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There's plenty to see and do at the estuary.
The estuary walkway provides beautiful views, and there are signs along the way providing information about some of the birds you might see.
There is a lot of interesting wildlife at the estuary. As well as birds, the estuary is also home to some interesting plants and is an important habitat for native fish.
The Manawatū Estuary Trust enjoys giving people the opportunity to learn more about this amazing environ
Molluscs
Globally, there are around 85,000 species. They are a diverse group of both familiar and unfamiliar species including snails, slugs, clams, barnacles, mussels, squid, octopus plus many unfamiliar species. An excellent article is linked here and this also has a number of links to other avenues of mollusc information. A more in-depth outline of species in given here.
A checklist of species recorded from the area is included here. Information is basic and continually updated with links given by the usual method to a wealth of additional information. Headings and columns A and B are locked, so are always visible. Web address links are edited to fit within the static species columns. List can be downloaded, and additions added for personal use be “save as”. These will not be saved to web.
Mudflat Snail
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