| Close to the city of Amsterdam, off the coast of the village of Durgerdam, lies a 1.6 km long island in the lake IJmeer which was artificially created to compensate the environment when Amsterdam expanded eastwards with the creation of IJburg. Ever since the island was created a surprising number of bird have indeed used the site to breed, including plovers, avocets and various species of gull. A number of volunteers were landed on the island to clear the site of small trees which attempt to grow there. Keeping the space open is import if we want these ground-breeding birds to come back next spring. I took a couple of photographs to show the faces of these hard workers. |  |
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