HEATHER

Home on the water for generations, remodelled by Ernest L Woods in 1928.

6 February 2026

Found and lost gull

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A downbeat juvenile herring gull was found by Jenny at Keys Hill Park care home in Wroxham. An independent rescuer collected the bird. Unfor...
31 January 2026

Shake, swim and roll

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Mute  swans, as with many animal groups learn pack behaviours. Here, they shake their heads simultaneously. However, things can just happen ...
28 January 2026

Gifting Hoveton and Wroxham ~ Now Thus

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Picture ~ A fearsome scarlet gryphon beast, hand painted on a funky looking pot trinket was produced by the William Henry Goss p...
25 January 2026

Rubbish rambles

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Individual volunteers regularly do litter sweeps along the riverside, where a number of curi...
19 January 2026

Ragged angel wings

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Cob mute swan on the River Bure of around four years, with rough quills sprouting from the right flight wing (Pictured by a loca...
18 January 2026

The irony of Dr Dolittle

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Born on 14th January 1887 at the River Thames town Maidenhead, Hugh Lofting  started out as a civil engineer and surveyor. In Wo...
17 January 2026

Swan hop

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A male mute swan hop skipping along in January sunrays at Granary quay ~ bird roosting area, Hoveton. S
13 January 2026

🐥 International Day of Rubber Duckies

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It gave us great pleasure to give away little yellow duckies at the riverside booths over the second half of 2025, including the...
11 January 2026

Bird's aerial view of Gateway villages of Broadland a century ago

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Digitally colourised north easterly aerial view of the area around Wroxham Bridge, early 1920s This inter~world war aerial photo...
9 January 2026

Riverside Trust

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Exciting news on HWRT coming soon. We are going from strength to strength with exciting partnerships and events on the horizon. ...
7 January 2026

Swan Winter roll call

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Ken made a head count of 29 mute swans at Granary Staithe in Hoveton. This is the highest number seen for many weeks, before the...
4 January 2026

Grandma's 'Toss in' fruit cake

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If you're partial to fruitcakes ~ a relatively simple recipe that is beloved in some far flung parts. We made a ...
3 January 2026

Missing Dinosaurs

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A brilliant blast from the past and an evergreen favourite film of Heather's crew from fifty years...
1 January 2026

Life of a boat

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Unexpectedly in the summer, Martin, a friendly master ~ custodian of a classic Leo Robinson Broadland cabin yacht visiting Hovet...
27 December 2025

Church of the River

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Framed by graceful trees, St John's Church is situated on the crest of a slope above the marshy portion of Hoveton. The hall...
26 December 2025

Bobster greetings

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Bobby the boat dog samples the stout at a charming hostelry in Llandudno, Aber Conwy. Photo captured by Jamie
25 December 2025

Festiveness

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Hope, happiness and festive cheer from Heather's crew
21 December 2025

The Wicked Lady rides again

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Seven decades ago Gainsborough Pictures made the film 'The Wicked Lady'. Rel...
20 December 2025

Lovely sights

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Nature is all around us. A host ~ or more technically a "loveliness" of "bishy barnabees" in Norfolk tongue ...
17 December 2025

Bobby at Yule

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Bobski Winter Solstice cards - alternatively known as Christmas cards have been printed in a limited run.  Thanks to the followi...
15 December 2025

Lustrous hawthorn berries

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Hawthorn berries soaked in droplets of chilled water from the heavens Photograph by Steve 'Haw' berries are rejected as...
10 December 2025

Swans by electric light

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Resilient and stately, a big pack of mute swans dart in the reflective shadows of a festive electrical fairy light display ~ shi...
7 December 2025

Pixie door

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A faerie tree doorway near the ceremonial pagan drove at Belaugh. (The spirits allowed a photographic record of the portal to th...
15 November 2025

Swan scene

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This German produced postcard by a commercial artist depicts a pair of mute swans paddling in a natural corner of Wroxham and Ho...
2 November 2025

Loynes Legacy

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Earlier in the summer, a kindly local gentleman from nearby Drayton, who frequently comes to the riverside explained...
21 October 2025

Avian Flu Update ~ Fall 2025

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Due to the recent outbreak of Avian Influenza ~ Bird Flu, Heather's water bird food booths have closed temporarily.  Further...
20 October 2025

Bowed out Aspen

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In the recent storm a tall lop sided aspen (Populus tremula) tree fell down on the riverside parks in Hoveton. The t...
12 October 2025

Australian guest of honour

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Carole from Australia came on a visit back to her home by the River Bure. She toured round the area with friends and was re~aqua...
10 October 2025

The Wilkinsons go yachting

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Charles 'Vern' Wilkinson posed in yachty white attire on the long counter stern of the cabin yacht ROCKET at Oulton Broa...
7 October 2025

Sunset of the fall

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Sunset of the fall over Wroxham Bridge Local residents and boatyard staff came to the aid of a mute swan who crashed early in th...
6 October 2025

Solacement

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Wherry Solace is the very last privately owned full sized wherry in full sailing order, used as originally intended on Broadland...
4 October 2025

Storms and slack water

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Extremely low water at the lead dyke of Hoveton Riverside Park ~ caused by the affects of both the severe storm and full moon cy...
1 October 2025

Hallowe'en at the hall

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LIVE MUSIC is being played at the Midnight Monster Hop up at the Village Hall, sponsored by the Friends of Hoveton V...
30 September 2025

Dickie wing bird

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A greylag goose with a dropped left wing has caused some concern with riverside visitors. One of the bird's favoured roostin...
25 September 2025

Rustic river bank scene of a century past

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Pictured upstream of Horning Ferry with pleasure houseboats, motor launches and a wherry, tethered up in between the working fer...
19 September 2025

America class yachts from gilded age of Broadland

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The sweeping lines of the America class yacht are a joy to behold. The charter craft was laying temporarily at the F...
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