Blog Archive for June 2010
The Backyard
- June 26, 2010
- Underwater Photography
Every year when the water temperature reaches 12 degrees Celsius, several cephalopod species start to arrive in the shallow waters of the Oosterschelde (Eastern Scheldt), an estuary in the south of the Netherlands: the reproductive season has arrived. Especially the spawning of the Common cuttlefish Sepia officinalis is, by all accounts, a spectacular event to witness.
Killer Whale Spotting in the Wadden Sea
- June 23, 2010
- Biology and Conservation
Today I saw a killer whale for the first time, and it was in the last place where I would have expected it: the Wadden Sea, the Netherlands!
