Buckenham Marshes RSPB
The marshes are the place to see wintering wigeons, and, with luck, England's only regular wintering flock of bean geese. At dusk, there is the spectacle of one of the largest known roosts of rooks and jackdaws.
Wildlife highlights: The hide offers panoramic views over traditional grazing marshes, which are home to breeding lapwings, redshanks and avocets. Visitors can look out for parents feeding their chicks at the edge of pools or watch for barn owls and marsh harriers hunting over the marshes.
The reserve is also a hot spot for boxing hares, Chinese water deer, stoats and weasels. In winter, the marshes attract tens of thousands of wigeons, teals, golden plovers and other wintering birds from Scandinavia, Siberia and Iceland.
Adjacent to Buckenham Marshes is Strumpshaw Fen RSPB reserve with free access along a public footpath.
The reserve is 1.25 miles/ 2 km south of Strumpshaw.
It can be accessed by train to Buckenham (very limited service - alternative is Brundall) and is on the Yare Valley cycle route.
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