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Last weekend, the annual Asferico photofestival took place in Marano Lagunare in Italy. I decided to visit the festival to receive the award for my runner-up position, because it might well be the only (and thus last) international recognition I’ll ever get. The Dutch really did well this year. We won 15 awards, Wendy Kreeftenbergs […]
On last months frontpage of this website, I announced the start of a new non-profit initiative, Wild@Home and Wild@Work. The start-up phase has been slow but steady. We sent our first quotation to the province of Noord-Brabant, are being mentioned on the weblog of Grasduinen Magazine and will be mentioned again in their regular May […]
Apart from the blue male Moor Frogs (see the previous blog entry), I also spent some time photographing the frog spawn. The spawn was much less wary of my presence than its creators, and therefore easier to approach… As the spawn of Moor Frogs needs air to survive, part of it will always break the […]
We all get to endure these days on which nothing seems to work, everything goes wrong and you just feel blue. Worst about it is you never know when such a day will present itself, it can happen anytime. Male Moor Frogs have an easier life in that respect: the one thing they can be […]
I am fortunate to have a friend who has turned his 20 acre farmland at the edge of the forest into a private nature reserve. It features a bat cellar, small grainfields (not harvested), wildflowers, howthorns, stone walls, old trees and more. All in all it really is a bird paradise, where many species feel […]
Last weekend, I found a part of our small garden covered with fresh snow drops. Not your typical crystal-shaped packages of frozen water that fall from the cloudy winter sky, but beautiful white flowers from a bulbous plant. And that means spring is here! The first signs of spring have been visible and audible for […]