The Holkham National Nature Reserve is the largest such reserve in England.

It is on the Norfolk coast between Burnham Overy Staithe andBlakeney, and is

managed by Natural England with the cooperation of theHolkham Estate. Its
3,900 hectares (9,600 acres) include a wide range ofhabitats, such as grazing
marsh, woodland, salt marsh, sand dunes and foreshore. The reserve is part of
the North Norfolk Coast Site of Special Scientific Interest, additionally protected
through Natura 2000, Special Protection Area and Ramsar listings, and is part of
both an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and a World Biosphere Reserve.
Holkham is important for wintering wildfowl, especially pink-footed
geese, Eurasian wigeons and brent geese, but it also has breeding waders, and
attracts many migrating birds in autumn. A number of scarce invertebrates and
plants can be found in the dunes, and the reserve is one of only two sites in the
UK with an antlion colony. The Vikings navigated the creeks to
establish Holkham village. The reserve was created in 1967 mostly from the
Holkham estate, owned since the 17th century by the Earls of Leicester, and
attracts over 100,000 visitors a year, including birdwatchers, horse riders
and naturists