Salt Marshes Of Cley Stock Photo

Cley Marshes is a 176-hectare 430-acre nature reserve on the North Sea coast of England just outside the village of Cley next the Sea, Norfolk. A reserve since 1926, it is the oldest of the reserves belonging to the Norfolk Wildlife Trust NWT, which is itself the oldest county Wildlife Trust in the United Kingdom. Cley Marshes protects an area of reed beds, freshwater marsh, pools and wet meadows and is part of the North Norfolk Coast Site of Special Scientific Interest SSSI, Special Area of Conservation SAC, Special Protection Area SPA, and Ramsar Site due to the large numbers of birds it attracts.