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Wildfowl at Blakeney

1961 , Blakeney (Norfolk)

Cat no. 203779

An Anglia Television natural history programme focusing on the habits of wildfowl.

Aubrey Buxton narrates, providing details of the migration patterns of wildfowl. There is footage of the streets of Blakeney from the view of a travelling car, which then passes through neighbouring Cley Next The Sea before arriving at Cley Marshes, a Norfolk Wildlife Trust nature reserve. Aubrey meets with Billy Bishop, Warden of Cley Marshes, the two men stroll through the marshland. Billy Bishop is interviewed and gives details about the feeding habits of the wild ducks that visit the marshes. Species of wildfowl, including Shoveller ducks, and Pintail drakes, Scaups, Bitterns, Coots, Swans, Teals, Wigeons, Curlews and Eiders are all seen in flight and on the water.

Featured Buildings

St. Nicholas' Church, Blakeney; The George Hotel, Cley-next-the-Sea;

Keywords

Wildfowl; Wildlife habitats

Other Places

Cley-next-the-Sea; Cley Marshes

  • Production company : Anglia Television

  • Interviewer : Aubrey Buxton (Introduced by)

  • Director : Harry Aldou

  • Other : Roy Colwell (Dubbing Mixer)

Manifestations

Wildfowl at Blakeney

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