Strumpshaw Fen (10 minutes of train from Norwich) and Buckenham Marshes (adjacent to Strumpshaw Fen) are both part of the Broads. 

The Broads is now the UK’s largest nationally protected wetland and an important area for wildlife.

The Broads are a network of mostly navigable rivers and lakes (known locally as broads) in the English counties of Norfolk and Suffolk. The Broads and some surrounding land was constituted as a special area with a leval of protection similar to a national park.

The total area, the majory of which is in Norfolk, is 303 square kilometre with over 200 kilometre of navigable waterways. There are 7 rivers and about 50 broads, mostly less than four metres deep. Out of 50 or so broads, only 13 are generally open to navigation, with a further 3 having navigable channels. 

Strumpshaw Fen and Buckenham Marshes are both part of the Mid-Yare Valley nature reserve of the RSPB (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds).

I went to Strumpshaw Fen and Buckenham Marshes as an activity of the conservation club of my university. The purpose was to watch birds (including ducks). Well, I know nothing about birds. The only bird I could see and have learnt to recognize during this outing was kingfisher - a beautiful bird with blue and orange feathers, and I had to use the binoculars of the others to see it.

RSPB is managing the Strumpshaw Fen very well. At the receptionist of the Strumpshaw Fen, the warden is very friendly and will chat with everyone who enters and tell you how you can walk in the area. Inside the Strumpshaw Fen, there are signs to show the ways.

On the way, you will meet other people who also come for watching birds, some carrying, apart from the binoculars, the tripod and bulky camera. Then people will stop and chat, about what they can see, the changes of the bird habitat, etc., just like old friends.