Stiffkey Fen

It is 14 ha (35 acres) in extent, and was created from farmland by Lord Buxton, who also, with the support of the Environment Agency, improved the wetland by slowing the water flow through the fen.

The reserve has a reed bed and a fresh water lagoon and islands.

It has a winter roost of up to 4,000 northern lapwings, and also hosts water rails and bearded tits.

[1] It is part of the 7,700-hectare (19,000-acre) North Norfolk Coast Site of Special Scientific Interest.

[2][3] The reserve was donated to the Buxton Conservation Trust in 1999.