Bird watching trips in the Netherlands with your personal bird guide Paul Saager
Black-tailed godwit © photo courtesy Lars Ursem
LIMOSA HOLLAND BIRDING
Limosahollandbirding, your site for tailor made
bird watching trips in the Netherlands
Welcome to Limosahollandbirding. My name is Paul Saager. I have been a fervent bird watcher for over 30 years. And I love to guide you as a fellow bird watcher in our bird-rich country. The Netherlands is an excellent place for bird watching. There are lots of birds all year round. The country is small and has excellent infrastructure. Therefore, all bird watching locations can be easily reached within a few hours.
As your personal guide I take you to your desired bird watching spot on a tailor made bird watching trip. There is so much to be seen in our low country. Thousands of Arctic geese, ducks and waders in Winter. Migratory birds from the Mediterranean and the Arctic in spring and fall. And hundreds of beautiful breeding birds in the summer. For bird watchers from Southern Europe, the Netherlands offers the closest location for Arctic birds. For bird watchers from Northern Europe, the Netherlands is closest for Mediterranean birds. And for everybody else, our country hosts countless possibilities to find your first sighting. Your lifer.
Leaf through my website and find the best bird spots and our bird specialities.
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Best bird watching spots in the Netherlands
The Holland Dunes
The Dunes of Holland, a string of nature reserves, one of the best bird watching locations year-round.
The Wadden Islands
The Wadden Islands are a must see for every visitor to the Netherlands. Sea, land, wetlands, endless birds. Home to the eider.
The Lauwersmeer
The Lauwersmeer is a unique wetland. It is home to the white-tailed eagle, rare waders and reed birds.
The Friesian pastures and shores
The pastures and shore of Friesland are home to countless wintering geese and migrating waders.
The fields and wetlands of Groningen
The fields and wetlands of Groningen are home to 4 harriers and rare rails.
The moors of Drenthe
The moors and heathers of the beautiful province of Drenthe are home to the majestic crane and all the grebes.
The scenic landscapes of Gelderland and Twente
The historic bocage landscape of Gelderland and Twente offers great bird watching. All woodpeckers and 5 owls are present, amongst which the magnificent eagle owl.
The Veluwe and Utrecht province
The forested hills of the nationale park Veluwe and Utrecht host the wise raven. Also birds of prey and nice song birds are found.
The Oostvaardersplassen
The wetlands of the Oostvaardersplassen national park are THE spot to find the white-tailed eagle.
The piers at IJmuiden
The piers at IJmuiden and surrounding beach and shore offer spectacular sea-bird watching. Seals and harbour porpoise are common as well.
The southwestern Delta
The soutwestern Delta offers sea, land and skies. Endless sea-birds, waders, white-tailed eagles and wintering geese and ducks.
The Biesbosch and big rivers
The Biesbosch national park is home to the osprey. The rivers stretch all the way to the German border and host rails, bitters, purple herons, black terns.
The Green heart wetlands
The former peat lakes of the centre of the Netherlands hosts innumerable waders and spectacular reed birds.
The heathers, moors and fens of Brabant
The province of Brabant has several beautiful heathers and moors. Here you find the woodpeckers and owls, songbirds and in fall black stork and cranes.
Maasduinen national park
The national park Maasduinen consists of moors, woods and fens. It stretches 25 km along the German border. Here you find mysterious nigthjar, woodpeckers and migrating ospreys.
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“Paul is an inexhaustible source of knowledge of birds, their behaviour and their sounds. He shares this with great enthousiasm, patience and love for nature. For me, it was the first time I wend birding. But, even to me as a layman it was instructive and pleasant to see and hear all these little miracles”
Thanks for an immensely instructive excursion in the Amsterdam Water Dunes. It started right when you showed us how to perfection the use of our binoculars. You were quick to spot the great-spotted woodpecker and the nuthatch to our great delight. We want to pay you a big compliment how you succeeded in passing your passion to us city folks.