2024 Vlieland

 (this post will be antedated within a week to 2024)

 On our way to Vlieland again! To me one of the best places to be.... 

A remote beach, dunes, wind and the sound of the sea...

(Vlieland is a municipality of the Dutch province Friesland

In the Frisian language, not only a dialect but a language on it's own,

the word 'Heit' is father and the word 'Mem' is mother)

Space and time to relax and enjoy the company of some good friends.

One morning we spotted this little small newt on the beach, close to the surf.

Although the species Kleine watersalamander is protected, we took it to the cabin

where we spotted a similar newt at the terrace the day before...

From the back of the cabin you're overlooking protected nature reserve.

It looks like a much more suitable habitat for the newt. We released it there.

It's not all about observing nature...

One has to eat and you can't eat pasta or pizza everyday of the week.

 here's something else, a plate looking and tasting delicious...

In the early morning I visit the beach, often just by myself.

Each morning the same route, into wide open space... but always very different.

The weather, the light, the sounds, the texture of the beach, the finds...

I couldn't just believe my eyes.... a big vertebrae... waiting for me (big smile)

Some of my beach finds.

According to the ObsIdentify app the 14 cm vertebrae is from an Elk (Moose).

and the black bone, the first fossil find on Vlieland for me, in 21 year, 

from a European otter. I think it's a shoulder blade...

Beach combing is my kind of thing!

Or, for a change, a bike ride with good friends in gloomy weather. 

On the southside of the island is the terminal. The Wadden Sea, mostly very quiet.

 

All good things come to an end and so it's time to leave the island again...

Music tip: The Chemical Brother ft. Beck - Wide Open 

Link to my earlier Vlieland posts: Vlieland