Study tour to The Netherlands was a great success!

Wisent (European Bison) Zuid-Kennemerland NP. Photo: Vaughn Matthews

16 of us spent 5 days in The Netherlands in early May 2017 (see this link) staying in tents and the chalets of a campsite just outside Lelystad (a new city on a new polder developed since the late 60’s). We managed to visit four National Parks, all very different from each other, and were able to see a tremendous variety of wildlife, particularly birds (117 species) many of them migrants on their way north to their breeding quarters. Click here to see our Flickr album of photos from this visit.

Map butterfly (Araschnia levana) Spring form (Photo: Angela Scouller)

Barnacle Geese grazing Oostvaardersplassen (Photo: Angela Scouller)

Eagle Owl Bubo bubo Oostvaardersplassen. Photo: Vaughn Matthews

Bluethroat Luscinia svecica, white-spotted race. Photo: Vaughn Matthews.

One of the few times when it was warm enough to sit outside in the evening! (Photo: Angela Scouller)