The River Yox is a

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in the

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. It flows from the west of

Peasenhall Peasenhall is a village and civil parish in the East Suffolk district, in the English county of Suffolk. The population of the civil parish at the 2021 Census was 525. It lies on the A1120 tourist route; neighbouring villages include Sibton and ...

through

Sibton Sibton is a village and civil parish on the A1120 road, in the East Suffolk district, in the English county of Suffolk. It is near the towns of Saxmundham and Halesworth, the village of Peasenhall and the hamlet of Sibton Green. The church is ...

and

Yoxford Yoxford is a village in East Suffolk, England, close to the Heritage Coast, Minsmere Reserve (RSPB), Aldeburgh and Southwold. It is known for its antique shops and (as "Loxford") for providing the setting for a Britten opera. The name 'Yoxford ...

where it becomes the Minsmere River.Storey N R (2013) ''The Little Book of Suffolk'', History press
Available online
retrieved 2016-06-16. The Yox was originally fordable at Yoxford where a modern road bridge allows the A12 to cross the river.Yoxford Conservation Area Appraisal Supplementary Planning Document
''Suffolk Coastal District Council'', June 2010. Retrieved 2012-11-01. The river valley is largely drained and used as grassland with some arable use at Sibton. Some peat deposits are present. The valley has a narrow floodplain with water meadows and has largely been drained using a system of dykes.Valley meadows & fens
Suffolk Landscape Character Typology, ''Suffolk County Council''. Retrieved 2012-11-01.

Wildlife

As of 2018, the river at Yoxford was seen to contain

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, frogs, newts, grass snakes, and otters. Eels were seen in 2017. Kingfishers have not been observed since 2017, nor have any water voles. Hitherto there had been a large population of water voles along a large stretch of the river, but regular predation by domestic cats has been observed. As of 2020, water voles and kingfishers have been regularly seen on a stretch of the river behind Yoxford High Street.

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