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Wolverlei Martin Stevens
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Personal photoblog of outdoor photographer Martin Stevens, based in The Netherlands but traveling around. Nature, landscape, architecture, travel ... but mostly flowers.
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Sunset and flowers
Wednesday a beautiful sunset in De Wieden, a lake and swamp area, famous for its nature and Natura 2000 protected. Iris foetidissima in my garden is after years in flower for the very first time. Grow...
Hilversum
I've been around Hilversum today. May be possibility to sell images for a walking guide. My own garden, Gooilust, Hilversum townhall, rhododendron in Pinetum Blijdenstein. ...
Kaapse Bossen, Jagtlust en tulp
Yesterday been to the "Kaapse bossen" near Doorn, Utrecht. Remarkable tower (the Kaap), remarkable sight. And a colony of southern wood ant or horse ant (formica rufa) with tracks of the Green Woodpec...
Storks, ooievaars
Just above my window at Boekesteyn where I work for Natuurmonumenten 3 day's a week a couple storks landed and mated. Special place :-) Precies voor mijn raam van mijn kantoor op Boekesteyn, waar ...
wood anemone and others
Today prfect weather, but cold. Some wood anemones (anemone nemerosa) purple deadnettle (lamium purpureum) Peach at the fruit-wall, daffodils, crocus (planted by visitors.. not really wild) shadbush (...
Snow, sneeuw, 's-Graveland
Today a snowy morning, at least for an hour :-) Images from 's-Graveland the Netherlands in a radius of 2 km of my home. Vandaag bleef de sneeuw een uur liggen hier in 's-Graveland. Ik heb deze bee...
Easter, Pasen
Today a little walk through Gooilust and using a new combination from a friend, only for a try. A D300 with the 70-200, 2,8 AF-s. Perfect camera, perfect lens but I don't like the focussing system... ...
Spring crocus, Crocus vernus, bonte krokus
Nature is exploding now. Temperature about 12 degrees C in shadow, all day sun, less windy... its weather if it was March. So much flowers start now that I cannot put all of them in this blog. This ti...
Fern, varen
Fern growing on the foot of an beech tree. Even when its midwinter there are still green fernleaves when it isn't a freezing for a long time. I made this image 3 days ago.. Varen in de voet van een b...
Moss, mos
Mosses have there time in winter. When it is not so dry, a lot of light and not freezing or snowing you can find a lot them almost everywhere. In other seasons you can find them too of course, but in ...
De Wieden
Many times a year I visit a wetland called "De Wieden" in the east of The Netherlands. Its a very famous Nature Reserve with lakes, bogs, canals, ditches, swamps and therefore a lot of very special na...
Tracks, sporen
Wintertime is perfect to find tracks of animals. footsteps in the snow are famous but there al a lot more tracks and signs of wild animals. For about 15 years, when I was a warden of a visitor's cent...
Planken Wambuis
Vandaag even wezen wandelen met vrienden op Planken Wambuis bij Ede. Een mooi stuk heide en voormalige landbouwgronden (Oud Reemst). Wat vooral opviel aan de kant van De Hoge Ginkel was een heel stuk ...
Jagtlust
Jagtlust aan de Leeuwenlaan in 's-Graveland is net aangekocht door Natuurmonumenten en er moet nog veel achterstallig onderhoud gedaan worden. Vandaag ben ik met een aantal Natuurmonumenten collega's...
Wijde Blik
Vandaag even de Lambertzkade op de grens van Kortenhoef en Loosdrecht op en neer gewandeld. Natuurmonumenten medewerkers hebben een wat overdreven manier gevonden op deze plaats om reclame te maken. H...
Fungus
Deze berkenzwam (Piptoporus betulinus) kwam ik tegen op een liggende boomstam op Gooilust, 's-Graveland.Birch Bracket (Piptoporus betulinus - also known as Razor Strop) I found on Gooilust in 's-Grave...
Hilverbeek, lichtharp
Vanochtend heel erg vroeg onze schoonzoon Ibo van Schiphol gehaald. Uren vertraging. Eind van de ochtend een rondje Hilverbeek gelopen. Ondanks dat de rijp en de sneeuw weg is, blijft het daar altijd ...