Overview of national parks

• De Alde Feanen
• Fenland (almost 4,000 hectares)
• 450 species of plant and 100 species of bird have been counted
• Nationaal Park De Alde Feanen

De Biesbosch

• Former sweet water tidal area (approx 9,000 hectares)
• Exceptional species: beavers, kingfishers, 300 species of moth
• Nationaal Park De Biesbosch
• De Biesbosch, Staatsbosbeheer

Drents-Friese Wold

• Aeolian dunes with woodlands and fens (well over 6,000 hectares)
• Exceptional species: oblong-leaved sundew, the European Pine Marten, Stoats
• Nationaal Park Drents-Friese Wold
• Drents-Friese Wold, Staatsbosbeheer

Drentsche Aa

• Brook valley landscape of the Aa brook (10,600 hectares)
• Exceptional species: banded demoiselle, black rampion, orchids
• Nationaal Park Drentsche Aa
• Drentsche Aa, Staatsbosbeheer

Dunes on Texel

• Extensive sea dunes with wet dune slacks (4,300 hectares)
• Exceptional species: Spoonbills, Eider ducks, pimpernel, bog star
• Nationaal Park Duinen van Texel
• Duinen van Texel, Staatsbosbeheer

Dwingelderveld

• Heathlands (3,000 hectares)
• Exceptional species: 217 species of bird in 2007 of which 116 species of breeding birds, many reptiles and amphibians
• Nationaal Park Dwingelderveld

Dwingelderveld, Staatsbosbeheer

• De Groote Peel
• Raised bog (almost 1,500 hectares)
• Exceptional species: bog rosemary, marsh club moss, Cranes, great grey shrike
• Nationaal Park Groote Peel

De Groote Peel, Staatsbosbeheer

• De Hoge Veluwe
• Grass and heathlands, woodlands (approx. 5,400 hectares).
• Exceptional species: common juniper, dodder, viper’s grass, black grouse, large mammals such as Mouflon sheep, badgers, wild boar.
• Nationaal Park De Hoge Veluwe

Lauwersmeer

• Former inland sea with reed beds and young woodland (approx. 6,000 hectares).
• Exceptional species: sand martins, bearded reedling, sea aster, marsh hellborine.
• Nationaal Park Lauwersmeer
• Lauwersmeer, Staatsbosbeheer

De Loonse en Drunense Duinen

• Large living Aeolian sand area (approx. 3,500 hectares)
• Exceptional species: pioneer vegetation such as lichens and grey-hair grass, badgers, tree frogs and slow worms.
• Nationaal Park De Loonse en Drunense Duinen

De Maasduinen

• River dunes (approx. 4.500 hectares)
• Exceptional species: nine species of bat, natterjack toad, moor frog
• Nationaal Park De Maasduinen
• De Maasduinen, Staatsbosbeheer

De Meinweg

• Terraced landscape (approx. 1,600 hectares)
• Exceptional species: adders, many species of dragonflies, butterflies and moths, round-leaf sundew, bog myrtle, bog asphodel
• Nationaal Park De Meinweg
• De Meinweg, Staatsbosbeheer

Oosterschelde

• Tidal waters with salt marshes, mudflats and sand flats (37,000 hectares)
• Exceptional species: sea lavender, glasswort, seals, harbour porpoises, many species of fish and molluscs
• Nationaal Park Oosterschelde

De Sallandse Heuvelrug

• Ice-pushed ridge with woodlands and heath (approx. 3,000 hectares)
• Exceptional species: black grouse, nightjar, Solomon’s leaf, false lily of the valley
• Nationaal Park De Sallandse Heuvelrug
• De Sallandse Heuvelrug, Staatsbosbeheer

Schiermonnikoog

• Wadden island which shifts due to tidal action (approx. 5,400 hectares)
• Exceptional species: black-crowned night heron, velvet scoter, rock samphire, early sandgrass
• Nationaal Park Schiermonnikoog

Utrechtse Heuvelrug

• Varied cultivated landscape (approx. 6,000 hectares)
• Exceptional species: wood anemone, marsh gentian, osprey, corncrake, little bittern
• Nationaal Park Utrechtse Heuvelrug
• Staatsbosbeheer in Nationaal Park Utrechtse Heuvelrug: Noord en Zuid.

Veluwezoom

• Sandy soils and former country estates (approx. 5,000 hectares)
• Exceptional species: 400 species of butterflies, fallow deer, foxes
• Nationaal Park Veluwezoom

Weerribben-Wieden

• Marsh area (approx. 3,500 hectares)
• Exceptional species: fish otters, purple heron, Eurasian woodcock, royal fern, large marsh grasshopper.
• Nationaal Park Weerribben-Wieden
• Weerribben, Staatsbosbeheer

Grenspark De Zoom Kalmthoutse Heide

• Woodland, heathland fens and Aeolian sands (approx. 3,750 hectares)
• Exceptional species: smooth snake, nightjar, woodlark, bog asphodel, common tormentil
• Nationaal Park Grenspark De Zoom Kalmthoutse Heide
• Staatsbosbeheer manages at Grenspark De Zoom Kalmthoutse Heide: De Brabantse Wal

Zuid-Kennemerland

• Beach, dune woodlands and country estates (approx. 3,800 hectares)
• Exceptional species: bog star, dune oak woods, stonechat, winchat, sand lizard
• Nationaal Park Zuid-Kennemerland
• Zuid-Kennemerland, Staatsbosbeheer