Walking & exploring
Managing heathland with sheep: the flock as a mower
Purple heathland remains open only if something eats the encroaching vegetation. On many Dutch sandy soils, that something is still a sheep.
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Migratory birds in September: the Netherlands as a transit hub
In September, the skies begin to shift. Breeding birds leave, while northern species pass through. Whether you see them depends on wind and visibility — not on one fixed number.
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Tides in the Eastern Scheldt: the table that disappears twice a day
Forget the gates in the storm surge barrier for a moment. The tide itself covers and exposes mudflats, tidal flats and salt marshes — and with them the birds' food supply.
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Utrechtse Heuvelrug: a push moraine you can read on foot
Between the Gooi and Rhenen lies a sandy ridge above the peat and river clay. The Gelderse Vallei beside it is the hollow left behind by the ice.
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River dunes near Nijmegen: sand from the riverbed, not from the ice
East of Nijmegen, the push moraine rises steeply above the Waal. In the adjacent Ooijpolder lie low sandy rises. That is a different kind of sand.
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