Sheringham is not a reserve, but its sheltered seafront watchpoint is one of Norfolk’s leading places for seabird passage. This guide explains where to watch, why northerly winds matter, the strongest autumn period and what may pass at other times of year.

Explore RSPB Snettisham, a Wash-coast reserve known for tidal wader movements, winter geese, open mudflats and brackish lagoons.

Blakeney National Nature Reserve is a broad coastal landscape of shingle, dunes, saltmarsh, mudflats and grazing marsh. Visit for breeding terns, autumn migration, winter geese and the demanding walk along Blakeney Point.

Cley and Salthouse Marshes bring reedbed, freshwater pools, grazing marsh, saline lagoons and shingle coast into one extensive reserve. Allow a full day for the central hides, East Bank and beach, especially during spring or autumn migration.

Titchwell Marsh compresses much of north Norfolk’s coastal birding into one accessible reserve. Follow the route from woodland and reedbed to freshwater lagoon, saltmarsh and beach, with strong wader, wildfowl and migration interest through the year.