Amsterdamse Waterleidingduinen
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DSC_7625. Taken in the wild in the Netherlands.
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The last day before my holiday I paid a final visit to the AWD ( Amsterdamse Waterleidingduinen) together with my son...I did not regret it...
After a cloudy and rainy day there were 15 nice minutes in the evening...
Amsterdamse Waterleidingduinen, Zandvoort
Finally there was a small touch of winter in Holland, so when there was time I tried to go out and pick up the atmosphere, so the next few days I will publish some "Winter" pictures, the weatherforecast for tomorrow is....rain...
Amsterdamse Waterleidingduinen
A very long time ago there was snow in the Amsterdamse Waterleidingduinen (AWD)
Hope to see it again some day...
The AWD (Amsterdam Waterfiltration Dunes) is one of the largest coastal nature reserves (3500 ha) in the Netherlands consisting of sanddunes, forest, open fields and also a rich variation in flora and fauna. You wil find sheep, cows, mouflons, deer, foxes, marters, butterflies, woodpeckers and many other animals and birds living together in different area's of the AWD.
I was in the AWD`(Amsterdamse Waterleiding Duinen) last week. I just love that area.
Originally meant as a basin to collect drinking water for the big cities surrounding it, it is riddled with canals, small forests and lots of sand dunes.
It is beautiful in every season but autumn is my favorite.
The area is inhabited by many Fallow Deer. (too many, some people think). As of November large numbers of them will be shot to bring the numbers down.
I was in the area at sunrise. As the sun rose, the fog started rising over the canals. And when there is a Fallow Deer jumping over that canal with the sun as back light, it really seems like it's part of a fairy tale.
Canon 1DX mark II
Canon EF 600mm F4.0 L IS USM II
Iso 1600, f5.0, 1/5000s
The past 2 weeks were the best in the AWD (Amsterdamse Waterleidingduinen)
Thousands of hawthorns (meidoorns) in bloom...
Especially with sunset it looks like a fairy tale there...
Deze foto is genomen in de Amsterdamse waterleidingduinen.
De doornappel , ook wel dolappel, duivelskruid of mollenkruid, is een plant uit de nachtschadefamilie (Solanaceae).
Het is een zeer giftige plant die hallucinogene alkaloïden bevat.
De bloeiperiode loopt van juni t/m september/oktober.
De bloemen zijn wit, soms paars aangelopen.
De doosvrucht is eivormig en vaak gestekeld.
De doosvrucht, die na rijping gedurende de zomer openspringt, bevat honderden zwarte, niervormige zaden.
Doornappel gedijt op zonnige open plaatsen in de duinen met voedselrijke, omgewerkte, vaak kalkhoudende grond.
This photo was taken in the Amsterdam water supply dunes.
The thorn apple, also called dolappel, devil's herb or molewort, is a plant of the nightshade family (Solanaceae).
It is a highly poisonous plant containing hallucinogenic alkaloids.
The flowering period is from June to September / October.
The flowers are white, sometimes purple.
The capsule is ovoid and often prickly.
The capsule, which bursts open after ripening during the summer, contains hundreds of black, kidney-shaped seeds.
Thorn apple thrives in sunny open places in the dunes with nutrient-rich, converted, often calcareous soil.
Netherlands - Amsterdamse Waterleidingduinen - fallow deer
Shot during a deer hunting :-) in the AWD with Bert