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Tidal flats at Westerhever, Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea National Park, Germany The Dutch-German-Danish Wadden Sea attracts millions of tourists, many of them paricularly interested in nature, e.g. bird watchers. The Wadden Sea with its tidal flats, tidal creeks, estuaries, salt marshes, beaches, du...

By Peter Prokosch

Tidal flats at Westerhever, Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea National Park, Germany

Byozoa, Moss animals, Westerhever, Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea National Park, Germany With wind and waves samples of underwater sea fauna and flora become visible on beaches. Examples from the North Sea coast of Germany. Here masses of light "leaves" of Bryozoa, "moss animals" are found. They are colonie...

By Peter Prokosch

Byozoa, Moss animals, Westerhever, Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea National Park, Germany

Shorebird traces on the tidal flats of the Wadden Sea The rich food resources, such as mollusks and worms, available on the muddy seafloor of the Wadden Sea during low tide are intensively used by long distant migratory shorebirds to refuel fat reserves.

By Peter Prokosch

Shorebird traces on the tidal flats of the Wadden Sea

Macoma balthica (Baltic clam), German Wadden Sea Macoma balthica, Baltic clam, a small marine bivalve mollusk, is the main food source of the long distant migratory shorebird species red knot in the Wadden Sea, Iceland, Northern Norway and other spring staging (refuel...

By Peter Prokosch

Macoma balthica (Baltic clam), German Wadden Sea

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