2 NEWS www.EDP24.co.uk/news Eastern Daily Press, Wednesday, December 28, 2011 WEATHER AT LUNCHTIME TODAY by Dan Holley LOCAL INFORMATION HIGH TIDES King’s Lynn 08:22 6.4 20:38 6.6 25 8 Cromer/Sheringham 08:51 4.8 20:40 5.1 Gorleston 11:50 2.3 23:31 2.6 8 24 Lowestoft 11:58 2.4 23:52 2.6 Southwold 00:15 2.7 13:03 2.0 BIRDLIFE: A 22 Tide times are in GMT: Tide heights are in metres A coot and 9 LIGHTING-UP a great crested RISES 08:08 RISES 09:54 grebe are 20 SETS 15:45 SETS 20:43 happy 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 neighbours B NEW MOON: January 23 in this 20 19 photo. 9 OBSERVATIONS 9 18 Thermometer NORFOLK 9 10 120111 12Bar 1Max3 Min 14 Grass 1 5Rain 16 17 18 9 (mb) (°C) (°C) (°C) (mm) Dec 19 1015.2 4.6 -5.2 -8.9 3.8 19 20 21Dec 20 221012.5 236.3 3.224 0.9 25 0.2 26 27 28 LOCAL SUMMARY Dec 21 1016.0 11.1 3.6 2.3 2.6 Morning: Afternoon: AREA A: Mostly dry but quite Cloud generally clearing to Rainfall for month to date ... 34.6 Observations from cloudy with a few bright spells developing. leave a mostly dry afternoon with lengthy Photography Afternoon: Cloud breaking to allow some sunny spells. Mean rainfall for December 55.3 RAF Marham lengthy sunny spells to develop. Details: A moderate to fresh Details: Winds moderate to fresh southwesterly wind with a maximum AROUND BRITAIN YESTERDAY southwesterly, top temperature 9C (48F). temperature of 9C (48F). C F Lincoln 9 48 s Tonight: A dry night with clear intervals, Tonight: Dry and breezy with clear Aberdeen 5 41 c London 10 50 ov and although breezy, there is a chance of a intervals and patchy cloud bringing the Anglesey 10 50 ov Manchester 10 50 c ground frost in sheltered places. risk of a ground frost in sheltered places. Aviemore 3 37 ov Norwich 10 50 ov Minimum tonight around 3C (37F). There Moderate to fresh southwesterly winds Belfast 8 46 r Nottingham 10 50 s pioneer has will be a fresh or strong west or with a minimum temperature of 2C (36F). Bridlington 10 50 ov Orkney 6 43 c southwesterly wind. Dover 9 48 ov Oxford 10 50 c NORTH SEA: Eastbourne 10 50 ov Penzance 10 50 c AREA B: Morning: A few spots of light Seas moderate to rough, winds west or Edinburgh 6 43 c Peterborough 10 50 s rain clearing at first and brightening up southwesterly force 6 or 7. Glasgow 8 46 c Plymouth 10 50 ov with some bright spells. Guernsey 9 48 c Portsmouth 10 50 ov Ipswich 10 50 ov Redruth 10 50 ov LOCAL OUTLOOK Isle of Man 10 50 ov Scilly Isles 10 50 ov TOMORROW: Rather cloudy with the Night: Cloudy with outbreaks of rain King’s Lynn 10 50 ov Whitby 8 46 c left a legacy chance of some rain at times, but equally spreading in from the west. Lerwick 5 41 sh Wick 4 39 ov some drier spells. There will be a fresh westerly wind, the max temp 7C (45F) min SATURDAY: Early rain clearing, then WORLD YESTERDAY temp 3C (37F). mostly dry with some bright spells but Night: A few spot of rain possible at first, also large amounts of cloud. Moderate C F Istanbul 8 46 pc but otherwise mainly dry with longer westerly wind and a max temp of 9C (48F) Alicante 15 59 s Johannesburg 21 70 pc Amsterdam 10 50 ov Karachi 23 73 th clear spells developing. min temp 7C (45F). Athens 9 48 s Kingston 28 82 s Night: Clear spells and staying mainly Atlanta 8 46 c Kuala Lumpur 32 90 s FRIDAY: Dry at first with some bright or dry but cloud amounts increasing. of wildlife Auckland 22 72 pc Larnaca 16 61 s sunny intervals, but turning mostly Bahamas 26 79 s Lima 23 73 pc cloudy later. A light westerly wind. Max Bahrain 20 68 s Los Angeles 19 66 s It was a sepia-toned age of wildlife, By CHRIS HILL temp 6C (43F) min temp 3C (37F). Barcelona 11 52 s Luxembourg 6 43 c wherries and windmills – captured Rural affairs correspondent Beijing 0 32 s Luxor 20 68 f through the lens of a committed and UK SUMMARY Benidorm 15 59 s Madeira 20 68 pc Midday today Bermuda 21 70 pc Madrid 8 46 f colourful photographic pioneer. along with the Rev Bird and local 1016 Bodrum 12 54 s Majorca 13 55 r But during the intervening century, gamekeeper Jim Vincent, discovered H 1000 Bordeaux 7 45 s Malaga 15 59 s many of the evocative Broadland nesting bitterns had returned to 1000 Brest 9 48 s Malta 15 59 r images snapped by Edwardian Britain in 1911. 1008 992 Brisbane 28 82 s Marseille 12 54 s L naturalist Emma Turner have been This year’s 100th anniversary of 1032 Brussels 8 46 c Menorca 12 54 r 1000 1008 Budapest 3 37 m Miami 26 79 pc lost. that rediscovery prompted wildlife L 10161024 H Buenos Aires 27 81 s Milan 6 43 f Now, in the centenary year of her writer James Parry to research the L 992L 976 Cairo 17 63 f Montreal -3 27 pc Calcutta 23 73 s Moscow 3 37 m greatest discovery, a collection of photographer’s life – leading him to Calgary 4 39 pc Mumbai 17 63 -- previously unpublished photos has the Rev Bird’s great granddaughter, Canberra 21 70 c Nairobi 19 66 d come to light among the diaries Alison Horne. Cape Town 25 77 s Naples 13 55 f of the equally-esteemed He found that Mrs Horne’s 1024 1040 1024 Casablanca 14 57 pc New Delhi 33 91 ha 1016 1032 Chicago 2 36 m New York 8 46 pc naturalist with whom she family had hoarded diaries, H L Christchurch 23 73 f Nice 15 59 s shared her work. photographs and letters at 1032 Colombo 28 82 pc Oslo 5 41 f New links have been their home in Essex, 1008 Copenhagen 8 46 s Paris 4 39 m Crete 12 54 s Perth 32 90 f established between Miss spanning 40 years of the L Cold Front Darwin 30 86 s Rhodes 15 59 pc Turner and the Rev MCH rector’s work and Warm Front 1000 Denver 4 39 pc Rome 12 54 f Bird, the rector of highlighting his close Occluded Front Dubai 24 75 f Sao Paulo 18 64 r Dublin 10 50 s Sicily 13 55 s Brunstead, who was one friendship with Miss SOUTH: A few spots of rain possible at first, NORTH: A few showers in the west, but of the most meticulous Turner. but mainly dry and bright, with a few equally some sunny spells along with Dubrovnik 13 55 f Singapore 29 84 pc Edmonton -2 28 s St Petersburg 8 46 r sunny intervals. Tonight a dry night with patchy cloud. Tonight a dry night with recorders of Norfolk’s Mr Parry, who lives at Eilat 20 68 f Stockholm 8 46 f bird life and habitats in O x b o r o u g h , n e a r clear intervals, and although breezy, there clear intervals, and although breezy, there Faro 15 59 f Sydney 21 70 s is a chance of a ground frost in places Max is a chance of a ground frost in places. Max Florence 13 55 f Tenerife 20 68 s the early 1900s. Swaffham, said the 10C (50F) Min 3C (37F). 6C (43F) Min 2C (36F). Frankfurt 8 46 d Tokyo 8 46 s Miss Turner spent collection served as a WEST: The small risk of a shower, but much SCOTLAND: Rather cloudy and very windy Geneva 3 37 f Toronto 3 37 c many of her summers priceless record of bygone of the day will be fine with sunny spells, with showers or some longer outbreaks of Gibraltar 15 59 r Valencia 12 54 f but becoming breezy. Tonight a dry night rain, wintry on high ground. Tonight a few Harare 24 75 s Vancouver 5 41 c living on a houseboat on B r o a d l a n d w i l d l i f e, with clear intervals, and although breezy, showers at first, but increasing cloud will Havana 28 82 pc Venice 9 48 f Hickling Broad where she, catalogued by two early there is a chance of a ground frost in places bring some more persistent sleet or snow Helsinki 6 43 s Vienna 8 46 s Max 8C (46F) Min 3C (37F). later. Max 6C (43F) Min 3C (37F). Hong Kong 20 68 f Warsaw 9 48 pc MIDLANDS: Breezy with sunny spells and a WALES: A bright and windy day with sunny Honolulu 27 81 s Washington 9 48 c chance of a shower or two in places. intervals, but the chance of a few scattered Ibiza 14 57 r Zurich 0 32 m Tonight some clear and dry spells, but the blustery showers. Tonight some clear and chance of a few showers as well. Max 8C dry spells, but the chance of a few showers TRAVEL POUND (46F) Min 3C (37F). as well. Max 5C (41F) Min 3C (37F).