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The Borgvliet Dunes are the breeding grounds of the Nightjar. That's why those beams are there; stay behind them to avoid disturbing the nests! You can also sometimes see deer passing by in the distance.

An insect hotel is a structure that is specially designed to provide shelter and nesting places for insects. It is often used in gardens, parks or natural areas to support biodiversity. Here is more information about insect hotels: Purpose of an insect hotel • Supporting biodiversity: Insect hotels help beneficial insect species such as bees, ladybirds, lacewings and earwigs to survive, especially in urban or agricultural areas where natural shelters are scarce. • Pollination: Solitary bees, which often use insect hotels, play an important role in pollinating flowers and crops. • Pest control: Some insects, such as ladybirds and earwigs, eat pest insects such as aphids, which can help to naturally maintain plants. Construction of an insect hotel An insect hotel consists of several compartments, each suitable for different types of insects. Commonly used materials include: • Wooden blocks with holes drilled into them: For solitary bees, such as the mason bee. • Hollow stems: Bamboo or reed for small bee species. • Pine cones or straw: For ladybugs and earwigs. • Bark and twigs: For spiders and other small insects. • Loam or clay: For bees that seal their nests with mud.

The Borgvlietse Duinen is a vast area with sand drifts, crossed by the walking route Trage Tocht Zoomland. The area is reminiscent of the larger Loonse and Drunense Duinen, a little further away in Brabant, but in a more compact form. The landscape is rugged and quiet, with wide sandy plains and special nature.

Along the Oostdijk between the Tonnekreek and Willemstad is 'De Wachter' a special work of art. De Wachter stands exactly on the spot where the storm surge on 1 February 1953 hit and flooded the Ruigenhilpolder. The work of art is an eight-metre-high hill, on which sheep can graze. The work of art De Wachter, by artist Marius Boender, was built along the Hollandsch Diep at the spot where the dike broke during the Flood Disaster in 1953. The reason for the monument was the completion of the dike reinforcement in 2001. The work of art is an eight-metre-high, pyramid-like clay hill, overgrown with grass. You can climb the work of art via a path that winds over the work of art. There is a good chance that you will do so in the company of grazing sheep. The creation of the work of art was a challenge, because factors such as weight (not too heavy), weather resistance (rain and wind) and construction (not subsidence under pressure from visitors) had to be taken into account. Source: https://www.visitmoerdijk.nl/nl/locaties/2645610321/de-wachter

The De Roode Weel wheel was created after a dike breach. It is located in a nature reserve that is part of the Cruijslandse Kreken. This area near the fortified town of Steenbergen is a true paradise for bird lovers. Because it is the domain of, among others, the marsh harrier, water rail, common snipe and little owl. They can be 'secretly' spotted from the birdwatching hut since the beginning of 2018. This architectural masterpiece is located at the bottom of the dike and offers a magnificent view of the Roode Weel. It is made of Accoya wood, just like the picnic jetty at De Blauwe Sluis. This creates unity between the various objects along the West Brabantse Waterlinie. Want to know more? Click through to https://www.zuiderwaterlinie.nl/vestingsteden/natuurgebieden/cruijslandse-kreken

Take a seat and discover the main characters in this water feature. Each season is colored differently. It's up to you to recognize the players. Information boards give tips and reveal external characteristics.

De Pluimpot is a small but fascinating nature reserve on Tholen. You can access it via some accesses to the walking paths with information boards such as here. You can also access it via the parking lot at the tiny beach and the village. On the other side of the road you see a sign for a piece of nature, Tholen Dorpsbos St. Maartendijk, but that is only a small piece of green and not really a forest. Back to De Pluimpot. You can read everything about the nature reserve on this link: https://www.zeeland.com/nl-nl/visit/190_nl/natuurgebied-de-pluimpot There you can see that the Pluimpot was one of the largest channels when Tholen still consisted of small islands separated by channels. De Pluimpot was even the sea channel that divided Tholen in two after all the salt marshes had already been reclaimed. Already in the sixteenth century, people started to dam the Pluimpot and the last part was closed in 1957. Today's nature reserve was created after that damming and is therefore a dammed creek where you will find many water birds (and others) and also a specific flora. Binoculars are useful with all those birds. There is a wooden bridge over part of the creek and there are paths that run all the way next to the water, to or from the area around the Sint-Maartensdijk swimming pool.