Today we went to a forest close to where we live: Staelduinse Bos. On
our way we saw a mute swan couple with young so I stopped my bike and took
a photo.
Female mute swan, Cygnus olor, with young.
Before we entered the forest we had a short break in "De Bosrand"
(Literally: Edge of the forest), a restaurant.
Adam drawing a mushroom.
Adam had taken his sketchbook with him and he and his sister drew
mushrooms. Adam was looking forward to find actual mushrooms to
sketch.
A large snail resting on a tree. Photo taken by Adam.
Once in the forest we spotted large snails resting on trees. Alice and
Adam like snails a lot. Alice even keeps a pet snail.
Adam and Alice exploring.
While the children kept looking for mushrooms I kept looking for
butterflies, hoping to take a few nice photos of those insects.
A large snail on Adam's hand.
After some walking we reached the visitor's center which has a nice
garden. We walked the tracks keeping our eyes peeled for butterflies,
mushrooms etc. I did spot a large dragonfly but it was too skittish.
Ferns in the garden of the visitor's center.
After some more relaxing in the garden we walked back to our bikes. We
had a reservation for 4pm at the restaurant "De Bosrand" and got there
just a bit late. It was a great day with fantastic weather.
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