Birding Holland in its present form was founded in 2007 by Pieter. He decided to make a website and offer guided birding through the internet, instead of only through friends or friends of friends as he had done before. Teus soon joined Pieter as a guide and in the beginning of 2008 a third birder, Remco, was added to the list of guides.
Menno (biography to follow) and Ben joined Birding Holland in 2010.
Pieter and Teus have been birding together since the early '90s. They have not only been birding in Holland, but abroad (Ecuador, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Oman, the Arab Emirates, USA and Canada to name a few) as well. On some trips (e.g. USA and Canada) they were accompanied by Remco as well.
Since '98 all three have been guiding birders from all over the world in Holland, sometimes alone, sometimes together, showing them the birding highlights.
Pieter was born in October 1969 and lives in a town close to Leiden, the Netherlands. He started birdwatching around the age of 7 when he noticed a lot of birds he had never seen before on a family walk in the Oostvaardersplassen.
After a brief interruption during high school he picked up birding again in 1991, trying to see as many birds as possible in Holland and since '96 he has been birding abroad. Since then he has birded all around the world, visiting all 7 continents and countries like Uganda, South Africa, Peru, Argentina, Australia, Svalbard and Costa Rica, resulting in a lifelist of well over 3000 birds.
Pieter also runs Inezia Tours, a travel agency for birding and wildlife tours and polar expedition cruises. He has developed birding tours to e.g. Antarctica, the Falklands, Brazil, Chile, Peru, Ecuador and Uganda.
Birding in Holland is a wonderful experience and if you want an experienced guide to accompany you, Pieter would be happy to show you the birds of Holland.