Lakes, Marshes, Mangroves, And Wetlands On Stamps

Denmark issued a souvenir sheet in 1999 featuring birds and plants of the estuaries at Vejlener Nature Preserve, way up in the north of the country.

Botswana
Wetlands Series Part 1
December 6, 2000
The minisheet depicts Okavango Delta, a large inland swampy area where the Okavango River enters the central part of the endorheic Kalahari Basin. The stamps depict Hippopotamus, Tiger Fish, Tilapia, Wattled crane, Painted reed frog, Vervet monkey and Pels fishing owl, Sitatunga, Nile crocodile, and Red Lechwe.

Botswana
Wetlands Series Part 3
December 18, 2002
The minisheet depicts Makgadikgadi Pan, a salt flat situated in the middle of the dry savanna of north-eastern Botswana. It is all that remains of the formerly enormous Lake Makgadikgadi which dried up several thousand years ago. The stamps depict Aardwolf, Blue Wildebeest, Burchell's Zebra, Lesser Flamingo, and Rosy Pelican.

The artist Vasilyev is one of the best Russian landscape painters of the 19th century. "The swamp in the forest.The atumn"

Mexico
Nature Conservation
2004 - 2005
The definitive issue covers 24 themes. The two stamps shown here feature mangrove and lake-lagoon conservation.

Bahamas
Caribbean Flamingo
April 28, 1982
25th anniversary of the Bahamas National Trust
August 15, 1984
These two strips of ten stamps portray Caribbean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber), Bahama Woodstar (Philodice evelynae), Belted Kingfisher (Ceryle alcyon), Greenhouse Frog (Eleutherodactylus planirostris), Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus himantopus), Cloudless Sulphur (Phoebis sennae), Long-tailed Skipper (Urbanus proteus), Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas), and Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) in their wetland habitat.

Cuba
Endangered Fauna
October 12, 1993
The stamp set depicts Caribbean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) and Roseate Spoonbill (Ajaja ajaja) in their mangrove habitat.

Brazil
Marshland of Mato Grosso
June 5, 1984
The se-tenant strip depicts marshland in the state of Mato Grosso in central Brazil. The stamps feature Egret, Marsh Deer, Capybara, Roseate Spoonbill, Jaguar, Red-crested Cardinal, Jabiru, and Caiman.

The Bodensee (Lake Constance) is the largest lake for three nations: Germany, Switzerland and Austria. It is a source of drinking water, it moderates the climate so that orchards flourish on the hills surrounding it and of course it is a favorite area for tourists. The zep reminds one of the zeppelin factory in Friedrichshafen. The weather can change any minute so that boating accidents are frequent. Surface area: over half a million square kilometers. Se-tenant strip of 2016

Austria
Natural Beauties series
August 13, 1984
Lake Neusiedl (Neusiedler See) is the largest endorheic lake in Central Europe, straddling the Austrian–Hungarian border. Most of the lake is surrounded by reeds which serve as a habitat for wildlife and are harvested in winter. The stamp depicts swans over the lake.
(Designer: Adalbert Pilch, Engraver: Rudolf Toth)

Australia
Kakadu Wetlands
April 10, 1997
The souvenir sheet portrays wetlands in the Kakadu National Park, a protected area in the Northern Territory of Australia, 170 km east of Darwin.

Uruguay
Wetlands for Our Future
June 5, 2015
The souvenir sheet marks the 2015 International Convention on Wetlands (also known as the Ramsar Convention) in Uruguay.
It depicts wetland habitat with the following fauna:
Scarlet-headed Blackbird (Amblyramphus holosericus)
Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger)
Chilean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus chilensis)
Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)
Plumbeous Ibis (Theristicus caerulescens)
Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris)
Saffron-cowled Blackbird (Xanthopsar flavus)
Brazilian Green Racer (Philodryas aestiva)
Neohelice (Neohelice granulata)
Montevideo Red-belly Toad (Melanophryniscus montevidensis)

Israel
Hula Nature Reserve
December 5, 2007
The Hula Nature Reserve is a wetland in the Hula Valley in northern Israel. It is home to a large population of aquatic birds as well as aquatic plants.
The strip of three stamps and tabs depict Eurasian Otter, Catfish, Cranes, Snakebird, Willow Herb, Eastern White Pelican, Caspian Terrapin, Iris, White-tailed Eagle, Water Buffalo, Marbled Teal, Reed Warbler, Cattle Egret, Goliath Heron, Indian Purple Gallinule, and Wildcat.

Ireland
EUROPA - Nature Reserves
April 29, 1999
Kilcolman Bog Nature Reserve is located in a glacially eroded limestone hollow, south of the Ballyhoura Mountains in north Cork. It has been a traditional wintering ground for Greenland white fronted geese (featured in the stamp) and thousands of duck and also harbors a number of rare plant species.

Slovenia
Ljubljana Marsh Nature Park
September 25, 2015
Ljubljana Marsh Nature Park is located in the southernmost part of the Ljubljana Basin in central Slovenia. The Park covers a large complex of wet grasslands with hedges and forests, shrubs and watercourses, and is well known for its rich biodiversity.