The Birds of Norfolk (Volume 1); With Remarks on Their Habits, Migration, and Local Distribution (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1866. Excerpt: ... lakes, would attract our notice, and appear, probably, in the distance as one large sheet of water. From Ormesby, the Yarmouth Water Works receive their supply, and the whole chain, comprising some seven hundred acres, discharges through the "Muck-fleet" into the Bure, below Acle Bridge. Beyond these, and somewhat further to the north, we should see Martham Broad on the Thurne, and connected also with the "Hundred stream," on the further bank, Ludham Broad, and the wide expanse of Heigham Sound, communicating both with Sickling and Horsey Mere. Hickling Broad, with the exception of Breydon, the most extensive, is computed at upwards of three miles in circumference, and covers about four hundred acres; Horsey Mere, within a mile of the sea, one hundred and thirty acres. Further still, in the distance and to the west of Hickling, a bright glimmer amongst the trees would mark the site of another group, including the fine waters of Barton and Irstead, with Stalham and Sutton Broads in close proximity, all communicating at various points with the navigable river Ant. And Dilham Broad, within three miles of Happisburgh, with East Ruston Common (one of the few "wet" commons now remaining in Norfolk), would still come within the limits of our imaginary triangle. Again, tracing back the course of the "reluctant Bure" from its junction with Breydon water, we should find, massed together as it were, between the mouth of the Thurne and Wroxham Bridge, South Walsham Broad and Ranworth, with its decoy, Salhouse, Wroxham, and The estimated extent of the larger Broads has been taken from "White's Gazetteer" and Nail's "Handbook of Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft." I have never been able to obtain a satisfactory explanation why Horsey should be so commonly termed a Mere, wh...