Spying Common Tern, Hengforderwaarden, Holland Stock Image

To lowering the floodplains north of the city of Deventer new channels will give the IJssel more room to hold high water. So the water flows into the ponds of the Hengforderwaarden. The dynamics of changing water levels has created a valuable natural river habitat with many birds like this common tern. The common tern Sterna hirundo is an agile flyer, capable of rapid turns and swoops, hovering, and vertical take-off.