Wild Life on a Norfolk Estuary

About this film

LibriVox recording of Wild Life on a Norfolk Estuary by Arthur Henry Patterson. Read in English by TND Published in 1907 by Arthur Henry Patterson, a self-taught local naturalist, Wild Life on a Norfolk Estuary was one of his defining books on the seasonal nature and natural history of the Norfolk Broads. The book is presented in two sections - The first part documents life on and around Breydon Water and the Broads throughout each season of the year, whilst the second part is a continuation of a previous AHP book – Notes of an East Coast Naturalist. AHP’s approachability, enthusiasm and extensive knowledge of the natural history of the Broads region would allow him to develop regular contacts with a wide range of fellow naturalists. One of these in particular was Mary Du Caurroy Russell, Duchess of Bedford (to whom this book is dedicated), who was herself a keen ornithologist. A lifelong friendship with a mutual interest in the Breydon area of the Broads flourished between them. AHP authored many books and contributed a vast number of reports and articles to numerous nature societies and journals. Writing under the pseudonym of John Knowlittle, he was for many years, a regular and…

Directors & creators

Arthur Henry Patterson

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks;nature; travel; birds; ornithology; Suffolk; naturalist; Natural History; sailing; norfolk; wildlife; rivers; fauna; east anglia; ecology; the broads; norfolk broads; wherry; east of england; john knowlittle; great yarmouth; breydon water; broadland; bird watching

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