These are the mudflats that the alien spartina we have introduced is now turning to meadows. |
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During migration and winter, they inhabit beaches, mudflats, shallow estuaries, and inlets. |
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The birds typically forage along the upper edge of mudflats, or up on sandy beaches, often in vegetation. |
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The bay includes saltmarsh, shallow and open water, tidal channels, mudflats and numerous islands, and a freshwater pond. |
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It is almost never found on mudflats or in wetlands where other shorebirds are found. |
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We stayed in an old whare at Kokoroa at the mouth of the Whangamoa River, an estuarine area with extensive mudflats. |
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The Pacific silverweed prefers sunny coastal dunes to marsh edges, sandy bluffs, wetland meadows and mudflats. |
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Mr Foster thought a hovercraft would be the perfect vehicle to boost tourism and navigate the mudflats of Southend when the tide is out. |
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Shorelines may be indicated by pebbly or sandy beaches, mudflats, rocky cliffs, or reefs. |
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Chezzetcook Inlet on the Eastern Shore is an attractive body of water with extensive salt marshes and mudflats, but it has a problem. |
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Just a few miles away, on the warm rocky shores and mudflats of the Bay of Panama, life-forms are markedly different. |
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Low tide left vast mudflats across which landing ships and landing craft could not beach and amphibian tractors could not crawl. |
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My eyes scan the pewter-grey mudbanks and mudflats and a distant shoreline etched with filigrees of sinuous creeks. |
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Marsh fern, water horehound, spotted touch-me-not, great water dock, and lake sedge live on the soupy mudflats. |
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Tens of thousands of migrating shorebirds stop on the mudflats during the first week of May as they return to their Arctic breeding grounds. |
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Coastal migrants can often be found along tidal creeks, salt marsh edges, and mudflats, rarely on sandy ocean beaches. |
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During migration and winter, they are coastal, foraging on mudflats, salt marshes, estuaries, and coastal pools. |
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For those who prefer to stay on shore, Ocean City's bayside overlooks mudflats that harbor waterfowl, shorebirds, and gulls. |
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In natural conditions, unrestrained beaches and mudflats tend to move inland under rising sea levels and thus avoid steepening. |
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The study area consists of about 130 ha of saltmarsh bordering the Wadden Sea, which is a huge area of tidal mudflats in The Netherlands. |
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The bay includes salt marsh, shallow and open water, tidal channels, mudflats and numerous islands, and a freshwater pond. |
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Extensive oyster reefs blanketed the mudflats along the state's tidal creeks and fueled the thriving industry. |
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They forage while wading, dabbling in shallow water, or while walking on mudflats or the shore. |
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Some are just mudflats, some just sandbanks, many are rocky outcrops and skerries known only to seals, albatrosses, and retired lighthouse-keepers. |
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The highest number of birds shot were dunlin, a small flocking species typically attracted to foreshore habitat such as the mudflats on Sea Island's western tip. |
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Between the cliffs and the sea, the rhythmic movement of the tides is forming a new tidal marsh that includes mudflats, tidal creeks, tidal marshes, and tracts of shrubs. |
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It does have a strong visual allure with its ominous grey skies, cobbled streets and wide stretches of mudflats that look more like an alien landscape than a British seashore. |
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New saltmarshes, mudflats and sandflats would evolve and help to form natural sea defences, as well as create a prime location for rare species to make their homes. |
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Whimbrels feed singly or in small groups on mudflats at low tide. |
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In autumn the mudflats host migrant shorebirds including plovers, yellowlegs, and sandpipers, and warblers are common in woodlands at both ends of the pond. |
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Brown and black bears, wolves, wolverines and mountain goats roam the mountains, while millions of migratory birds rest and feed along mudflats and estuaries. |
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Along the way, there are little patches of rock, not even islands, more like mudflats, where there are birds, walruses and seals, and polar bears. |
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Nesting colonies are typically found in mature forests, on islands, or near mudflats, and do best when they are free of human disturbance and have foraging areas close by. |
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The dunlin is highly gregarious in winter, sometimes forming large flocks on coastal mudflats or sandy beaches. |
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The Wetlands reserve opened in March 2000 as a mitigation for the loss of mudflats caused by the building of the Cardiff Bay Barrage. |
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Sediment often settles in intertidal mudflats which are extremely difficult to colonize. |
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The mudflats are important feeding areas for a variety of wading birds and wildfowl. |
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The northern shore is in Northern Ireland and includes the most significant mudflats in the lough, and an area of salt marsh. |
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In the United Kingdom mudflats have been classified as a Biodiversity Action Plan priority habitat. |
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Mudskippers feed and interact with one another on mudflats and go underwater to hide in their burrows. |
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Besides the tidal channel there are interfaces to the upland dunes including mudflats, sand beaches and shingle flats. |
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Proceeding from the mouth the estuary inland, there are initially beach sands at the margin, thence shingle beach and mudflats. |
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The verges of the upper reaches range from extensive mudflats to marsh and fen. |
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Terns of several species will feed on invertebrates, following the plough or hunting on foot on mudflats. |
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It is accessible, most times, at low tide by crossing sand and mudflats which are covered with water at high tides. |
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It was built on former marshland and mudflats that were drained in the 16th century. |
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Part of the bay is a nature reserve, with seashore habitats including mudflats and salt marsh with migrating waders and wildfowl. |
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Archaeologists have speculated that the group was searching the mudflats for seafood such as lugworms, shellfish, crabs, and seaweed. |
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Lymington yacht basin and mudflats make up the former docks area known as Waterford. |
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The marine biotopes are diverse and include extensive sea grass beds and mudflats, patchy coral reefs as well as offshore islands. |
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The sands or mudflats with dangerous quicksands became a grass meadow now grazed by small flocks of sheep. |
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The sanctuary also boasts various ecosystems from mangroves, mudflats, lagoons and sabkhas to reed beds and shrub lands. |
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Also seen are mangroves, mudflats, lagoons and sabkhas reed beds and shrub lands. |
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Seal Sands was named because more than 1,000 common seals lived on its mudflats. |
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In August 1988, a year when low water generated extensive mudflats, 1150 Pectoral Sandpipers were counted at the site. |
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Dunlin and Shelduck These are two of the most common birds that spend the winter feeding on the expansive mudflats of the estuary. |
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The RSPB maintains over 200 reserves throughout the United Kingdom, covering a wide range of habitats, from estuaries and mudflats to forests and urban habitats. |
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In the north, deep fjords and sheer cliffs mark the Norwegian and Scottish coastlines, whereas in the south it consists primarily of sandy beaches and wide mudflats. |
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These lunettes are relicts of a Late Pleistocene deflationary period, when the lacustrine hydrology changed from perennial water-filled lakes to dessicated mudflats. |
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Further variations include rock pools, sand banks, mudflats, brackish lagoons, sandy and pebbly beaches, and seagrass beds, all supporting their own flora and fauna. |
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However, mudflats worldwide are under threat from predicted sea level rises, land claims for development, dredging due to shipping purposes, and chemical pollution. |
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The maintenance of mudflats is important in preventing coastal erosion. |
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The inner part of the lough comprises a series of mudflats and lagoons. |
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The crossing passes over mudflats in the Severn Estuary with part of the eastern approach viaduct sited on the English Stones, a rocky outcrop uncovered at low tide. |
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Birdwatching Birdlife is prolific due to the diverse range of habitats including mudflats, wetlands, heathland, forests, desert and semi-dry Mallee. |
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The two dominant species of shellfish in the early levels of Jibena are Dosinia and Mactra, species that inhabit open sea beaches of sand and mudflats. |
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