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by Jéan van Marcke
Ornithology, the study of birds, is a hobby many people enjoy, and why not - it's a relatively inexpensive hobby and all you need to do is spot, photograph and document different types of birds. So, when I was asked to write something about Kelderhof, I thought to myself, "We have quite a wide variety of bird species on site, I'll just take some pictures and make all the amateur ornithologists out there happy." Not that easy, as I discovered! I know we have a breeding pair of Fish eagles that nest in the trees just on the other side of our North-West fence. I have seen them plenty of times – I promise! Besides them, plenty of Swallows, Herons, Cranes and even Falcons visit the site all the time.
The problem is, I suspect, as soon as I decided to take some nice photographs of the birds they all decided to hide. And they told their friends to hide. So to all budding ornithologist/owners out there, I have only this advice for you: come, build your houses and live on the estate. Trust me, there are plenty of birds to look at.
In the mean time we are hard at work with the pre-winter clean-up. The tractor is busy with the plot clearing and our in-house staff are sweeping roads to make sure everything looks spick and span.
On the construction side, things are picking up nicely. There are currently sixteen houses under construction and six completed on site and we are on track to have forty completed homes by year-end. Sales are also going well and the Sales Team is very busy showing prospective clients around and convincing them of what we already know - Kelderhof is a great place to live...and spot some birds!
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