The Summer of Dutch nature

This was a dry summer and our adventures are now well documented. The RV trailer is now safely back in storage. The canoe and kayaks are waiting for the next nice day to come out of the back garden and head out on an adventure. These will be few and far between from now until April as the weather here in the Netherlands turns colder, windy, and rainy for the winter.

We did have a few nature photos that we failed to place in our blog earlier that now can fill the gaps of our canoe adventures. I will keep these to five pictures with brief descriptions and locations here in the Netherlands. We hope you enjoy them as we add them into our winter blog line up.

Dragonfly in the Weerribben

White Butterfly in the Weerribben

Small Red mushroom in The Weerribben

Black Swan on the IJsselmeer

Frog in The Weerribben

A white egret and geese in The Weerribben

CategoriesBirds, Environment

Tagsbirding, Birds, black swan, IJsselmeer, National Park Weerribben, Nature, nature photography, Netherlands, Travel

9 Comments

Peter Klopp October 15, 2018 at 12:12 pm

Beautiful summer memories of nature!

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Minnesota Prairie Roots October 15, 2018 at 2:02 pm

Beautiful images, especially the frog.

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1. thecedarjournal October 15, 2018 at 2:43 pm
  
  Thanks Audrey!
  
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doerfpub October 17, 2018 at 2:48 am

Thanks for the bird shots (oh, and I like the other ones too, just a bit partial to my feathered friends). Have not come upon a Black Swan yet (even in zoos) so jealous of that one. The last shot looks lit is full of Greater White-fronted Geese – may be a derivation in your parts, but looks similar to ours based on the various features. As an fyi, one of my other blogger friends I follow (another Brian) has a fantastic butterfly/dragonfly photography site – https://blhphotoblog.wordpress.com/blog/. Thought of him while checking out your shots.

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1. thecedarjournal October 17, 2018 at 5:04 am
  
  Thanks. I knew you would like this blog with the birds. The black swan was a real find. Thanks for the link.
  
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SCMGA October 19, 2018 at 9:14 pm

Mother Nature certainly has a nice family for all of us nature lovers to enjoy.

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1. thecedarjournal October 20, 2018 at 6:44 am
  
  Very nicely said. Let’s hope we all can just enjoy for many more generations.
  
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penncosect24 November 13, 2018 at 2:23 am

Beautiful photos — especially the black swan. I’ve never seen one before!

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1. thecedarjournal November 13, 2018 at 7:27 pm
  
  Thanks- I was also surprised to see the black swan. I have only seen them at zoos so this one being in the wild was a great experience.
  
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