Mar de Frisia (Dinamarca)
Denmark · Nordic countriesThe Danish sector of the Wadden Sea, setting for the starlings' "black sun" and the property's most recent extension, in 2014.
Area
1,466 km²
Declared in
2010
Region
Nordic countries
Climate
Templado
Highlight
Tidal flats of the northern Wadden Sea
The Wadden Sea National Park was established in 2010 on the west coast of Jutland, in south-western Denmark, and protects some 1,466 km². It is Denmark's largest national park and comprises the tidal flats, the salt marshes and the islands of Fanø, Mandø and Rømø.
It is the northern end of the Wadden Sea, the largest unbroken system of tidal flats in the world, which extends from the Netherlands to here. With every tide enormous expanses of mud are laid bare, and their biological productivity supports millions of waders migrating between the Arctic and Africa. Important populations of harbour seal and grey seal haul out on its sandbanks.
Its most celebrated phenomenon is the sort sol, the black sun: in spring and autumn, at dusk, flocks of hundreds of thousands of starlings gather over the marshes and trace shifting formations in the sky before settling in the reedbeds, darkening the light of sunset. In June 2014 the Danish sector was added to the Wadden Sea World Heritage property, inscribed in 2009 for the Dutch and German sectors and extended in 2011 with that of Hamburg.
Location
See on the interactive map111 species documented in Mar de Frisia (Dinamarca)
At conservation risk:Anjova,Bacalao del Atlántico,Cazón,Eglefino,Jurel,Marrajo dientuso,Marrajo sardinero,Mielga,Sábalo europeo
Abadejo
Pollachius pollachius
Aguja colinegra
Limosa limosa
Agujeta
Belone belone
Almeja de arena
Mya arenaria
Almeja de Islandia
Arctica islandica
Ánade friso
Mareca strepera
Ánade rabudo
Anas acuta
Anfípodo barril de mar
Phronima sedentaria
Anjova
Pomatomus saltatrix
Araña de mar
Trachinus draco
Araña de mar de nariz larga
Macropodia rostrata
Archibebe claro
Tringa nebularia
Flora and ecosystems
Ecosystems found in Denmark, where Mar de Frisia (Dinamarca) lies.
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