Wild Life on a Norfolk Estuary

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 31, 2023

In Category - Travel & Geography, Nature, Life Sciences

Authors: Arthur Henry Patterson In Year : 1907

Book Language: English

Audiobook: Wild Life on a Norfolk Estuary

Front Matter - Dedication – Prefatory Note - Author’s Note
Chapter 1 - Breydon
Chapter 2 - Winter Days on Breydon - Part 1
Chapter 2 - Winter Days on Breydon - Part 2
Chapter 2 - Winter Days on Breydon - Part 3
Chapter 3 - Men and Manners - Part 1
Chapter 3 - Men and Manners - Part 2
Chapter 4 - Breydon in Springtime - Part 1
Chapter 4 - Breydon in Springtime - Part 2
Chapter 4 - Breydon in Springtime - Part 3
Chapter 5 - Summer Hours on Breydon - Part 1
Chapter 5 - Summer Hours on Breydon - Part 2
Chapter 5 - Summer Hours on Breydon - Part 3
Chapter 5 - Summer Hours on Breydon - Part 4
Chapter 6 - Breydon in Leisurely Autumn - Part 1
Chapter 6 - Breydon in Leisurely Autumn - Part 2
Chapter 6 - Breydon in Leisurely Autumn - Part 3
Chapter 7 - Breydon Gulls and Breydon Crabs
Chapter 8 - From the Watcher's Notebook
East Coast Notes: Chapter 1 - Some Bird Notes - Part 1
East Coast Notes: Chapter 1 - Some Bird Notes - Part 2
East Coast Notes: Chapter 1 - Some Bird Notes - Part 3
East Coast Notes: Chapter 1 - Some Bird Notes - Part 4
East Coast Notes: Chapter 1 - Some Bird Notes - Part 5
East Coast Notes: Chapter 1 - Some Bird Notes - Part 6
East Coast Notes: Chapter 2 - Some Fish Notes - Part 1
East Coast Notes: Chapter 2 - Some Fish Notes - Part 2
East Coast Notes: Chapter 2 - Some Fish Notes - Part 3
East Coast Notes: Chapter 2 - Some Fish Notes - Part 4
East Coast Notes: Chapter 3 - Some Mammalian Notes

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 popular contributor to Norfolk’s Eastern Daily Press. Today, although the Broads has become a major tourist and holiday destination, nature still thrives as it did in the time of AHP. And without doubt, his observations and studies of the local flora and fauna are as relevant today as they were when he wrote of them more than a century ago. - Summary by TND