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  • Súdermarpolder

    Súdermarpolder

    <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> ‘Aan de ene kant van de zeedijk hoor je zomers het IJsselmeerwater klotsen, terwijl aan de andere kant de weidevoge...

    Stavoren
  • Potschar Nature Reserve and Groene Dijk Cycle Track and Footpath

    Potschar Nature Reserve and Groene Dijk Cycle Track and Footpath

    The Groene Dijk cycle track and footpath along the bank of Sneekermeer Lake and through the Potschar nature reserve leads past bird observation points, a roost used by bats and sand martins and a canoeing route.

    Offingawier
  • Huitebuersterbûtenpolder

    Huitebuersterbûtenpolder

    Vogels gebruiken de polder als rustgebied, om te broeden en om er voedsel te zoeken. In het meertje van deze polder zijn de rietkragen ’s winters een...

    Nijemirdum
  • Park Jongemastate

    Park Jongemastate

    “Ik voel mij soms net een schatzoeker, zegt vrijwilligster Alice Jongbloed. Elk voorjaar word ik weer verrast door de mooie stinzenplanten. Is het nie...

    Raerd
  • Rijsterbos

    Rijsterbos

    The Rijsterbos woods are one of the most famous in Friesland.

    Rijs
  • Jolderenbos

    Jolderenbos

    The Jolderenbos is one of the oldest forests of Gaasterland. The first trees were planted here more than 300 years ago!

    Oudemirdum
  • Wadden Sea near Zurich - UNESCO World Heritage Site

    Wadden Sea near Zurich - UNESCO World Heritage Site

    The stretch of Wadden Sea that faces the little village of Zurich nestled at the foot of the dike is the largest UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Netherlands. Twice a day the tide laps against the dike and twice a day it goes a long way out.

    Zurich
  • Makkumerzuidwaard Nature Reserve

    Makkumerzuidwaard Nature Reserve

    Along the shore of Lake IJsselmeer there are three nature reserves on the sandflats outside the dykes. When Lake IJsselmeer was still the Zuiderzee, these coastal sandflats were flooded by the tides.

    Makkum
  • Skriezekrite Idzegea

    Skriezekrite Idzegea Wandeling Idzega

    Skriezekrite Idzega is een veenweidegebied van ongeveer 1.800 hectare, waar boeren rekening houden met weidevogels zoals grutto's en kievitten en scholeksters.

    Idzega
  • Joadetsjerkhôf Teakesyl

    Joadetsjerkhôf Teakesyl

    Op verzoek van de vroegere Joodse gemeenschap van Lemmer beheren wij deze bijzondere plek. Het reguliere onderhoud gebeurt door de stichting joodse be...

    Sondel
  • Gaasterland Forests

    Gaasterland Forests

    Gaasterland is a patchwork landscape of low hills (gaasten), cliffs and magnificent forests. Including the Rijsterbos forest, which grows down to the edge of Lake IJsselmeer. This is a wonderful area for walking, cycling, horse riding and mountain biking.

    Oudemirdum
  • Workumerwaard

    Workumerwaard Workumer buitenwaard met zicht op Makkum en Gaast

    Along the IJsselmeer coast, near Workum, nature reserve the Workumerwaard is situated.

    Workum
  • Teroelster Sipen

    Teroelster Sipen

    Met ruim 18 hectare moeras- en rietland is het een waardevol broedgebied voor vogels die van moeras en riet houden.<br /> “Onvermoeibaar zingen de rie...

    Langweer
  • Grote Brekken Nature Reserve

    Grote Brekken Nature Reserve

    The Grote Brekken (in Frisian Grutte Brekken) nature reserve is also known as Lemster Brekken. The reserve is on reclaimed land near the town of Lemmer. Certain parts of the reserve can be accessed by a special path.

    Lemmer
  • Flietsterbosk Forest

    Flietsterbosk Forest

    Flietsterbosk is a small but varied recreational forest full of hawthorn, willow, beech, poplar and alder trees. This delightful woodland near the village of Witmarsum attracts a wide variety of birdlife, small mammals, butterflies and insects.

    Witmarsum
  • De Oerpolder

    De Oerpolder Oerpolder

    Het Heidenschap, een moerassig gebied nabij Workum. 's Winters stond het gebied veelal onder water, 's zomers was het grasland. Friese schrijver Hylke Speerstra schreef er een boek over: hoe de boeren hier vroeger leefden en de harde werkelijkheid.

    It Heidenskip
  • Heanmar

    Heanmar

    <br /> Op een warme voorjaarsdag ruik je de kruiden en roepen de weidevogels. Deze vier hectare ‘ouderwets’ boerenland is onderdeel van het 137 hectar...

    Koudum
  • Lakes Area near Heeg, Gaastmeer and Oudega

    Lakes Area near Heeg, Gaastmeer and Oudega

    The lakes area that lies between and surrounds the villages of Heeg, Gaastmeer and Oudega is a unique stretch of unspoilt nature with interconnected small lakes and watercourses lined with reed beds.

    Idzegea
  • Skrok Meadow Bird Reserve

    Skrok Meadow Bird Reserve

    The Skrok meadow bird reserve between the villages of Wommels and Easterein is a protected area where many birds come to forage and roost. In the spring, the flower-filled grasslands are perfect for nesting.

    Wommels
  • Het Zwin Nature Reserve

    Het Zwin Nature Reserve

    The Het Zwin (in Frisian It Swin) nature reserve in Gaasterland lies between Lake Fluessen and Lake Slotermeer. The reserve has its own polder lake. Here grassland and reed beds provide habitat for rare marshland species and water birds.

    Harich
  • Mûntsebuorsterpolder

    Mûntsebuorsterpolder

    <br /> In het voorjaar is het topdrukte in de Mûntsebuorsterpolder. De grote aantallen kleine rietganzen maken dan plaats voor de weidevogels. Onze na...

    Nijhuizum
  • Hegewiersterfjild

    Hegewiersterfjild

    The Hegewiersterfjild nature reserve near the village of Kimswerd is close to the Wadden Sea. This makes it an attractive breeding ground for waders and meadow birds. Many black-tailed godwits, redshanks, oystercatchers and lapwings nest here in spring.

    Kimswerd
  • Oosterschar Nature Reserve

    Oosterschar Nature Reserve

    The Oosterschar (in Frisian Easterskar) nature reserve southwest of the town of Joure is a low peat-bog reserve. The landscape features here include old peat pits that were created by peat mining.

    Rotstergaast
  • Rode Klif (Red Cliff) at Lake IJsselmeer

    Rode Klif (Red Cliff) at Lake IJsselmeer

    At the edge of Lake IJsselmeer there is a red cliff that is 10 metres high. It was formed during the last ice age but one when the land was pushed up by glaciers that advanced from Scandinavia. The forces exerted by the ice created hills in the landscape.

    Warns

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