#mudflats — Public Fediverse posts

On tonight's Countryfile there was a segment where Matt joined a couple of people surveying a mud flat.

They didn't sink very deep, but it's always a delight to see mud flats and muddy wellies on TV.

In all honesty I was a bit jealous. I don't have mud flats anywhere remotely nearby, and I'd love to go 'survey' one.

#mud #boots #mudflats #muddy #swamplife #countryfile

A Tide-Fueled Trove of Biodiversity in Guinea-Bissau
https://atlas.whatip.xyz/post.php?slug=a-tide-fueled-trove-of-biodiversity-in-guinea-bissau
Latest: <p>The expansive mudflats
#biodiversity #expansive #mudflats #fueled

Een wulp spoelt een slikkige prooi af in het ondiepe water van de slenk. De ene na de andere wadpier trekt ze uit het slik.
Juny op de Schiermonnikoger almanak 2026. Editie 2027 is in de maak.

#slenk #Schiermonnikoog #vogels #birds #mudflats #BirdsOfMastodon #SilentSunday #water #curlew

#Zonsondergang van 4 maart boven #Engelsmanplaat #SaharaStof

#Schiermonnikoog #DrenkelingenHuisje #Wadden #zon #sunset #SeaScapes #NaturePhotography #Waddensea #MudFlats

#SilentSunday #holga #analogphotography #mudflats #lincolncityor #2007CE

Als ik mijn hoofd wil leeg maken ga ik wandelen op het wad, de geluiden van de wadvogels om me heen. Met de vingers in de modder een kokkel uit de bodem graven. En kijken hoe het diertje zich weer in graaft. Magisch ✨ https://dewittehaas.nl/zeebodem-wandelingen/

#zeebodemwandeling #schiermonnikoog #wadlopen #marinelife #mudflats #sea #seashells #animals #seafood #nature #natuurgids #waddenzee #uitwaaien #natuur

@photography

Winner – aerial: Jabiru Leaf
‘This is not a dead leaf; it is a result of massive tides retreating over mudflats. I thought of a dead tree and a bird as we flew over the flats in the chopper. As this blacknecked stork flew towards the drainage, we banked hard just in time to capture them together.’ Balanggarra land, Wyndham, Western Australia.

Photograph: Charles Davis

#photography
#aerial
#mudflats
#birds
#WA

Samen sterk 💪 Door elkaar stevig vast te houden maken mosselen meer kans om groot te worden op deze jonge mosselbank.

#mosselen #zeeleven #waddenzee #wadlopen #zee #leven #natuur #MarineLife #MarineBiology #nature #wadden #mudflats #mussels #seaweed #SeaLettuce #SilentSunday

The Sherkin Island Fishing Boat

A fishing boat with the registration code C353P sits moored in the low-tide mud in Sherkin Island. It sits opposite the island library and has been a feature of the island for as long as I remember. However, it was missing during a visit in 2017, and this gallery of Sherkin Island photos shows an empty space where the boat should be! A blog post here from 2016 shows the boat back in place, so maybe someone took the boat out during my visit in 2017?

Now I would like to know more about this boat. Who owns it? Does anyone take it out for a spin any more?

You’ll also find photos of this boat elsewhere, including this article about a Ukrainian family who settled on the island. It’s also featured in a painting created in 2012, but it’s sitting on a dock somewhere, possibly local.

#2025 #Boat #coastalLandscape #Cork #CorkCoast #fishingBoat #Ireland #IrishCoastline #lowTide #maritimeHeritage #mudflats #Photo #Photography #seaweed #SherkinIsland #SonyA7RV #tidalFlats #traditionalFishing

Borrowing this from Wader Quest's fb page.
"This is a fantastic video, it's about the relatively recent and vital discovery of the importance of biofilm, that green slime on the surface of mudflats.
It seems that this substance is invaluable to migrating waders and, in this case, particularly to the delightful Western Sandpiper, a declining species. The video highlights their reliance on this food source for their very survival. Without it, they would be malnourished, meaning most would not be able to complete their migration and many would simply die. This would cause a decline in the population since, as a species. they would not be able to breed in sufficient numbers to maintain the population, which ultimately could lead to their extinction. Roberts Bank in British Columbia, Canada is a globally classified Important Bird Area and a key stopover for Western Sandpipers. Distressingly, its mudflats and their biofilm covering, are threatened by the proposed expansion of the Fraser Port Authority, the so-called Roberts Bank T-2 development. If allowed to go ahead this would mean additional significant habitat loss that would further endanger the species. This situation typifies a wider crisis affecting waders across the planet, highlighting the urgent need for collaboration among researchers, conservationists, and communities to protect these vital ecosystems, and the species that use them, which are becoming increasingly at risk of extinction."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMo0YiXIxjA

Western Sandpiper © Jared VanderMeer Wildlife Photography

#waders #shorebirds
#wildlife #conservation
#shorebirdconservation
#wadersconservation
#limicolas #avesplayeras
#waadvogel
#aquestforwaders
#aninspirationofwaders
#sandpiper #migration #birdlovers
#naturedocumentary #birds_matter
#mudflats #biodiversity #microbiota #biofilm

Weidse blik op de horizon

#WadLopen #FootpathFriday #wadden #hiking #MudFlats