Een succesvol broedgeval van de Duinpieper Anthus campestris in Drenthe

An isolated sand dune in the northern Netherlands (Aekingerzand, 100 ha in 1989) was enlarged to an area of 1.5x1.5 km in the mid-1990s by cutting woodland and removing humus. This area became occupied by a pair of Tawny Pipits in 1997, which produced three fledglings. This was the first successful breeding case in Drenthe since at least 50 years, although a solitary male had been recorded in the area in 1989,