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Flamingos!😉

Walking along the Grevelingen you will almost certainly come across a group of flamingos somewhere.

The one in Herkingen is a historic building that originally served as a weighbridge. This bridge was used to weigh agricultural products that were transported across the port facilities of Herkingen. The bridge was based on the principle of the bascule and was developed by the American company Fairbanks. In 2017, some volunteers decided to rebuild the Weeghuisje and it was incorporated into the foundation "Stichting Erfgoed Herkingen". The building now serves as a cultural monument.

Copy of the former weigh house of Herkingen

Binoculars or good camera lens recommended

The Grevelingenmeer is the largest saltwater lake in Europe. It is closed off from tidal water by the Grevelingendam in the east and the Brouwersdam in the west and is therefore considered to be rather stagnant and often oxygen-free water where little underwater life can be expected. That the latter does not apply to all parts of the Grevelingenmeer is evident at Battenoord, where a large group of flamingos has been standing or coming to spend the winter for several years (2022). Some are deep pink, which means that they eat a lot of shrimp and indicates a rich underwater life. At Battenoord you can spot the flamingos near the harbor or at the mills and in recent years (since 2022) you can even spot three species of flamingos there: the European flamingo, Chilean flamingo and the Caribbean flamingo.