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

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  • 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: watermillsandm...
    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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  • @cajsheen2594
    @cajsheen2594 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Lovely outing with you! Thankyou! ❤ XXX

  • @PlanetC64
    @PlanetC64 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @stephengirling7859
    @stephengirling7859 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thoroughly enjoyable. Many thanks.

  • @GregsWildlife
    @GregsWildlife 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

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

    • @AShotOfWildlife
      @AShotOfWildlife  4 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @robnewman6101
    @robnewman6101 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Wow.

  • @knutfugl
    @knutfugl 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @AShotOfWildlife
      @AShotOfWildlife  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks Knut!
      Have a great weekend.

    • @knutfugl
      @knutfugl 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@AShotOfWildlife
      Thank you. ◕‿◕

  • @christrella3134
    @christrella3134 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    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

  •  4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @anneluepken5369
    @anneluepken5369 ปีที่แล้ว

    I enjoyed that so much. Thanks.

  • @Bertil_Lundin
    @Bertil_Lundin 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

    • @AShotOfWildlife
      @AShotOfWildlife  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks Bertil, have a great weekend!

  • @alastairsmith1096
    @alastairsmith1096 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Another great upload. Fascinating.

    • @AShotOfWildlife
      @AShotOfWildlife  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks again!

    • @alastairsmith1096
      @alastairsmith1096 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @doristhepost
    @doristhepost 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    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
      @AShotOfWildlife  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      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!

  • @IanPhillipsWildlife
    @IanPhillipsWildlife 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Fantastic mate, one of my faves from you.

  • @Knowledgica
    @Knowledgica 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Fantastic video, very well made. Thanks for sharing!

  • @lorraineclarke4868
    @lorraineclarke4868 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @touchedbynature5445
    @touchedbynature5445 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @JacqJansen
    @JacqJansen 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    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
      @AShotOfWildlife  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @JacqJansen
      @JacqJansen 4 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @BEACHLIFE78
    @BEACHLIFE78 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @AShotOfWildlife
      @AShotOfWildlife  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @BEACHLIFE78
      @BEACHLIFE78 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@AShotOfWildlife i will check them out 🙂

  • @treytiks5359
    @treytiks5359 4 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @AventureOiseauxNature
    @AventureOiseauxNature 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nice trip my friend. Have a great weekend 👍

  • @kevinmarten292
    @kevinmarten292 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    One of your best ! Good music content too!

  • @meerfisch
    @meerfisch 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love your videos Liam keep them coming. ❤️

  • @Tom-zq7lu
    @Tom-zq7lu 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    FANTASTIC AND BEAUTIFUL INTERESTING OK 👍🤔🆗💯

  • @macroandnatureworld-gdoremi
    @macroandnatureworld-gdoremi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Very beautiful -

  • @colinballard1219
    @colinballard1219 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great Video ,Thanks

  • @davidc3808
    @davidc3808 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    A great video, thanks.

  • @TomMcClean
    @TomMcClean 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    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.

  • @Phlegg
    @Phlegg 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @deerohdeer8000
    @deerohdeer8000 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    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
      @AShotOfWildlife  4 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  •  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nice video. Greetings from Italy :)

  • @NaturallyCuriousUK
    @NaturallyCuriousUK 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    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
      @AShotOfWildlife  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      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
      @NaturallyCuriousUK 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @NaturallyCuriousUK
      @NaturallyCuriousUK 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @mikesphotography7185
    @mikesphotography7185 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice one

  • @christrella3134
    @christrella3134 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    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
      @AShotOfWildlife  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      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!

  • @danielhearn6760
    @danielhearn6760 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    At 14.15 on this video I am helping to Restore it

  • @rebeccadonaldson1464
    @rebeccadonaldson1464 ปีที่แล้ว

    Swans and the Ugly Duckling. The Ugly Duckling is the offspring of the Coscoroba Swan which is not a true swan, but a duck which looks like a swan.