The life of the animals near the coast is not easy at all. The storm combining with the tide is a struggle for them. This also what happens with wildlife animals living on the Dutch coast. Artistic wildlife photographer Ruurd Jelle van der Leij spent 7 years capturing the coast and animals dwelling in here during the tides and storms. Both humans and animals become fragile in front of natural disasters. Here are 30 best photos that the photographer has taken, and hope that, they will give you a better understanding of what animals experiences during storms and tides.
There are many scenes to be captured in Ruurd Jelle’s photos. A rat that swims in the water, a hare that runs onto a higher land, a fox that makes it to a fence but not the coast, leaving him to hang on to life for an hour. They all describe the real life of the animals living on the coast. Let’s scroll down to see more!
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Silence before the storm
Same area during the flood
The edge of the salt marsh and the sea
Storm hits the coast
Water entering the salt marsh
The fox has made it to the fence and is now hanging on
A short-eared owl has to leave the area
Sadly, it gets caught in mid-air by a great black-backed gull
The moment hares have to decide to swim across
They are actually excellent swimmers
The hare made it to higher land and is now safe
Gannet out at sea
Vole waiting for water levels to drop
Roe deer
Harvest mouse made it
Rat race
Detail of death
Sand traveling in the storm shaping the landscape
Sand covering a grey seals paw
Eider (duck) losing the nest
Sanderlings in a star restaurant
Skua with a dead gull
Sanderling standing on top of a jellyfish
