We are staying at the Wild Duck Adult Campground and RV Park in Scarborough, Maine which is adjacent to a 3,200-acre saltwater marsh owned by the state of Maine. It is managed by the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and this is my view for Miss Poppy’s first walk of the day – glorious!

The marsh is fed by four rivers and several creeks that eventually find their way into the Gulf of Maine.

Salt marshes filter pollution from the water and provide food and shelter for numerous species of birds, fish and mammals. Given the wildlife productivity and habitat diversity in this area, Scarborough Marsh is considered by the state of Maine as the most significant of Maine’s coastal areas.

The marsh is a stopover for a myriad of waterfowl which can be spotted on the way to Canada in the spring and south to their wintering areas in the autumn. Seals and the occasional porpoise on the hunt for food can be seen in the Scarborough river.