The reserve is located around 8 miles (13 km) south-east of Norwich near the village of Buckenham.
The site, which is in The Broads, is managed by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds.
The reserve consists of areas of reedbeds, grazing marsh and wet woodlands featuring species such as alder and willow.
[2][3] Key bird species include bean geese which over-winter at the site, the only location they regularly do so in England, lapwing and wigeon.
[5] The RSPB Strumpshaw Fen reserve borders Buckenham Marshes to the west.