All the villages have their own staithe, giving access to Barton Broad, and it is this waterside setting that gives these villages that something special.
There are many fine walks and bike rides along quiet country lanes and to AlderfenBroadnature reserve.
Returning towards Neatishead, a lane leads south, eventually taking us to AlderfenBroad (about a mile), which is a nature reserve.
The Broads is an area of man-made interlinked shallow freshwater lakes in Norfolk and Suffolk, eastern England.
The main habitats are the rivers and broads (shallow lakes) themselves, fen, carr woodland and grazing marshes.
The aim of the Alderfen experiment was to determine whether installation of artificial macrophyte structures increased the potential invertebrate food resource available for perch growth.
The Broads are a network of rivers and of lakes (Broads) in Norfolk and Suffolk.
Despite the construction of windpumps and dykes[?], the flooding continued and resulted in the typical Broads landscape of today, with its reedbeds, grazing marshes and wet woodland.
The Broads are Britain's largest protected wetland and are home to a wealth of wildlife, especially birdlife.
At the end of our narrow, overhung mooring, you could turn right and head down to the Broad, or left and explore the narrow, shallow, shifting waterways which were impassable to even a rowing boat.
There was never a soul there, except the one day we rescued a man who had got lost (we were in the garage playing darts when we heard him shouting for helpa trick of marsh acoustics, since, when we eventually got to him, he was well over a mile away).
The low, overshadowed dyke had been transformed into a broad water avenue, and it only took a moment to see why: about a dozen of the trees on our side of the bank had been cut down.
The Norfolk Broads are right on you doorstep with all the enjoyments of boating and fishing activities.
They are a natural spectacle of interconnected waterways and lakes that have been a popular destination since the Victorians "discovered" the pleasures of sailing their waterways in the late 19th century.
AlderfenBroad another nature reserve and haven for many species of wild fowl is a little off the beaten track in a side valley of the River Ant owned and managed by the Norfolk Wildlife Trust.
Other notable captures include rudd to 3lb 4oz, this was part of a catch of 10 fish which totalled 23 lb loz taken from Martham Broad, roach 2lb 4oz and a wild brown trout of 6lb 14oz taken on a spinner from Lyng mill pool.
It was unheard of to catch a bream in the Broads waters over about 5 lbs, there were huge shoals of 2 pounders, 3 pounders and 4 pounders but very few over that weight.
In the early 60's Alderfen was prolific with rudd, tench and there was one shoal of big bream.
...The Broads National Park, between Cockshoot Broad and Salhouse Broad, and close to Bure Marshes NNR (National...pliable substance called bast under the bark of the lime tree.
Cockshoot Broad lies within The Broads National Park in Norfolk, England.
One of the 1932 cards, which had a picture of a goldfinch, was sent to King George V whose secretary replied from Sandringham:
Land holdings have built up steadily, not only through purchase but through straight donation, sometimes of substantial chunks of land and water, such as East Winch Common (32 hectares) and Ranworth and Cockshoot Broads, the latter two given to the Trust by Col H J Cator in 1949.
But the whole science of wildlife conservation has also evolved during the Trust's lifetime, going essentially from passive observation to active involvement in the preservation and management of habitats, as NWT Director, Brendan Joyce, explains.
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Timms J and Moss (1984) found during summer in one of the Norfolk Broads t rapidly growing small phytoplanktonic algae in sparse densities (<10 µg/l chlorophyll-a) and "normal" densities of fish.
Another Broad (Alderfen) has also been isolated, but no sediment has been removed.
In Barton Broad (Norfolk Broads) the phytoplankton concentration was decreased by 50% after dephosphatization of effluents to the River Ant, discharging this lake.
Probably the best opportunity to encounter the wildlife and experience the diversity of their habitat is to visit a nature reserve.
To help you on your way we've written a personal guide to our favourite Norfolk broadsnature reserves; from the well known and near legendary haunts to the occasionally overlooked, and sometimes surprisingly less familiar jewels of the Norfolk landscape.
Wilds of Norfolk was set up because of our unquenchable enthusiasm for the Norfolk Broads, our small part of the natural world.
Fishing The Norfolk and Suffolk Broads and rivers offer a diverse range of fishing types, from lush, sleepy river banks to the ancient man made Broads.
Many of the Broads are not accessible by road and are private.
One of the major rivers of the Broads system, with certain stretches being very difficult to fish.
The broads are known to have harboured at least one-sixth of the macroinvertebrate fauna of the British Isles at this time (Jackson 1997).
However, during the fifties and sixties the broads were exposed to exceptionally high levels of nutrients and other pollutants that caused major changes to occur in the biota of the lakes.
Installation of the artificial refuge into AlderfenBroad has been highly successful in terms of zooplankton colonisation and productivity in the initial year, with a total of 15 species and 3 taxa being recorded.
Although the terms "Norfolk Broads" and "Suffolk Broads" are used to identify those areas within the two counties respectively, the whole area is sometimes referred to as the "Norfolk broads".
Despite the construction of windpumps and dykes, the flooding continued and resulted in the typical Broads landscape of today, with its reed beds, grazing marshes and wet woodland.
There are no locks on any of the rivers (except for Mutford lock in Oulton Broad that links to the saltwater Lake Lothing in Lowestoft), all the waterways are subject to tidal influence.
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The overwhelming appeal of the Broads area, to the visitor, is its relaxing charm and almost intoxicating beauty.
This is the second largest of all the Broads, and was heavily polluted in the past.
The Broad lies on land owned by the Norfolk Naturalists Trust and visitors are able to explore the area on foot, via specially built walkways and view from an observation hide.
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DW m_2 d-1 in Cromes Broad), expressed as % of standing crop consumed/day.
The same approach was taken by the Norfolk Naturalists' Trust at AlderfenBroad in 1979, where the inflow stream carrying effluent (Moss, Forrest & Phillips 1979) was dammed.
but similar to those of Phillips 11977) for AlderfenBroad and typical of diffuse sources in the area estimated by export modelling (Johnes.
Second largest broad and site of the Broads Authority's millennium project - Clear Water 2000, which has restored the water quality and landscape of the broad.
Boarded walkway to the broad, walking and water trails and visitor centre.
Near Surlingham, open fen, reed-beds, alder and willow woodlands with two small broads and over 3 miles of nature trail, some parts suitable for wheelchairs.
AlderfenBroad lying within the Ant Valley and owned by the Norfolk Wildlife Trust was visited between April and October producing 280 species.
Coleophora hydrolapathella cases found on the Water Dock in September, Calamotropha paludella, Schoenobius gigantella, Reed Dagger, good numbers of Webb's Wainscot, Silky Wainscot and Dotted Fan-foot.
From the many alders lining the broad, Epinotia demarniana and Alder Kitten.
Second largest broad and site of the Broads Authority's millennium project - Clear Water 2000, which has restored the water quality and landscape of the broad.
Boarded walkway to the broad, walking and water trails and visitor centre.
Near Surlingham, open fen, reed-beds, alder and willow woodlands with two small broads and over 3 miles of nature trail, some parts suitable for wheelchairs.