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Follow the plough

Gulls searching for worms in the just plowed field in the Lauwersmeer Aria.

Nationaal Park Lauwersmeer is a national park in the north of the Netherlands, on the border of the provinces of Groningen and Friesland. It consists of the southern and eastern parts of the Lauwersmeer (previously Lauwerszee).

In 1969 the Lauwers Sea was enclosed and separated from the Wadden Sea at 23 May 1969, since then it has been called Lauwersmeer. The Lauwersmeer gradually became a freshwater lake and new flora and fauna appeared. To protect this new and young nature area, it was decided (12 November 2003) to designate the Lauwersmeer as a national park, with pastures, arable land, reed lands, wooded areas, little beaches and of course the water of the lake.

 

Meeuwen volgen de ploeg en zoeken naar wormen in een net omgeploegde akker op de vroegere zeebodem van Nationaal Park Lauwersmeer. Het Lauwersmeer op de grens van de provincies Groningen en Friesland is op 23 mei 1969 ontstaan door het afsluiten van de Lauwerszee.

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