds, Woodwoses, will-o’-the-wisps and a mighty assortment of ghosts all intent on scaring us witless. I …
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Broads Uncovered: Life in the Dykes
Dyke Dipping in the Broads National Park is one activity that never grows dull however many times you do it in a day, week or month. There’s always something new …
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Broads Uncovered: Fish
In the U.K. freshwater habitats comprise about 12% of our total land surface and are home to 42 species of native freshwater fish, 29 of which occur here in the …
Broads Uncovered: Wet Woodlands
Trees don’t usually spring to mind when we think of the Broads National Park, it’s more often wide open skies, rivers, broads, sailing boats, reeds and flat grazing marsh stretching …
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Broads Uncovered: The Trading Wherries
The first trading wherries began to appear on the waterways of the Broads from 1700 onwards and by 1830 they were the boat of choice to transport goods such as …
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Broads Uncovered: Summer Migrants and the Dawn Chorus
One of the most exciting signs that spring is here to stay is the reappearance of the summer migrant birds, like swallows and terns, back from their overwintering grounds far …
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Broads Uncovered: Marshmen
The story of the Marshmen in the Broads National Park spans nearly three hundred years from when the first windmills began to be built in the Broads. Of course, the …