An hour and a half after moonrise, the first cranes take flight. The sky is still glowing red from the thin cloud cover illuminated by the sun that has just risen. The first groups of cranes appear and circle above the … read more or write a comment …
Thick clouds prevent us from seeing the sun, but the whole sky is glowing red. The color of the clouds is beautifully reflected in the water of the flooded moorland. If you look closely, you can see a large colony … read more or write a comment …
It was still nighttime, and the sky was getting more and more overcast, so that the stars were no longer visible when I hiked along the trail into the moor. When I reached the observation tower, I set up my … read more or write a comment …
Behind the grounds of the Golf Club Buchholz-Nordheide in the Seppensen district of Buchholz, the two streams from Steinbeck and Reindorf converge to form the Stream of Seppensen. While the Steinbach flows through a forest landscape for its last few … read more or write a comment …
A rather unspectacular sight in the old mill pond of Seppensen, close to my home. The old birch tree that used to stand on the small island in the pond fell into the water some time ago. Fortunately, the pond … read more or write a comment …
Papenburg really appealed to me. Not because of the Meyerwerft shipyard, Papenburg’s major employer, because I don’t like cruise ships in particular. But mainly because of the beautiful main canal. The streets on both sides are traffic-calmed and therefore left to … read more or write a comment …
Warmly lit by the sun, withered in winter and standing in the dark moor pond. What a great contrast between the yellow leaves of grass and the dark water of the moor. It was just lovely to be in the Tister … read more or write a comment …
The photo shows tufts of grass standing on a decayed tree trunk in the water of the moorland in Tister Bauernmoor in winter. The grass is illuminated by the warm morning sun and gives a beautiful contrast to the dark … read more or write a comment …
As I walked away from the lake on the sunny side, I thought of following the tracks of the moor railway once more in the Tister Bauernmoor and walking to a small lake on the west side of the moor. … read more or write a comment …
Finally the sun was rising! Above the large expanse of water a few bands of clouds, making the sky interesting. Large parts of the sky and the water glow orange. Hard to believe that in a few minutes this sky … read more or write a comment …
Tister Bauernmoor was transformed from industrial peat extraction to a rewetted natural paradise after the turn of the millennium. Today, thousands of cranes migrate here in autumn and just as many geese can be observed here during winter time. It … read more or write a comment …
Happy New Year to you all! May 2023 be a better year for all of us. This week I took the opportunity to go out on the moors in the early hours of the morning hours and had an atmospheric time with … read more or write a comment …