A medieval plot twist: the Great Ouse literally changed course - and so did history.
Find out how a flood, a bishop, and a few bold merchants made King’s Lynn boom.
circato.co.uk/big-changes-to-the-river
#RiverHistory #KingsLynn #GreatOuse
A Jacob sheep with large horns.
Jacob Sheep - River #GreatOuse.
#DownhamMarket #Norfolk
#FenEdge #TheFens
Tall white bird standing in the shallows.
Little Egret - River #GreatOuse.
#DownhamMarket #Norfolk
#FenEdge #TheFens
#Nature #Birds
Trees & reeds reflected in the bright blue water.
🚴♂️ #TheFens #Norfolk
#Reflections on the Middle Level Drain, flowing towards the River #GreatOuse & out to the sea at #KingsLynn.
#BlueSkyMonday & Blue water
Reflections of sun & clouds.
#DownhamMarket #Norfolk
Setting sun & clouds reflected in waters of the River #GreatOuse Relief Channel.
#Sunset #Cloudscape
#FenEdge #TheFens
The clouds are reflected in the water of the Relief Channel.
River #GreatOuse Relief Channel, #Stowbridge #Norfolk
#Reflections #Clouds
Fluffy clouds above the Ouse Washes. The ground is yellow/green because of lack of rain.
🚶#Fenedge #TheFens #Norfolk
Wonderful #cloudscape between River #GreatOuse & the Relief Channel both flowing towards #KingsLynn & the sea.
Another beautiful day at the Great Ouse.
#visitengland #cambs #travelfreedom #river #blues #greatouse
As it was my second visit to Huntingdon and all I've seen of the place so far was the ring road, I thought I'd pop in and see what lies within #Huntingdon #Cambridgeshire #GreatOuse
Sunrise over the River Great Ouse at Bedford
#greatouse #bedford #sunrise #dawn #river #reflections #embankmentbedford #embankment #fuji #fujifilm #x-t5 #landscape #photography
Red ship & red / green buoys are reflected in the river.
#HighTide on the River #GreatOuse #KingsLynn #Norfolk
#Reflections
Venus & the Waxing Crescent Moon over the river Great Ouse in Ely, Cambridgeshire
Monday 2nd of January 2025 ⭐️🌙
#VenusMoon #Wintersky #NightSky #MoonVenus #GreatOuse #TheFens
View of River Great Ouse in the autumn sun
Shot of the River Great Ouse Bedford and St. Paul's Church
Different view of the River Great Ouse Bedford
A few photos of the River Great Ouse Bedford (taken a few years ago #Bedford #River #GreatOuse #photography #nature #church
Long shot of river with church in the distance. Sun shining on the autumn leaves of trees on the riverbank
Zoomed in view of Church and river
Sunshine in the autumn along the river #greatouse #river #autumn #church #nature #photography
After an inspiring tour of Joe Martin's wetland creations, a cooling (well, quite cooling, water 21.2°C, air 26.9), evening swim across the Great Ouse up the Wissey, my most beloved river.
#MySwim #chalkstreams #Denver #Norfolk #RiverWissey #RiverGreatOuse #GreatOuse 1/10
The beautiful, silvery young Dace inhabiting the gravelly shallows of the Great Ouse banks were quite inquisitive and almost gave me a manicure.
#Dace #GreatOuse #Over #Bluntisham #RiverGreatOuse #Cambridgeshire #SouthCambridgeshire #Over #Chalkstreams #freshwaterfish #fens
5/9
On #WorldRiversDay some birds of River Great Ouse: Coot, Moorhen, Teal, Mallard, Heron habituated to the regular pleasure boat traffic & Great Cormorants unlikely perfecters of the art of perching on powerlines #BirdsSeenIn2021 #GreatOuse #Fens #Soham #Cambridgeshire #TheFens 4/4
Wonderful wetland at the junction of Wissey and Great Ouse hooching with nesty seeming Black-headed gulls, Ruff, Redshank, Lapwing, Snipe, Oystercatchers, Shelduck Shovellers, Teal, Wigeon, Coots, Starlings and Hares.
#Wissey #GreatOuse #Norfolk 3/4
A merciless #Fenland squall on the warpath down the #GreatOuse... (it would be too boring to bring a raincoat)
Aligned rail, river, road and power slice up the fenland landscape.
#Littleport #Cambridgeshire #Fens #Powerlines #Pylons
5/6
Along the flood banks, looks like a war on moles from below & a war on voles from above (kestrels).
A bank of Snowdrops escaped from a dell of Ash & Oak at Modney.
Robins singing with gusto into the clear, bright late winter light. Still plenty of haws.
#GreatOuse #Norfolk 2/6
At confluence of Lark & #GreatOuse, where Great Crested Grebes fish overshadowed by the mighty 20m hill topped by #Littleport water tower, where once the sign must have pointed to #BuryStEdmunds, 25 miles away, now it is only to #Isleham, a destination for pleasure cruisers. 4/7
Inspired by a talk last night on the history of navigation along the #RiverLark http://www.stedmundsburychronicle.co.uk towards #sunset I took a stroll from #Prickwillow along the last 2 miles before she flows into the #GreatOuse & thence 25 miles to the coast. #MyWalk...
A pity that reservoirs eg in #Fens #Southery, don't include design features more attractive to birds besides gulls, Coot, Mallard, Tufted Duck & Great Crested Grebe. Not that I've anything against those species (sympathised with this Grebe on #GreatOuse in stiff COLD wind)! 2/5
