The Waddenzee lies at the northern tip of the Netherlands, a mass of sea, mud, islands and dikes that separate the mainland from the North Sea. There is amazing biodiversity, especially sea birds, throughout the Waddenzee which also ranges into Germany and Denmark. The German and Dutch portions of the system have been inscribed on UNESCO’s world heritage list. The area is beautiful and mysterious and I was really looking forward to photographing it. Unfortunately it rained the whole time I was there so I didn’t get the photos I wanted and this was the best I could do in the circumstances.
I’m on the road leading to the boat that takes cars and people to the island communities in the Waddenzee. I changed my plans about going on the boat because the weather was cold and wet and windy. I took pictures from the car, then turned around and came back to the mainland. On one side of the road is the water.
On the other side of the road is mud filled with waist high reeds and plants. People come to the islands to hike through the mud flats.
This is one of the main dikes that keep the seas from invading the Netherlands. Those dots at the top at sheep.
Letting no land go to waste, the thrifty Northerners allow sheep to graze on the dikes.
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