Shepody Bay

Shepody Bay is a 122 km² coastal wetland in New Brunswick, Canada. It was designated a Ramsar wetland of international importance on May 27, 1987,Cite web
url=http://www.ramsar.org/profile/profiles_canada.htm
title=The Annotated Ramsar List: Canada
work=The Annotated Ramsar List of Wetlands of International Importance
publisher=Ramsar Convention Bureau
date=2000-01-10
accessdate=2008-01-30] is a globally significant Important Bird Area,Cite web
url=http://www.bsc-eoc.org/iba/site.jsp?siteID=NB009
title=Shepody Bay West
publisher=IBA Canada
accessdate=2008-01-30] and is part of the Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network. It is located about 50 km south of Moncton, at the head of the Bay of Fundy.Cite web
url=http://www.ns.ec.gc.ca/wildlife/ramsar/shepody.html
title=SHEPODY BAY
publisher=Environment Canada
accessdate=2008-01-30]

The area is a tidal embayment which consists of 77 km² of open water and 40 km² of mudflats, with 4 km² of saline marsh on the west, and eroding sand and gravel beaches covering an area of approximately 1 km² on the eastern shore. The intertidal mudflats "support internationally important numbers of the crustacean Corophium volutator, the principle food source for millions of fall migrating shorebirds".

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