\n Here are five reserves which are hard to beat.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
1. Cley and Salthouse Marshes<\/p>\n
\n Location: Coast Road, Cley-next-the-Sea, Holt, NR25 7SA\n<\/p>\n
\n Cley and Salthouse Marshes was named one of the best coastal spots in the UK for wildlife. (Image: Mark Bullimore)\n<\/p>\n
\n This is one of the UK’s most famous bird reserves, with vast marshes, reedbeds and coastal paths, alongside hides, boardwalks and big-sky scenery.\n<\/p>\n
\n Visitors may spot spoonbills, avocets, marsh harriers, bitterns, bearded tits and pink-footed geese in winter. Snow buntings can be seen along the coast during colder months.\n<\/p>\n
\n Autumn is good for rare birds, whereas winter brings huge goose flocks, and spring is the season for breeding birds.\n<\/p>\n
\n It was also included in the top 20 places<\/a> across the UK for coastal wildlife in the summer by The Times.\n<\/p>\n 2. Hickling Broad and Marshes<\/p>\n \n Location: Stubb Road, Hickling, near Stalham, NR12 0BW\n<\/p>\n \n \n The largest broad in the Norfolk Broads offers quiet walking trails through reedbeds and wetlands. Boat trips are available to remote wildlife areas.\n<\/p>\n \n Wildlife includes common cranes, bitterns, marsh harriers, otters, bearded tits and swallowtail butterflies, Britain\u2019s largest butterfly.\n<\/p>\n \n Visit in spring or summer for cranes and swallowtails, or in winter for spectacular bird roosts.\n<\/p>\n \n It also holds\u00a0National Nature Reserve (NNR) status, one of the highest conservation designations in England.\n<\/p>\n 3. RSPB Titchwell Marsh<\/p>\n \n Location: Main Road, Titchwell, King’s Lynn, PE31 8BB\n<\/p>\n \n An aerial image of Hickling Broad (Image: Mike Page)\n<\/p>\n
A bittern was pictured in flight over RSPB Titchwell Marsh (Image: Sue Wood)\n<\/p>\n