| Shorelines may be indicated by pebbly or sandy beaches, mudflats, rocky cliffs, or reefs. |
| We stayed in an old whare at Kokoroa at the mouth of the Whangamoa River, an estuarine area with extensive mudflats. |
| Marsh fern, water horehound, spotted touch-me-not, great water dock, and lake sedge live on the soupy mudflats. |
| Tens of thousands of migrating shorebirds stop on the mudflats during the first week of May as they return to their Arctic breeding grounds. |
| For those who prefer to stay on shore, Ocean City's bayside overlooks mudflats that harbor waterfowl, shorebirds, and gulls. |
| It is almost never found on mudflats or in wetlands where other shorebirds are found. |
