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Water Mills and Marshes is an incredible project that will allow you to really get to know the Broads. Here is what we have been up to during the project.
Broads Uncovered: Fish
Published: 23rd October, 2020 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
Published: 23rd October, 2020 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…
Broads Uncovered: The Trading Wherries
Published: 22nd October, 2020 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…
Broads Uncovered: Summer Migrants and the Dawn Chorus
Published: 21st October, 2020 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…
Broads Uncovered: Marshmen
Published: 21st October, 2020 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…
Broads Uncovered: Peat
Published: 20th October, 2020 Peat is not only an amazing type of soil but also the reason the broads exist. Twice as much carbon is stored in the world’s peatlands than in the rainforests…