Flamingo flock moves into Zeeland
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A colony of about 50 flamingos has moved into the Grevelingenmeer in Zeeland for the winter rather than moving on to warmer climes in Africa.
The group of distinctive pink birds is known to breed just over the border in Germany and appears to have moved north to the Netherlands because the lake contains just enough salt to stop it freezing.
‘The Grevelingenmeer is very suitable for them because they can find sufficient crabs and shrimp,’ William van der Hulle, of the Dutch forestry commission, told BNR radio.
Flamingos are regular visitors to the lake but never in such large numbers, he said.
Bijzonder! Gewoon in Nederland, flamingo’s op het Grevelingenmeer. #flamingos #grevelingenmeer pic.twitter.com/shakNXx3Ko”
— ineke zonneveld (@inekezonneveld) March 14, 2015
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