mud flats
Saltmarsh landscape
Salt marsh landscape showing mud and a cross section of the snails and invertebrates who live here, wading and predatory birds above in the glasswort and aquatic plants; further away from the salt estuary are soft cliffs and the distant seaLapwing Vanellus vanellus
Lapwing Vanellus vanellus showing crest, irridescent plumage and with a tuft of grasses at its feet