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Het Grote Vlak

Island of Texel  >  Netherlands

Water from the dunes runs towards the south point of Texel. Het Grote Vlak consists of a few lakes in this water course.

Added* by Klaas de Jong
Most recent update 12 November 2020
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Description

Het Grote Vlak often holds a lot of ducks ( Northern Shoveler , Gadwall , Northern Pintail , Common Shelduck , Eurasian Wigeon and in spring Garganey ), gulls and grebes. Sometimes waders, like Black-tailed Godwit , are abundant and few songbirds, like Water Pipit and European Stonechat (sometimes even Bluethroat ), can be found. The area is also good for finding Stock Dove , Northern Wheatear and in winter Rough-legged Buzzard .

Details

Access

Het Grote Vlak is easily accessible from the village of Den Hoorn towards the beach. You can park on the roadside, but try to give way to cyclists on the parallel cycle path.

Terrain and Habitat

Wetland , Lake , Scattered trees and bushes , Dunes , Reedbeds

Conditions

Flat , Wet , No shadow , Open landscape

Circular trail

No

Is a telescope useful?

Can be useful

Good birding season

All year round

Best time to visit

Spring

Route

Paved road

Difficulty walking trail

Easy

Accessible by

Foot , Bicycle , Car , Wheelchair

Birdwatching hide / platform

No

Extra info

Carefully look at songbirds, it is one of the few places with good chances for Water Pipit .

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Top 5 birds

Garganey
1. Garganey
(Spatula querquedula)
Little Grebe
2. Little Grebe
(Tachybaptus ruficollis)
Spotted Crake
3. Spotted Crake
(Porzana porzana)
Rough-legged Buzzard
4. Rough-legged Buzzard
(Buteo lagopus)
Water Pipit
5. Water Pipit
(Anthus spinoletta)

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Comments & Tips

Local guide

Discover the birds of Texel with Klaas de Jong

Island of Texel  >  Netherlands

Texel is one of the best bird watching destinations in the Netherlands. Bird watchers from all over Europe come to this Wadden Sea island to watch birds. Rare birds and vagrants are often seen on Texel and interesting birds can be observed all year round.  Klaas de Jong - one of the most reputed bird guides in the Netherlands - lives on Texel and knows the island as no other. Klaas offers full day or half day birding tours. Klaas shows you countless bird species and always searches for the most recent rarities on the island.

Handy pick-up-service

One of the great services Klaas provides, is the pick-up-service. His minibus can pick you up at your hotel or at the ferry port. A very convenient service if you only have a day to explore the island. Directly from the ferry you you can start off and from there Klaas takes you to the best birding areas of the island.

For more information about Klaas' bird tours, times and prices visit his website.

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