melting snow holyday park De Vers Overloon Netherlands 246 pm 260106_0066

The atmosphere in winter at a quiet holiday park where the snow is beginning to melt.

You can hear the melting water dripping into the drainpipe and onto the dry oak leaves in the forest. Now that the weather is improving, people are coming out of their cottages to go for a walk. There are lots of birds singing because I have smeared peanut butter on the trees nearby.

January photo shows a forest in the snow.

A serene winter scene unfolds in the forest near Overloon, where tall, leafless trees stand quietly under a clear blue sky. Their trunks and branches are dusted with snow, adding contrast to the dark bark. The forest floor is blanketed in a thick layer of untouched snow, creating a peaceful, undisturbed atmosphere. A wooden fence runs horizontally through the middle of the image, partially buried by the snow, hinting at human presence without disrupting the natural stillness. A Dutch winter forest in the snow.

Birds detected by BirdNET-Analyser (GUI ver. 2.4.0 Model ver. V2.4) sensitivity 1.15. I cannot guarantee results.

#4:48 #4:54 Black Woodpecker
#3:06 #10:03 Brambling
#3:06 #6:48 Common Chaffinch
#1:57 Firecrest
#0:57 #7:51 #8:21 #9:12 #9:48 #10:21 #11:51 Common Woodpigeon
#4:21 Dunnock
#2:19 Eurasian Blackbird
#3:09 #6:15 #8:36 Eurasian Blue Tit
#3:06 Eurasian Bullfinch
#4:57 Eurasian Jay
#1:00 #1:12 #1:18 #1:27 Eurasian Nuthatch
#1:57 #3:39 #4:12 #6:03 Eurasian Tree-creeper
#3:15 European Robin
#11:45 Gray Wagtail
#4:03 #9:06 #9:27 #10:00 Great Tit
#5:51 #10:57 #11:24 Long-tailed Tit
#6:48 Redwing

Date/time: January 6, 2026, 2:46 pm

Weather: 1 ºc, clouds 50 %, wind SW 11 km/h, 1016 hPa, humidity 93 %, visibility 11 km, dew point -1 ºc, cloud ceiling 100 m.

Location; holly-day park De Vers, Overloonse Duinen, Overloon, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands (Holland), Europe. GPS 51.56496 5.95941

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