Countryside on the edge of the city in the winter.
Here in the Gement polder, just a few hundred meters from the edge of the city of 's-Hertogenbosch in the Netherlands, the birds are in charge. The sound of the city is present, but if you focus on the birds, that sound seems to disappear. That's the filter of our brain.
About the picture The photo shows a tranquil, misty morning in the polder. In the foreground, there are leafless shrubs. About 70 meters away lies a man-made pond in the polder landscape. In the background, roughly 1 kilometer away, a row of trees lines the horizon. A farmhouse is also visible to the left. The sky is blue.
Birds detected by Merlin Bird ID app (ver. 3.7.1 (220 – 2024)
Birds detected by BirdNET-Analyser (GUI ver. 2.1.1 Model ver. V2.4)
#0:54 #2:30 #2:48 Great White-fronted Goose
#2:18 Eurasian Blue Tit
#0:07 #0:13#0:23 #0:27 #0:30 #0:41 #0:45 #0:57 Carrion Crow
#0:04 Greylag Goose
#1:15 #1:21 #1:33 #1:45 Canada Goose
#1:12 #1:33 Black Headed Gull
#0:23 #0:25 #0:30 Great Tit
#0:00 Eurasian Green Woodpecker
All tracks here today / More recording in Vughtse Gement / Vlijmens Ven polder
About the area
The Gement Polder (De Gement)
The “Gement Polder,” also known simply as “De Gement,” lies to the east of the nature reserve “Vlijmens Ven,” between Vught and ’s-Hertogenbosch. It is a low-lying, marshy natural area with grasslands, ditches, and reed beds nourished by seepage water from higher sandy soils. The area is known for its rare bluegrass meadows—grasslands with species such as yellow rattle, orchids, and stoneworts—that give the landscape a bluish glow during the summer months.
In addition, the area plays an important role in water retention; it collects water to help prevent flooding in the city of ’s-Hertogenbosch.
Ecologically, the Gement Polder forms a transition zone between the drier sandy soils and the wetter peat and clay areas, resulting in a rich diversity of vegetation. This makes the entire complex of polders south and west of the city highly valuable for species that depend on base-rich seepage water, such as the rare large blue butterfly, a species that now only survives here in the Netherlands.
Date/time: February 12 2024, 12:24 pm
Weather: 4c, clouds 100%, wind SSW 7-14 km/h, 1018 hPa, humidity 96%, visibility 3 km, dew point 4c
Location; Viewpoint Vughtse Gement, pasture Gement polder/Vlijmens Ven, Halvezolenlijntje, Drongelens pad, Van Gogh Nationaal Park, ‘s-Hertogenbosch (Den Bosch), Noord-Brabant, Netherlands (Holland), Europe. GPS 51.68341 5.27674
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