Latest News, February 2026
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In February 2026, we visited the
Hoenderdaell Zoo at Anna Paulowna (in North Holland province)
and saw the Canadian Eagle Owl - picture below. This is not one
of our usual pics in-the-wild, but for such a beautiful bird we
make an exception.
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In October 2025, the Schagen Photoclub
visted the province of Friesland, with its many picturesque
villages and the old "Woudagemaal", a steam-driven pumping
station that was built in 1920 and is still active (if needed).
It is now also a Unesco world heritage site and open for guided
tours when not in action. It is an ideal site for some 360
panos; the
Boilerhouse,
the
Main Hall
and the
Outside
(backside). Below a picture from the main hall.
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In August 2025, the Schagen photoclub
visited 2 old windmills: "De Onderneming" in Hippolytushoef and
"De Hoop" " in Den Oever. Pano's can be seen
HERE (Mill De Onderneming) and
HERE
(Mill De Hoop, ground floor),
HERE (De Hoop, first floor),
HERE (De Hoop, second floor) and
HERE (De Hoop, third floor). Some other
pics
HERE.
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Late June 2025 we went to Jaca, Spain
with
Henkjan Kievit,
to photograph butterfies and various insects.
We were not disappointed. All in all, our group saw more than 80
species of butterflies. There is now a Jaca page under "Photo Gallery". Below
(2nd pic) a picture of a praying mantis we saw. They don't look too friendly, but they do make for nice
pictures.
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Early June 2025We spent a couple of days in the Eifel region of Germany, looking
for butterflies, insects and the picturesque town of Monschau. A 360
pano of the town can be seen
HERE and some pics from the trip
HERE.
One of the pics can be seen below
(3rd pic).
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A Little Planet (for Social Distancing)
Click to zoom-in and double-click to zoom-out. Click-drag to pan. Alt-click to zoom-in 100% and alt-double-click to zoom-out completely. And to return to a prior
view simply Alt-click the Reset button on the Toolbar. (On Mac, Option-click
rather than Alt-click.)
What's the plan?
Later this year we intend to visit the Baltic states (birds, landscape)
and Italy (butterflies).