Kite aerial photography session.
National Park ‘De Loonse and Drunense Dunes’ in the south of the Netherlands is in European context a very important area for inland drifting sands. Over 90 % of the inland drifting sands in Europe can be found in the Netherlands and in the ‘Loonse and Drunense Dunes’ the second largest area in the Netherlands of this fascinating habitat can be found.
The drifting sands in the nature reserve are surrounded by forests. Today we highly appreciate those drifting sands but for a long time (starting in 1875!) it was tried to conquer these sands, mainly by planting trees. The size of the open areas decreased. Natuurmonumenten tries to establish a revival of the dynamics within these drifting sands by the removal of some parts of the surrounding forest including removal of the top soil.
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