Three horses walking under a copper beech tree in spring near Castricum, NL

A small herd of horses crossing a wet meadow encounters a goose family near Castricum, NL

Three horses walking through a wet meadow near Castricum, NL

Small herd of ruminating Scottish Highland cattle cooling themselves in a pond near Castricum, NL

A green algae invasion in a spring pond near Castricum, NL

The green abundance of a forest stream with new grass growing at the edges, spring leaves on the trees and dappled sunlight near Castricum, NL

Copper colored morning mist floating over a pond with a swimming coot near Castricum, NL

A cold misty pond waking up in the first rays of sunlight near Castricum, NL

Fighting Egyptian geese at a pond near Castricum, NL.

An Egyptian goose is escaping only by the skin of its teeth from an attack by a rival in a territorial fight at a pond near Castricum, NL

While two Egyptian geese are locked in a fight over territory a third male goose is jumping into the fray in a pond near Castricum, NL

Naval battle in a dune pond - Flock of Egyptian geese heavily involved in a fierce territorial fight in a pond near Castricum, NL

A flock of Egyptian geese fighting in a pond with wildly flapping wings near Castricum, NL

Egyptian geese in a territorial fight in a pond near Castricum, NL

Goosander female swimming in striped waters near Castricum, NL

White wagtail appearing in the opening of a bird blind window near Castricum, NL

A hare in its element, on the run in a field near Castricum, NL

A March Hare (according to legend always feeling compelled to behave as though it is tea-time) drinking from a waterhole near Castricum, NL

A misty forest road in backlight near Castricum, NL

Persistent beech leaves in a misty forest near Castricum, NL