amer river Netherlands in spring 927 AM 250423_1077

River Amer close to village Lage-Zwaluwe in the south of the Netherlands on a nice spring afternoon.

About the picture
This photograph was taken at the foot of the Amer river dyke. At the bottom of the photograph, you can see the grass with the last of last year's dried reeds and the microphones that recorded the sound. After 40 metres, the water of the Amer begins with one of the many groynes and the enormous stone dam running lengthwise along the water, which is located another 50 metres further down the river and is intended to eliminate the waves on the dyke. Behind it, the wide waters of the Amer again, with a view of narrow strips of land from the river delta called De Biesbosch National Park. On the left behind, the river De Nieuwe Merwde. The widest part of the water is 2 kilometres away. Above the water hangs a grey, cloudy sky, but it is dry.

Birds detected by Merlin Bird ID app;
#00:15 #00:48 #43:15 Black-headed Gull
#46:33 Black-tailed Godwit #37:39 Bluethroat
#22:21 #24:36 #25:09 Canada Goose
#41:36 Carrion Crow
#31:51 #42:00 #53:30 Common Chiffchaff
#6:06 #6:18 Common Raven
#02:27 #56:30 #59:49 Common Redshank #1:42 MATING couple repetitive sound of the male)
#07:27 #22:46 #29:03 Cetti’s Warbler
#06:06 #6:18 Egyptian Goose
#39:15 #41:54 #42:54 #58:00 #60:54 Eurasian Blue Tit
#05:12 #17:18 #17:24 Eurasian Coot
#00:57 Eurasian Curlew
#37:57 #37:51 #38:09 #42:51 Eurasian Oystercatcher
#23:51 #30:27 #34:15 #34:54 #36:21 #37:30 #39:48 #59:54 Eurasian Reed Warbler
#47:57 #49:33 #49:54 #50:18 Gadwall
#48:24 #56:39 #57:21 Graylag Goose
#32:11 #32:18 #32:33 Great Crested Grebe
#06:24 #06:57 Great Egret
#56:30 #56:58 Green-winged teal
#21:57 #22:03 #22:33 #38:24 Herring Gull
#53:49 Fieldfare?
#17:33 #19:33 #42:05 #33:54 Mallard
#16:42 #16:54 #32:51 Red-necked Grebe
#38:39 #43:58 #58:27 Reed Bunting
#32:26 #32:44 #33:00 #33:09 Western Yellow Wagtail
#38:30 Yellow-legged Gull

more along this path / More along this river

Date/time: April 23 2025, 10:01 AM

Weather: 13c, clouds 100%, wind NW-ESE 123° 5-13 km/h, 1014 hPa, humidity 73%, dew point 9°c, visibility 24 km, sun 180 W/m2

Location; River Amer, Beverpad, Lage-Zwaluwe, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands (Holland), Europe. GPS 51.71823 4.71655

Gear chain: Sennheiser mkh30/50 MS, in Rycote cyclone small, windjammer >Tascam dr-100 Mk2. Decoded Mid-side to STEREO. Noise floor 33dBA (whispering). Post editing: Blimp correction and compressor ON,

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About the line crossers in the Biesbosch at the end of the Second World War
After the failed Operation Market Garden (September 1944), the front line ran right through the Netherlands. The south was liberated, but the north remained occupied. The rivers Bergsche Maas, Amer and Hollands Diep formed the border.
The Biesbosch was a difficult-to-navigate area of marshes and creeks. German troops could hardly patrol it, but local residents knew the waterways.
From November 1944 to May 1945, line crossers made hundreds of trips in small boats. They brought:
Intelligence for the Allies, medicines, weapons and transmission equipment and people such as those in hiding, resistance fighters and sometimes Allied soldiers.
The trips were often organised from Sliedrecht and Werkendam. German sentries and patrol boats made every crossing extremely dangerous. Being discovered almost certainly meant arrest or death.
The line crossers were often young men from the region. Their knowledge of the area and their courage made it possible to maintain the connection between occupied and liberated Netherlands.
The line crossers are seen as a symbol of silent resistance: not through armed violence, but through clever use of the landscape and personal courage.
Here in Lage-Zwaluwe and at the other side in Sliedrecht, there is a monument in memory of the crossers. Their actions helped the Allies with crucial information and saved the lives of people in hiding and members of the resistance.