LOCATION:
The microphones are sited on an upper section of the River Bure running through the Blickling Estate. This section of River runs under a Chinese style footbridge that forms part of the Weavers Way footpath.
MICROPHONES:
There are two live streaming microphones installed at this location. The first, a stereo air microphone on the bank of the River Bure; the second, a pair of hydrophones below the waterline of the river itself.
THE RIVER BURE:
‘There are just over 200 chalk-stream rivers around the world and the River Bure is one of them. Because there are so few of them, it makes the Bure all the more special.
They are arguably some of our most beautiful rivers too when they’re healthy, with crystal-clear water from underground chalk springs making them the perfect sources of clean water and ideal habitats in which wildlife can thrive, which is why we need to protect them.
Rising in Melton Constable and passing through both the National Trust's Blickling and Felbrigg estates, the River Bure flows into the internationally important Norfolk Broads, which is Britain’s largest designated wetland and a haven for wildlife.
Historically this river has supported life in the catchment by providing fertile land for farming, water meadows for grazing, power for milling and fisheries for commercial and recreational exploitation. Over time this has reduced the health of the river and the landscape it supports.’
NATIONAL TRUST
Photo - Rob Coleman
