Dune landscape and view of De Slufter and the North Sea on Texel. One of the Dutch Wadden Islands. Watercolour on paper by Dutch illustrator, artist and writer Hans Sturris, painted in 1992.

Illustration from a series of watercolour paintings made on the island.

The Slufter is a unique area open to the North Sea. After several unsuccessful attempts to turn it into an agricultural polder, it was decided at the beginning of the 20th century to leave the sea channel open. The Slufter area consists of a creek system that sometimes floods after a storm. You will find salt-tolerant plants such as saltmarsh, glasswort, the fragrant sea wormwood and sea lavender, whose flowers turn the whole area purple in summer.

Most of De Slufter is managed as a bird breeding and roosting area. Only the southern part is freely accessible. You can follow the path from the Sluftertrap to the beach. Many birds breed in the northern part, such as eider duck, shelduck and avocet. Sea creatures such as crabs, shrimps and flatfish live in the Sluftergeul. (Text taken from the website of the National Park “Dunes of Texel”)Zicht op natuurgebied De Slufter op Texel. Een van de Nederlandse waddeneilanden.

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