Description
THE MOUSTERLIN MARSH
A unique natural heritage site, the Mousterlin marsh or polder offers you a refreshing escape between land and sea, where you can discover exceptional biodiversity.
When it comes to wildlife, birds reign supreme: egrets, grey herons, red-crested pochards and even Siberian geese – a true testament to how welcoming the area is.
As for the flora, it is a festival of colours and scents to be rediscovered with every season.
The Mousterlin marsh or polder is a coastal spit, symmetrical to that of the Mer Blanche, which stretched eastwards, that is to say towards the Pointe de Beg-Meil.
In 1840, the channel allowing the sea to enter was situated at the eastern end of the spit, near the hamlet of Le Vorlen. It then shifted westwards to Cleut-Rouz in 1903, and then to Mousterlin around 1913. In the space of a few decades, the channel thus shifted from one end to the other, undoubtedly due to a change in the direction of the swells.
At that time, this coastal marsh shared the same characteristics as that of the Mer Blanche.
