Netherlands · Europe
Wadden Sea
A vast tidal sea shared by three countries: millions of shorebirds on passage.
When to go
- JanJanuary: Good
- FebFebruary: Good
- MarMarch: Best
- AprApril: Best
- MayMay: Best
- JunJune: Poor or no data
- JulJuly: Poor or no data
- AugAugust: Best
- SepSeptember: Best
- OctOctober: Best
- NovNovember: Good
- DecDecember: Good
BestGoodFair
Plan around high tide for roosting flocks.
Why go
The Wadden Sea (Dutch: Waddenzee [ˈʋɑdə(n)zeː] ; German: Wattenmeer [ˈvatn̩ˌmeːɐ̯] ; Low German: Wattensee or Waddenzee; Danish: Vadehavet; West Frisian: Waadsee; North Frisian: di Heef) is an intertidal zone in the southeastern part of the North Sea. It lies between the coast of northwestern continental Europe and the range of low-lying Frisian Islands, forming a shallow body of water with tidal flats and wetlands. It has high biological diversity and is an important area for both breeding and migrating birds. In 2009, the Dutch and German parts of the Wadden Sea were inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List and the Danish part was added in June 2014.
The Wadden Sea stretches from Den Helder, in the northwest of the Netherlands, past the great river estuaries of Germany to its northern boundary at Skallingen in Denmark along a total coastline of some 500 km (310 mi) and a total area of about 10,000 km2 (3,900 mi2).
Background from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
