The Wadden Sea – close encounters with unusual creatures.

I marked STS for the Solo Travel Society into the mud.

Mud.

That’s what the Wadden Sea has plenty of.

This UNESCO World Heritage Site is know for its mudflats, over 10,000 plant and animal species that live within the mud and the sea and as a crucial stopover for millions of migrating birds.

Wadden Sea runs along the coast from the Netherlands to Denmark and includes a chain of islands. I visited the Wilhelmshaven part of Wadden Sea, north of Breman in Germany.

Wilhelmshave is a naval-base town of...