coastal-marsh Uithuizerwad Groningse Netherlands 8 pm 250819_0031

Welcome to the world-famous Dutch Wadden. It is an extensive salt marsh area with mudflats and channels carved out by the sea.

Photo Description – Uithuizerwad Outer Dike Area
It is low tide and the sea is far away. Before you lie the muddy mudflats outside the dykes with pools of water from the northern Dutch coast of Groningen. It is a shore that is flooded twice a day by the tide, but now it is low tide. On the mudflats are long rows of poles that ensure that the mud that washes ashore remains in place. This is how we used to expand the land. In the distance, you can see the flat North Sea, with the German Wadden Sea island of Borkum about 10 kilometres away. The sky is blue with a few small clouds.

🌬️ It is a windy summer evening on the northern Dutch coast.
You can barely hear a ship’s engine in the distance.
The sound of the waves is far away.
Here on the salt marshes, birds are always feeding.
This place is very important for millions of migrating birds that stop here every year on their way to breeding or wintering areas.

Birds detected by Merlin Bird ID app ver 3.8.1. I cannot guarantee results.
Greylag Goose #0:48 #2:59
White Wagtail #0:59 #2:07 #2:50
Eurasian Oystercatcher #1:58 #2:03 #2:19
Grey Plover #1:02 #1:05 #1:40
Eurasian Curlew #1:29
Common Redshank #0:12 #0:35 #0:39
Black-tailed Godwit #0:24
Black-headed Gull #0:21

🌿 What is the Uithuizerwad?
The Uithuizerwad is a special nature area on the coast of Groningen, in the north of the Netherlands. The part outside the dike is called the "buitendijks" area. It’s a wild and natural place where land meets the sea.
🌱 Nature and Wildlife
• The land is called a salt marsh. It floods sometimes and has salty soil.
• Special plants grow here, like sea lavender and sea wormwood.
• Many birds come here to rest, feed, or nest. You can see waders, geese, and other water birds.
This area is a part of the world heritage.
More tracks here today / more recordings here / More salt marshes in the Netherlands

Date/time: August 19 2025, 8 pm

Weather: 19ºc, clouds %, wind NNW 18-40 km/h, 1015 hPa, humidity 64-84%, visibility 32 km, dew point 16ºc, cloud ceiling 6.1 km,

Location; Uithuizerwad, Wadden Sea World Heritage, Waddenzee, corner Emmapolderdijk and Lauwersweg, Uithuizen, Het Hogenland, Groningen, Netherlands (Holland), Europe. GPS 53.45690 6.66887

Gear chain: Sennheiser mkh30/50 MS with pointed N 0°, in Rycote cyclone small, windjammer > Tascam FR-AV2. Noise floor 41.5 dB, Post editing in Audacity: Windjammer correction for high and 160 Hz/12 dB low-cut for the wind, MCompressor

Original 50 minute MS-track 96/32 bit float available for motivated pro's and artists.

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