The Netherlands summer 2017: Grebes, Oystercatchers, Tern

More from our summer in the Netherlands 2017, as we stayed about 3 weeks and had plenty of time to go for walks. Many days I walked along the water and I was really hoping to find a mother Grebe with chicks again, but the Waterweg, the busy waterway that runs from the city of Rotterdam west wards to sea was not be a safe place for them.

Great Crested Grebe (Fuut in Dutch)

August was not the right time for displays, but seeing the birds in breeding plumage made me happy.

juvenile

Taken at a great distance, but there she is, in a small creek: Mum with babies riding on her back 

These were a common sight along the Waterweg:  Oystercatchers (Scholekster)

As well as  Common Tern (Visdief)