As this blog wrote earlier: ’13 November 2017. The day after 12 November. Our last full day in the Veluwe region. We went to the Kootwijkerzand sandy plain.’ Sorry for the photos of that day coming so late. Like this one, of rare Clavaria argillacea fungi growing in a patch of heather amidst the sand.
Around us, more sparse vegetation, until the forest further away.
13 November 2017. The day after 12 November. Our last full day in the Veluwe region. We went to the Kootwijkerzand sandy plain.
From the trees around the sand, sounds of great spotted woodpecker, jay and crested tit.
In the patch of heather, rare Clavaria argillacea fungi growing.
Red deer footprints.
We hear white-fronted geese calling while flying on migration.
Roe deer footprints, smaller than red deer ones.
We leave the sandy plain. Just past Kootwijk village, redwings on a meadow.
Then, we continue to a beech forest near Gortel village.
Various streams have their sources there. Nuthatch sound. Fomitopsis pinicola fungi on a tree.
Still 12 November 2017 in the Veluwe. After the stream and clouded agaric mushrooms in the morning, we went to Het Loo again in the afternoon. Where we saw fungi like these ones …
… and these ones (probably Trametes ochracea) …
… and these orange ones …
… and these ones, sharing a branch with lichens.
We hear nuthatch sound.
Small candlesnuff fungi.
And somewhat bigger sulphur tuft fungi.
On the forest floor, we could see wild boar have been digging.
Tinder fungi, on various standing …
… and fallen trees.
Finally, these ones.
Stay tuned for 13 November 2017 in the Veluwe region!
After the Veluwe region birds in the morning of 12 November 2017, came the Meibeek stream and the beech trees around it.
These about 200-year-old trees reflect in the water of the stream.
Many autumn leaves floating in the Meibeek.
Not far from the Meibeek was a fairy circle of clouded agaric mushrooms.
Stay tuned for more on 12 November in the Veluwe region!
After 11 November 2017 in the Veluwe region came 12 November. Early in the morning, we saw this robin.
A bit later, a great tit arrived, between northern red oak autumn leaves.
Still later, bird food on the table outside the window attracted the robin again.
This 11 September 2016 Dutch video from Gelderland regional TV is about a cyclists’ protest, organised by the Party for the Animals, against the Dutch royals hunting on the big Het Loo estate near Apeldoorn city, causing most bicycle tracks and footpaths to be closed off to the public.
Het Loo is called a royal domain, but is in fact property of the Dutch government. However, the Dutch royal family has the right to use it, eg, to hunt there and to close off roads and paths which might hinder hunting from September till December. “So, public property, but the public is not welcome”, a Wiesel village resident said.
Duke Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1876-1934), who became Prince Consort of the Netherlands, imported wild boar from his native Germany to hunt in Het Loo. This led to entry restrictions.
When Queen Wilhelmina, Henry’s wife, lived as a widow at Het Loo, there was less hunting and more paths became open to the public.
But after Wilhelmina’s death, royal hunting increased again, and so did access restrictions against the public.
After 10 November 2017 in Wenum-Wiesel in the Veluwe region came 11 November.
A robin just outside the window.
We are on our way to Het Loo. Just before the entrance gate, we hear a jay. And see an ancient barrow grave.
We pass the entrance gate, and proceed on the only ‘legal’ bicycle track. To the left and right, numerous signs of No entry.
Many trees with beautiful autumn leaves.
A chaffinch. Great spotted woodpecker sound.
A branch on the ground with beautiful orange fungi on it. Yellow stagshorn? To the right of it, another branch with brownish fungi.
More autumn leaves. Some on the forest floor …
… some still on the trees.
A bit further, a fallen tree with many fungi on it. Including tinder fungi.
Including these big tinder fungi with orange undersides.
Stil more tinder fungi on the same big tree.
We continue to the Soerense veld. That is a heathland area. We thought heathland would be an interesting change from forest. However, another sign says No entry, because of royal family hunting. So, we go back.
Late in the afternoon, we go to the Meibeek stream. Sometimes people see kingfishers there. We don’t see them, but we do see beautiful reflections in the water.
Close to the Meibeek bank, an amethyst deceiver mushroom.
This is a crested tit video from France.
10 November 2017. After arriving yesterday in Wenum-Wiesel in the Veluwe region, this morning a robin on the table outside the window. Behind it, a great tit at the feeder.
We walk to the Zandhegge, a nature reserve of regional conservation organisation Het Geldersch Landschap.
It is a forest with both deciduous and coniferous trees.
And shrubs with red cowberries. And fungi.
A nuthatch climbs up and down branches.
We hear a green woodpecker.
A bit further, a great tit. And three of its rarer relatives: crested tits!
It starts to rain. We walk back.
In the afternoon, after the rain had stopped, to the Zandhegge again.
A flock of chaffinches. Great spotted woodpecker sound.
Beautiful autumn leaves. Some still on the trees …
… some on the forest floor.
This video is about Wenum-Wiesel village near Apeldoorn city in the Veluwe region.
On 9 November 2017, we traveled to Wenum-Wiesel; which is close to woodland.
From the train to Apeldoorn, a great egret in a meadow.
In Wenum-Wiesel, robin, blackbird and jay sounds.
Not far away, a fairy ring of clouded agaric mushrooms.
As we walk among trees with beautiful autumn leaves, a male chaffinch and a female blackbird along the road.
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