
Baie de Somme is a wide tidal estuary of mudflats, salt marshes and reed beds—ideal for dramatic wide landscapes, mirror-like low-tide reflections, migrating shorebirds and common seals. Visit at low tide around sunrise or sunset for golden light, long reflections and empty foregrounds; spring and autumn bring large bird migrations. Access is easy from Le Crotoy (parking, promenade, little red tourist train); no entry fee but wear waterproof boots and check tide schedules. Protected as a natural

Baie de Somme is a wide tidal estuary of mudflats, salt marshes and reed beds—ideal for dramatic wide landscapes, mirror-like low-tide reflections, migrating shorebirds and common seals. Visit at low tide around sunrise or sunset for golden light, long reflections and empty foregrounds; spring and autumn bring large bird migrations. Access is easy from Le Crotoy (parking, promenade, little red tourist train); no entry fee but wear waterproof boots and check tide schedules. Protected as a natural