Lauwersmeer

Very bad things have happened last week, and I followed the news intensively. I will not comment here as this is a birding blog but only hope that oneday the exact cause of the event will come out. RIP.

The first autumn Caspian Tern has returned to Lauwersmeer and I enjoyed close views while it was fishing next to the boat. There will be more soon.

There have been reports in the local media about a commercial fisher who is decimating the Lauwersmeer fish population. Apparently 100s of fykes have been installed to catch the (endangered) eel, but killing also many other fish.

The yellow buoys mark the protected Natura2000 reserve. The fykes are inside the protected area.