Wadden Sea National Park, Denmark

Wadden Sea National Park, Denmark. Photo: Erik Christensen, Porkeri/Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)

The Wadden Sea National Park is - except Greenland by far the largest of Denmark's national parks and covers the Danish part of the Wadden Sea from Ho Bugt to the German border, and includes the islands of Fanø, Mandø and Rømø, as well as Skallingen, the Varde Å valley, and many of the marshlands of Tjæreborgmarsken, Ribemarsken, Margrethekogen and De Ydre Diger in Tøndermarsken.

Rømø island. Photo: SteveK/Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)

The Wadden Sea is internationally known as a resting place for millions of migratory birds, and more than 10 million of them pass through the Wadden Sea twice a year. Large flocks of European starlings can be found which fly in formations known as the sort sol.

The Wadden Sea also has large numbers of breeding birds, fish, and invertebrates such as starfish and blue mussels. It provides habitat for more than 500 species of plants and animals. (Wikipedia)

Harbour Seals on the coast of Fanø, Denmark. Photo: Carsten Strecker/Wikimedia Commons (PD)

Tidal marsh at periphery West of Mandø, in the Wadden Sea. Photo: Erik Christensen/Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Fanø island. Photo: Ragnar1904/Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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