watercolour 70cm x 50cm
A lot of people are saying it's just like 1933 again.
The last time it was 1933Albert Einstein came to Cromer.
The last time it was 1933Albert Einstein came to Cromer.
He was a refugee.
The Island of Norfolk
The source of the River Waveney is a ditch on the east side of the
B1113, a couple of miles north of Redgrave. The river runs east and
flows into the North Sea. Less than twenty yards away, on the other side
of the road, is the source of the Little Ouse river, which flows
westward before joining the Greater Ouse, and eventually running into
the Wash. The proximity of the two river sources means that whenever
flooding occurs in the area, the county of Norfolk becomes an island.
Knettishall airfield
oil on canvas 90cm x 65cm
There used to be an old USAF airfield here, but now it's reverted back
to farmland, and the drone of the bomber has given way to the song of
the lark.
avocets
If only the amasser of British killed specimens could be exterminated and the protection laws of this country be more rigidly enforced, the avocet might once more become a local breeding species in some of our counties. At present, however, a few birds arrive in our southern and eastern counties yearly, an it is to be feared that but few live to cross over to their breeding grounds in Holland. It used to formerly breed in considerable numbers...along our flat eastern shores. The nest is placed on the mud or sand in an estuary, and at no great distance from the water, and consists merely of a very small collection of dry bents and grass. The eggs are three to four in number and pale clay in colour, speckled with black. The note is a clear "kluit", generally uttered on the wing, and when disturbed these birds are very noisy. Their food consists of small insects and crustacea, which are captured by a sideways motion of its curiously shaped bill. It almost always feeds in shallow water, and when feeding walks along, slowly moving the bill from side to side on the surface of the mud.
(from J. Lewis Bonhote, Birds of Britain, published 1907)
Strumpshaw
Booming bitterns, mallards and shellduck under constant surveillance
from the marsh harriers which patrol the reserve.
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