Grey Heron

① memo 20181019 ~ Grey Heron ~ Heron (Ardea cinerea) profiting from fish appearing on the shore of ditches with cleaning and dredging the waterways in the polders around Alphen in Holland. Slow-motion , 10 x , with iPhone X.

Dredging & Cleaning Polder Waterways

① memo 20181018 ~ Dredging & Cleaning Polder Waterways ~ Dredging and cleaning ditches and larger waterways – trying to make up for backlog these months – in the polders around Alphen , for water management , flood control – commissioned by The Rijnland District Water Control Board ( Hoogheemraadschap van Rijnland ) – the oldest water board of the Netherlands .

Dredging Dutch Ditches

① memo 20181016 ~ Dredging Dutch Ditches ~ Dredging ditches and larger waterways – trying to make up for backlog these months – in the polders around Alphen , for water management , flood control – commissioned by The Rijnland District Water Control Board ( Hoogheemraadschap van Rijnland ) – the oldest water board of the Netherlands .

Flood Aware

① memo 20181006 ~ Flood Aware ~ Repairing and strengthening the dikes started this week here around Alphen , some 20 feet (6 meter) below sea level , in the Rhine-Meuse river delta of Holland