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A calm weekday in the National Park De Loonse En Drunense Duinen in North Brabant in the Netherlands. Because it is only 9 AM in the morning, it is quiet here. Very quiet. (noise floor 28 dB(A) that is whisper noise). I have cut out the most noisy plane noise.
I am behind a 20 metre high sand dune in the woods. The sun is now just above the dune and my coat can go out. It is virtually windless. I hear many more birds that I don't all recognise.
Birds
#0:02 European Robin
#0:26 #27:29 Eurasian Wren
#0:56 Crested Tit (High Pitch)
#1:40 Carrion Crow
#2:31 Short Toed-Treecreeper (high pitch)
#3:13 Great Spotted Woodpecker hammering
#4:17 Common Wood-Pigeon
#5:27 Great Tit
#9:20 – 10:00 Wingbeat from European Crested Tit around the microphone (small bird).
#12:22 #12:48 #13:04 Black Woodpecker
#28:23 Eurasian Jackdaw
#39:00 Now it is warm enough slowly a more and more gliders flying start flying around here. Can hear them as one monotone humming?
Occasionally mountain bikers across the forest path in the distance. Some far voice sometimes.
Robins fly off and on with lint of dog hair to build a nest. This is also very dangerous for these small birds because the dogs often have an anti- flea strap that sits in the dog's skin and hair. The poison (fipronil, imidacloprid and fluralaner) that is in the hair, so it also comes unintentionally to the young birds. That is very harmful to these young animals. People therefore comb your dog home in the spring and throw the hair in the trash.
About the area, national park Loonse en Drunense Duinen
(Text by Irma de Potter,Ranger of this area) Dutch website: https://www.natuurmonumenten.nl/natuurgebieden/nationaal-park-loonse-en-drunense-duinen
In the Loonse en Drunense Duinen you will find forest, heathland and especially a lot of sand. It is one of the largest shifting sand areas in Western Europe. The wind can blow undisturbed in many places, resulting in an ever-changing landscape. By purchasing it in 1921, it has been protected for 100 years and we can still enjoy this Brabant Sahara today.
You can roam freely on the sand plain. So there is plenty of room to explore extensively.
Marvel at the submerged trees, enjoy the chirping field crickets and quench your thirst at one of the many cafes or restaurants on the edge of this nature reserve. Walking, cycling or on horseback: it's all possible here. With the wind in your hair and the sand in your shoes. You may even come across the sheep herd.
The sheep keep the heath short and eat away saplings. This is how they keep the area open.
The Loonse en Drunense Duinen still has 270 hectares of shifting sand. That sand creates rather extreme conditions: the soil is dry and nutrient-poor. The difference in temperature between day and night can be as much as 50 degrees Celsius. This ensures a unique flora and fauna. The animals and plants have adapted or feel at home in drought, aridity and temperature fluctuations. Sand sedge and various lichens, for example. And the viviparous lizard, sandpit beetles and sand bees. All species that love sand.
In the last Ice Age, the polar winds blew sand from the north to Brabant, where it remained in thick packages. For a long time this sandy plain was covered with primeval forests. Until the fourteenth century the trees were felled by people. They used the wood as fuel. The bare plain was filled with heather, where the farmers grazed their cattle. This intensive grazing and the sod cutting of the soil depleted the soil. This gave the sand free play. For a long time, the sand was a major problem for the residents. Villages and fields threatened to disappear under it. Trees were planted to stop the advancing sand. You can still see the traces of this today: find the submerged trees that only peak above the sand hills with their crowns.
More track today / More forest here trough the years
Date/time: March 20 2024, start 8:47 – 10:12AM
Weather: 10-13c, thin clouds sun coming, wind SE 1-8 km/h, 1018 hPa, humidity 74%, visibility 10-14 km, dew point 5c, sun 170-300 W/m2.
Location; Giersbergen, Loonse en Drunense Duinen, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands (Holland), Europe, geo 51.65200 5.14870
Gear chain: Sennheiser mkh30/50 MS (direction NNE), in Rycote cyclone small, windjammer > Sound Devices 302 >Tascam dr-100 Mk2. Noise floor 29 dBA (whispering) Decoded Mid-side to STEREO
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