Shifting Baseline Syndrome

Map displaying counts of waders (black-tailed godwit, lapwing, ruff and redshank) in the Kievitslanden wader reserve near Dronten in the spring of 1973. Created by J. Rooth, scale 1:2500, original format 65x75cm. Printed copy. This map depicting bird counts in the Kievitslanden bird reserve was included with a research report by L. Stockmann, published in

Source: Ornithologia Neerlandica: de vogels van Nederland / Eduard Daniel van Oort, Gerrit Anton Brouwer, geïllustreerd door Marinus Adrianus Koekkoek. ‘s-Gravenhage: Nijhoff, 1922-1935. Available online at the Biodiversity Heritage Library. The Ornithologia Neerlandica – De Vogels van Nederland – is a work of five volumes. It was written by Prof. E.D. van Oort (1876-1933) and illustrated by

Source: Het vogeljaar. Nederlandsche vogels in hun leven geschetst / Jac. P. Thijsse, Amsterdam: W. Versluys, 1913, 2e dr. The renowned bird and nature photographer Alphonse Burdet, a good friend of Thijsse, took this photo of a stone curlew near Bloemendaal that was included in the second edition of Het Vogeljaar (‘Birds throughout the year’).

The cuckoo, in the second volume of Onze vogels in huis en tuin / Johannes Gerardus Keulemans. Leiden: P.W.M. Trap, 1869-1876. See the digital version at Biodiversity Heritage Library. In addition to native bird species, the three-volume work Onze vogels in huis en tuin (‘Our birds of the home and garden’), written and illustrated by J.G.

Source: De vogels van Nederland / Hermann Schlegel. The dune habitat with illustrations of bird species such as the stone curlew, crested lark and tawny pipit that are now extremely rare in the Netherlands. (photos in the Schlegel brochure) From: De vogels van Nederland / H Schlegel, 2e herz. dr in Natuurlijke historie van Nederland,

De Eijeren zyn zoo goed als die der Kievit, en de GRUTTO’S zelf zyn eene lekkerny. In English: ‘The eggs are as delicious as those of the lapwing and the godwit itself is a delicacy.’ From: Nederlandsche vogelen volgens hunne huishouding, aert en eigenschappen beschreeven / Cornelis Nozeman 1720-1786, Christiaan Sepp ca. 1720-1775, en anderen.