Plant species rimming Weeks Bay include salt marsh cordgrasses, blackneedlerush, and sawgrass followed in succession by wax myrtle, blueberries,wild Azalea, pond cypress and slash pines. In the springtime water lilies,spider lilies and arrowhead plants bloom. Many migratory birds pass throughthe area with several species wintering here including robins, loons, someducks, killdeer, tree swallows, hawks, white pelicans and cormorants. Permanent residents include GreatBlue Herons, Osprey, terns, Egrets and Brown Pelicans. Many species of fish inhabit the estuary including,sea trout, redfish, mullet and menhaden.
Blue crabs are commercially fishedin Weeks Bay.
Shrimp are commercially fished in Mobile Bay, but commercialshrimping is not allowed in Weeks Bay. Several groups monitor the water quality of Weeks Bay and it's watershed. Weeks Bay Watershed Monitoring Volunteers test the water quality attwenty-five sites across the watershed. The Geological Survey of Alabama monitors nineteen sites. Fairhope High School Biology Class is monitoring a site now and it is anticipated that students in the Estuary-Net Program will become monitors ofsites near their homes and schools.