Das Watt. Erlebt, erforscht und erzählt

The mudflats are a great adventure. For us land animals, who can only visit the mud flats for a short time between two tides, anyway. But even for all the sea creatures that live there, which always have to rise and fall, crawl away at low tide, hold out or swim away, life on the mud flats is full of imponderables. The same is true for diving seals. What happens to mudflat ripples when the tide sweeps over them? What becomes of the shells when a mussel breathes its last? And what is sand, what is mud and what are the tideways for? This book tells of such tidal flat explorations and mudflat research. And it also asks why there is little natural harmony to be found there, why the mudflats came into being and then disappeared again, why they kept changing and why, despite all this, the Wadden Sea can finally be called a heritage of mankind. Karsten Reise tells of his life on the Wadden Sea, as a researcher and as an islander. His book is a voyage of discovery. It encourages the experience of nature, beckons to the sea and provides orientation through knowledge and attentiveness. A moving reading experience.