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Background The Zwin is the largest and most important tidal salt marsh site in Belgium, with a surface area of nearly 180 ha on Belgian territory – 125 ha of tidal saltwater lagoon, gullies and salt marshes and 55 ha of sand dunes and tidal sandy beach – and a further 27 ha in the Netherlands. It was defined as a “wetland of international importance ...

Background Only two estuary areas exist along the Belgian coast: that of the Zwin in Knokke and the Yzer in Nieuwpoort. They are the two largest remaining natural areas of the Flemish coast and form stepping stones for migrating birds between the great natural coastal areas in The Netherlands, France and UK. The Flemish Nature Reserve 'The Zwindunes and - ...