Veel leven in de woestijn

De afgelopen drie jaar zijn extreem droog geweest in de Kalahari woestijn. Veel dieren lijden onder het te kort aan water. Er groeit minder voedsel en ook drinkwater is niet meer in voldoende mate aanwezig.

Veel dieren verzwakken en sterven.

Ondanks alles is er nog volop leven in de woestijn.

Ground Squirrel 

Hartman Mountain Zebra & Oryx

Northern Black Korhaan

Sociable Weavers Nest

Kalahari Woestijn

Vanuit Windhoek bereik je in heel korte tijd de Kalahari woestijn. Het is er droog, heel droog, zelfs voor Namibische begrippen. Het is al meer dan drie jaar geleden dat er enige regen van betekenis gevallen is. Steeds meer dieren raken verzwakt en sterven. Het harde, meedogenloze leven in een fascinerend landschap.

grove

moose

behind my back: ground squirrel

lunchtime

Namibia

The coming posts will be an impression from our journey through Namibia.

What a beautiful country it is. The colors, the people, the wildlife, it all is really amazing.

Vingerklip Rock before the thunder and rain

Etosha NP sunrise

City nature in Maastricht

Riding a bike south of Maastricht, brings you to the agricultural fields of Belgium, with all different types of grain.

In the city of Maastricht flowers grow in all spaces, even stone. This photo’s show the famous Sint Servaas Bridge in the background

Sint Servaasbrug [or the St. Servatius Bridge] is an arched stone footbridge  across the Meuse River in Maastricht. It is named after Saint Servatius, the first bishop of Maastricht, and [despite being largely rebuilt after World War II] it has been called the oldest bridge in the Netherlands

Grootte Peel

One of our National Parks in Northern Limburg, the Netherlands is the Grootte Peel. More then 100 years ago workers dug up the peat. Now most of the peat is out and a beautiful wetland remains.

                                                                                    Reflection of the clouds

Natures art

Oisterwijkse Vennen

A wonderful day in june. The sun is shining and the landscape is beautiful.

Imposing Skies

It has been a while, but finally we have a lot of rain the last couple of days. Nature needed it badly, so did our farmers. The rain came with beautiful skies.

After the rain a very beautiful sunset

May 12 Day in the Apenheul

The Apenheul is a kind of a zoo in Gelderland province. It’s not a typical zoo with all the wild animals. In the Apenheul they only got apes [apen is the Dutch word for apes]. They’ve got 35 different spices. In this post some photos of the

 Hunaman Langoer, a native to the Indian subcontinent.

The Biesbosch again

                    On the nest keeping the eggs warm

                             Showing her eggs

                             Building in progress

                               Greylag Goose

                                 In a row

Enjoying the Spring in the Biesbosch near Hank

The Biesbosch is a unique part of nature in Holland. With all the wetland it’s a great place for birds, beavers, insects and more. 

At this moment birds are returning to there nests. We’re waiting for the fish eagle to return!!

Great Crested Grebe

building his nest

Spring is in the air

Spring is definitive in the air. Blossom in the trees, bugs on the branches.

The wind still a bit chill, but a beautiful walk in our beloved Huis ter Heide.

blossom

                                                                                               bug

 

boardwalk

yellow and green

A Short Walk

Just a short walk today, and there was actually not much to see.
A lot of birds are not here yet. A few pictures below from this walk.

Great Cormorant male

Great Cormorant female

Eurasian Coot

Eurasian Coot