Notes of An East Coast Naturalist

Arthur Henry Patterson (1857 - 1935)

Arthur Henry Patterson was a self-taught naturalist with an immeasurable knowledge and perspicacity of the Broadland region’s flora and fauna – especially the area around Great Yarmouth and Breydon Water. He was the author of many books about Broadland and was a regular and popular contributor (under the pen name of John Knowlittle) to the local county newspaper.

From an early age, he developed an affinity with the natural history of the Broads and kept extensive daily notes on the area’s wildlife – which ultimately led him to collate and distil the observations that he had recorded over 25 years into this book.

The Norfolk Broads are the largest protected wetland in Britain and abound with a diverse range of wildlife some of which are exclusive to this area and nearly all get a mention to some degree in this book.

Interested in nature? Then please join Mr Patterson and me if you will, as we reveal the stories of the wildlife that frequented or visited this little known, yet unique area of the world over the timespan of a quarter of a century. (Summary by TND)

Genre(s): Nature, Travel & Geography, Life Sciences

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 00 Prefatory Note TND
00:04:01
Play 01 Bird Notes Part 1 - From: Swallows' Nesting Sites TND
00:30:28
Play 02 Bird Notes Part 2 - From: Woodcock Mishaps TND
00:34:50
Play 03 Bird Notes Part 3 - From: Night in the Reeds TND
00:32:00
Play 04 Bird Notes Part 4 - From: The Common Scoter TND
00:30:04
Play 05 Bird Notes Part 5 - From: The Cormorant TND
00:31:34
Play 06 Bird Notes Part 6 - From: Watching Wild Ducks TND
00:34:29
Play 07 Bird Notes Part 7 - From: Flights of Wood-Pigeons TND
00:34:25
Play 08 Bird Notes Part 8 - From: The Land Dotterel TND
00:34:03
Play 09 Bird Notes Part 9 - From: The Curlew TND
00:39:30
Play 10 Bird Notes Part 10 - From: A Corvine Immigration TND
00:39:31
Play 11 Fish Notes Part 1 - From: Grey Mullet TND
00:33:57
Play 12 Fish Notes Part 2 - From: Deformed Codfishes TND
00:37:12
Play 13 Fish Notes Part 3 - From: Some Eel Notes TND
00:37:26
Play 14 Miscellaneous Notes Part 1 - From: On Dogs TND
00:43:33
Play 15 Miscellaneous Notes Part 2 - From: Toad Notes TND
00:31:05