Tag: Zoëy
Zoëy is looking for the rare burbot in Vinkeveen, which only has sex when it is cold
It is an almost extinct fish with a strange name: the lota lota or burbot. The burbot does just about everything differently from other fish. No fish spawns that early,…
Zoëy about berries: ‘Of great importance for birds, especially now that winter is approaching’
The berry of the Gelderland rose is as red and glassy as a Kir Royal and the berry of the elder is deep black. But the most beautiful berry is…
Zoëy: ‘Gallic, becoming gallic, spitting bile, do those kinds of expressions have to do with these plant galls?’
Beech trees, oak trees, willows, but also herbs such as mint and even nettles can have galls. Plant galls are actually growths of the plant. The gall pathogen, an insect,…
Zoëy about poisonous plants: ‘Is it dangerous if I pick a field bouquet for my sweetheart?’
The giant hogweed, whose large leaves slope over the path, is also not a harmless plant. “It has poisonous hairs and can cause huge blisters.” Even elderberries do not appear…
Zoëy about lake bats: ‘They are very social animals’
Why Wieneke is so crazy about bats? “Well, as a little girl I heard bats quite well. Every time they flew over I looked up and said, what is that?…
Of course Zoëy: “The deer is easy to see from the paths, but keep the dog on a leash.”
The deer are doing remarkably well at the Leersumse Veld. Forest ranger Roel van Ark of Staatsbosbeheer likes to watch the deer population early in the morning. “They are creatures…
Vulnerable, rare, looks like a water dragon and lives in our province: Of course Zoëy about the crested newt
It’s not really a sweetheart, that crested newt. It is poisonous – we humans can handle that, but many predators find it dirty – and will eat anything that fits…
Of course Zoëy about the return of the egret
Suppose you are driving your car on a random spring day on the A27 near, say, Baarn to Eemnes. There is a good chance that you will see a striking…
Of course Zoëy about mushrooms: an endless wealth of shapes
Spring has just started. Yet it is precisely now a wonderful time to go outside to look for mushrooms. Almost everyone knows the beautiful pictures in the woods of fly…
Of course Zoëy: waiting for the wolf
Controversy continues The arrival of the wolf is also controversial in our province. For example, one of the statements from the Kieskompas was: There is no room for the wolf…