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The Broads are the nation's rare wildlife hotspot
The Norfolk and Suffolk Broads are the hotspot for the nation’s rarest wildlife –and that’s official.
A pioneering study commissioned by the Broads Authority and carried out by the University of East Anglia reveals that this small area, which makes up only 0.4% of the UK, is a haven for an incredible quarter of Britain’s rarest species.
The research project, conducted over 12 months with support from Natural England, pooled 1.5 million records collected by scientists and amateur enthusiasts since 1670.
In an 834 sq km area, the study identified 11,000 species, of which 66 are special to the Broads and 31 are rarely seen elsewhere in Britain. Find out more here.
The Broads Authority’s visitor hubs have made their mark with great results in two tourism awards.
How Hill National Nature Reserve has won the Best Family Attraction category in the Broads Awards, run by www.thenorfolkbroads.org.
And all three visitor hubs were voted finalists in the Best Visitor Information category of the EDP Tourism Awards.
Toad Hole Cottage Information Assistants Stephanie and David Anderson, Robin Jeffries and Bren Russell-Wells collected the award at a ceremony at the Ferry Inn, Horning. Also pictured is their colleague information assistant Paul Henry Gowman.
Footpath Improvements at Filby Bridge
Filby Bridge car park and boardwalk is closed while the Broads Authority carries out improvement work.
The 30 year old boardwalk is now rotten in places and after years of ongoing maintenance it will be replaced with a footpath.
When the boardwalk is removed the dyke running alongside will be “slubbed out” to remove silt and debris and create open water again. The footpath should reopen in the spring.
Whitlingham's Spooky Spectacular
Whitlingham Country Park’s eerie Halloween events were a sell out with 60 children and their parents enjoying the spooky atmosphere and activities. 
South Norfolk District Council sent seven play rangers to help make witches’ hats, skeletons, spooky badges, bats and organise apple bobbing.
Meanwhile Broads Authority volunteers and staff organised pumpkin carving with glow lights.
The children were taken on an eerie guided walk by firelight to the Whitlingham ruins, where 'ghosts' were hanging from trees. They were then entertained by scary stories around a bonfire.
Exploring the Broads Past and Future
Bungay High school students dug into the origins of the Broads to help unveil a 20 year vision for the future.
Broads Authority chairman Dr Stephen Johnson launched Broads Plan 2011, the key strategic management plan for the area, with pupils studying environmental conservation who travelled 6,000 years back in time to explore its past. They dug peat cores from six metres underground at Carlton Marshes to see how the landscape of the Broads was formed.
The Broads Plan sets out a ‘Vision for the Broads to 2030’. Over 600 organisations, groups and individuals with an interest in the Broads were invited to contribute to the plan. Read more about the launch event here.
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