Miedum

Miedum has a leaning tower as well. But you can only really see it in the winter.

The Lapwings are back

I saw two pairs of lapwings (Kieviet in dutch) today in a field. That was very early. While it is not even March yet, the weather this year is very different from last year. Last year was very cold, while we have only had one tiny cold spel this year. The village ice rink still hasn't frozen over. Last year was cold but there was no 11 city skating event. But the trees showed no buds or leaves until late in April.

Starlings the sequel

This is a video I shot at the weekend.

Starlings on Vimeo

New look and feel

I had fixed up my other blog two weeks ago. I waited a while to make sure I like it, so I am rolling out this design here as well but in a kind of fresian colours. One main advantage with this design is that I can put larger photos.

Starlings - the movie

Ok this is my first ever video post anywhere. I was flicking a coin between Vimeo and YouTube. Vimeo was easier to sign into and there are claims that they have a better service.

Anyway this video is about 40 seconds long. I saw thousands of starlings (spreeuwen in dutch). It was just before sundown. It was shot in Lekkum, just outside Leeuwarden. The birds themselves where in Tytsjerk, which is a few kilometer further up. I love this kind of thing.

Stacks of starlings on Vimeo