Substrate: Brackish water, sand/muck, surrounded by a higher sand mound.
Wildlife: Horseshoe Crabs, minnows, Northern Diamondback Terrapins, shorebirds and waders.
2020 Report
Established: 2019
Substrate: Brackish water, sand/muck, surrounded by a higher sand mound.
Wildlife: Horseshoe Crabs, minnows, Northern Diamondback Terrapins, shorebirds and waders.
2020 Status: Roosting shorebirds and waders are attracted to this habitat due to a growing tidal pool and a surrounding vegetated mud flat.
2019 Report
Established: 2019
Substrate: Brackish water, sand/muck, surrounded by a higher sand mound.
Wildlife: Horseshoe Crabs (spawning), minnows, Northern Diamondback Terrapins (nesting and swimming).
Status: A new habitat created from the protection of the breakwater structures, which supported successful Horseshoe Crab spawning and terrapin nesting.
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