Today, we were supposed to celebrate Sinterklaas, but unfortunately, it didn’t happen. At least, it didn’t happen the way we had planned. No visit to […]
Stoat – Hermelijn (Mustela erminea)
While I was biking around the Eempolders, where I didn’t really see anything extraordinary, I suddenly spotted something about 100 meters away, walking on the […]
Eurasian Hoopoe – Hop (Upupa epops)
The hoopoe is in the Netherlands! And not 100 kilometers away from my house, no, it’s almost literally in my backyard. I’m not a birder […]
Tawny owl – Bosuil (Strix aluco)
Despite the rain showers, I managed to take a walk through the nearby woods on Wednesday. I had seen on waarneming.nl that a tawny owl […]
Tawny owl – Bosuil (Strix aluco)
I have been to this forest on two previous occasions, but despite the frequent sightings of this particular tawny owl (which were shared on waarneming.nl), […]
Black tern – Zwarte stern (Chlidonias niger)
On a weekend day, as we were driving through the polder in our car, a black tern flew alongside us. It suddenly dawned on me […]