Bieschbos, the Netherlands a bunch of pictures

Today I had friend visiting me from Eastern city in Holland. And because the weather was nice we went to a nearby Dutch Nationalapark named "De Bieschbos"



I do not know a great deal about the local flora but I shot a bunch of pictures of it so maybe you guys can help me out with species :-)

The area is know for a population of earopean Beavers but they are only be seen in early mornig and close ot sunset.



And a little American pondturtle Trachemys scripta troosti sunbathing on a pondleaf. I needed to zoom allot so its not the best shot.



This is a shot over a pond made by the beavers true giding the water true beaver dugged channels. And building of Dams. On the bagground you seen a sort of oberservation post.



This is a shot of the channel going to there burrow. In winter is everything quit clear but know its high summer the pond is fully overgrown with vegetation.



A shot of the otherside of the pond



A bigger turtle I believe a red eared slider Trachemys scripta elegans as he was like 40 cm and the yellow eared slider Trachemys scripta troosti does not grow much bigger than 25 cm.
But 2 species of reptiles in area of Holland that not inhabit one offical species of reptile it was still quit a nice finding. Even when I'm damm well realise they do not belong here.



As in every pond in Holland a waterchicken



Some gorgous flowers dwell well along the soaky banks of the pond I do not know there names unfortunally





Some shots of the Dutch bush LOL



But you are never really in nature its Holland and follow the path :-(







At the otherside typical Dutch farming ground but this is grass is kept short by a group of Goose



Some pictures of some great large mushrooms







A group of grazing and noisy Goos



Beavers chews off the bark from the tree so its dying and are easier to cut down by them. Smart animals .




The busy Bee :-)





A snail on a leave with a nice coloured house





A strange looking plant just growing little fruits on a stick





SOme parasite fungesh growing on a dead tree





Some older pictures from a few weeks ago

THev fazant officiall from China but widely spread in Holland great taste btw :-) this is hte Cock



The Brown Toad Bufo bufo





And as everywere in Holland lots and lots of rabbits some even mixed coloured.



An open and exposed ant nest



The Biesbosch is a for Holland sizes a big National park when you pick the right time its a lovely place to visit in a hyper busy little country.

If you liek to read and see more of this National Park download the parks English PDF brochure the entrance is free and 24 hours a day open for public.
English Brochure National Park The Biesbosch

cheers

Richard

Hello Richard,

thank you for the photo-story. That seems to be a really nice place in the crowded Netherlands.

The pink flower is Impatiens glandulifera, another introduced species that causes problems in humid and wet areas in big parts of Europe.
The orange fruit belong to Arum maculatum.
The snail is Cepaea hortensis.

Cheers,
Rainer

Hello Richard. I know a place very similar to this in Slovenia. Only there is a bigger pond where we fish for pikes. Very wild with a lot of species of fish and frogs. I have to take some pictures next time.

Regards, BKK

It looks like the Bufo bufo in the first picture does have a Lucilia bufonivora infection.
Can you make a new crop (of the nostrils) from the high res. picture.
They look enlarged and it looks there are larvae inside. I hope I'm wrong....

Gr.
Harold

@Rainer,
thanks for updating me in information.

@Bostjan,
Ya there are plenty of large pikes and glasseyes in that area to, big carp as well catfish and all kind frogs as well but it was to hot to spot some today.

Like to see some pics of your pike spot

cheers

Richard

Harold van der Ploeg wrote:

It looks like the Bufo bufo in the first picture does have a Lucilia bufonivora infection.
Can you make a new crop (of the nostrils) from the high res. picture.
They look enlarged and it looks there are larvae inside. I hope I'm wrong....

Gr.
Harold

I have not a very good quality camera even worse I do not have any camera anymore as mine broke this afternoon. :-( But I tried to crop the 4 pictures I took from the toad to the max for you mate.





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hope it helped

cheers

RIchard

Although the pictures are not clear I'm pretty sure the toad is infected.
Sad to see animals with this horrible infection
This is only the beginning for the poor animal... the larvae will eat more and more... while the toad is still alive.


Gr.
Harold