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.

Cargo shipping on the river. Waves against the breakwater. Birds everywhere.
River on 40m.
Birds in and around the water.
Other side river(s) 3 km
Shipping on +200 m
Longitudinal breakwater on 50m
Planes, the chopper, the tractor and local traffic are for free today.

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

It is here where the line crossings took place at the end of the Second World War between the occupied north and liberated south of the Netherlands.
After the battle for the southern part of the Netherlands at the end of 1944, the northern part of the Netherlands remained occupied for a long time. The Germans patrolled the river Merwede, which separated the south from the north, but preferred not to venture into the Biesbosch, a large wet-land. This dangerous area was therefore the most suitable way to go from occupied to liberated territory and vice versa. The Albrecht Group provided the connection. Later a number of men came together to set up the connections between the liberated area and the occupied area. The Line Crossers Group consisted of 21 men from Sliedrecht, Werkendam, Sleeuwijk, Lage Zwaluwe, Waalwijk, Dordrecht & Hardinxveld Giessendam. In total, approximately 374 crossings were made, between Sliedrecht & Lage Zwaluwe and Werkendam & Drimmelen.

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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

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