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Wednesday, May 1st, 2024

Niederlande [5102_1_05s]
 1 
Common Kingfisher 
Niederlande [4402_2_16n]
 1 
Common Kingfisher 
Piasek W PL [3051_1_12n]
 1 
Common Merganser 
 1 
Common Sandpiper 
 2 
Little Terns 
 × 
Common Terns 
Polen [2852_3_34s]
 1 
Eurasian Wryneck 
Belgien [5402_3_34n]
 1 
Wood Warbler 
Brickeln [1921_3_54n]
 1 
White Stork 
Brunsbüttel: Bodenentnahme Mühlenstraßen-Groden (FD72)
 1 
Common Cuckoo 
Brunsbüttel: Altenhafen Außendeichsgebiet und Elbufer bei Altenhafen
 1 
Common Redstart 
 3 
Northern Wheatears 
Burg (Dithmarschen) [1921_4_57s]
 1 
White Stork 
Busenwurth [1920_3_33n]
 1 
White-tailed Eagle 
Büsum: Teiche westlich Hafentörn (FD44)
 1 
Wood Warbler 
Eidersperrwerk Süd
 ≥1-6 
Mediterranean Gulls 
 
Elbe: Brunsbüttel, Fähranleger [2120_2_06s]
 7 
Common Sandpipers 
 3 
Northern Wheatears 
Elbufer Mühlenstrassen (bis Fähranleger Elbe-Ferry)
 1 
Common Cuckoo 
 1 
European Stonechat 
Friedrichskoog-Hafen/ Vorland Dieksanderkoog Nord (VD41) [1919_3_53s]
 2 
Northern Wheatears 
Großenrade nördlich [1921_3_44n]
 2 
Canada Geese 
 2 
White Storks 
 1 
Red Kite 
Großenrade westlich [1921_3_43s]
 5 
White Storks 
 ≥20 
Lesser Black-backed Gulls 
Hochdonn [1921_4_48s]
 2 
White Storks 
Hochdonn [1921_4_58n]
 1 
White Stork 
Meldorf [1920_1_04s]
 7 
White Storks 
Meldorfer Speicherkoog N (FD1) [1819_4_47n]
 8 
Eurasian Spoonbills 
 1 
Eurasian Hobby 
 1 
Little Ringed Plover 
 ≥2 
Wood Sandpipers 
 1-2 
Little Stints 
 ~1-100 
Little Gulls 
 
 ≥4-17 
Black Terns 
 
 1 
Northern Wheatear 
Meldorfer Hafen [1920_1_02n]
 1 
Western Osprey 
 × 
Western Yellow Wagtails, unidentified 
Meldorfer Speicherkoog N (FD1) [1819_4_47s]
 1 
Montagu's Harrier 
Meldorfer Speicherkoog S: Feuchtgebiet im Nordwesten
 2 
Common Sandpipers 
Meldorfer Speicherkoog N: Odinsloch
 1 
Common Sandpiper 
 1 
Little Gull 
Meldorfer Speicherkoog N (FD1) [1919_2_19n]
 1 
Common Cuckoo 
Meldorfer Speicherkoog S (FD2) [1920_1_11s]
 1 
Ring Ouzel 
Meldorfer Speicherkoog N (FD1)/ Vorland [1819_4_57n]
 1 
Whinchat 
 5 
Northern Wheatears 
Neufeld [2020_3_52n]
 1 
Hen Harrier 
 1 
Common Sandpiper 
Neufelderkoog [2019_4_60s]
 3 
Gull-billed Terns 
Oesterdeichstrich [1819_1_24n]
 1 
White Stork 
Poppenwurth westlich [1719_4_59n]
 1 
Egyptian Goose 
Pütten Elpersbüttelerdeich
 1 
Savi's Warbler 
Trischen (IT)
 × 
Eurasian Spoonbills 
 2 
White-tailed Eagles 
 2 
Common Cranes 
 1 
Kentish Plover 
 ≥1 
Mediterranean Gull 
 × 
Little Terns 
 1 
Common Redstart 
 1 
Northern Wheatear 
Vorland Friedrichskoog Nord (VD3) [1919_3_34s]
 2 
Grey Partridges 
 ≥11 
Northern Wheatears 
Vorland Dieksanderkoog Süd (VD42)
 1 
White-tailed Eagle 
Vorland Dieksanderkoog Süd (VD42) [2019_1_03n]
 1 
Common Sandpiper 
 6 
Northern Wheatears 
Vorland Neufeld Ost (VD522) [2020_3_52s]
 2 
Mediterranean Gulls 
Vorland Neufeld Ost (VD522)
 2 
Mediterranean Gulls 
 2 
Gull-billed Terns 
 1-3 
Northern Wheatears 
Vorland Neufelderkoog (VD5211) [2119_2_09n]
 ≥6-20 
Gull-billed Terns 
 ≥4 
Northern Wheatears 
Vorland Neufelderkoog (VD5212) [2119_2_10n]
 1 
Gull-billed Tern 
Vorland Neufelderkoog (VD521)
 1 
Gull-billed Tern 
Vorland Meldorfer Speicherkoog N (VD21) [1919_2_07n]
 8 
Northern Wheatears 
Wesselburen [1719_4_56n]
 1 
Common Redstart 
Dummersdorfer Ufer: Stülper Huk
 1-2 
Common Ringed Plover 
 1 
Corn Bunting 
Dummersdorfer Ufer: Silkteich
 1 
Red-backed Shrike 
Dummersdorfer Ufer: Hirtenberg [2031_3_42s]
 2 
Wood Warblers 
 1 
Common Redstart 
Dummersdorfer Ufer: Hirtenberg
 1-2 
Corn Buntings 
Elbe-Lübeck-Kanal: Oberbüssau [2129_4_48s]
 1 
White-tailed Eagle 
Elbe-Lübeck-Kanal: nördl. Kronsforde [2129_4_58n]
 1 
Common Cuckoo 
Flughafen Blankensee
 1 
Western Marsh Harrier 
HL-Dänischburg [2030_3_55n]
 2 
Bluethroats 
HL-Dummersdorf [2030_4_60n]
 1 
Common Cuckoo 
HL-Kücknitz Nordost [2030_4_50s]
 1 
Common Cuckoo 
 2 
Red-backed Shrikes 
 1 
European Stonechat 
HL: A1 Abfahrt Genin [2129_4_49n]
 1 
Western Marsh Harrier 
 1 
Eurasian Sparrowhawk 
HL: Ausgleichsfläche A20
 1 
Little Grebe 
 2 
Red-necked Grebes 
HL: Dummersdorfer Ufer, Dummersdorf [2031_3_41s]
 1-2 
Red-backed Shrikes 
 1 
European Stonechat 
 1 
Common Nightingale 
 1 
Common Redstart 
HL: Dummerdorfer Ufer, Tierheim [2031_3_41n]
 1 
European Stonechat 
HL: Dummersdorfer Ufer NSG [2031_3_51n]
 1 
Common Redstart 
HL: Flugplatz Ost [2130_3_54s]
 1 
Common Cuckoo 
HL: Klughafen
 2 
Canada Geese 
HL: Spülfläche Stau
 24 
Common Shelducks 
 7 
Gadwalls 
 2 
Common Pochards 
Ivendorf Süd [2031_3_31s]
 2 
Common Redstarts 
Lauerholz Nordost [2130_2_06n]
 2 
Common Ringed Plover 
NSG "Südlicher Priwall"
 × 
Common Shelducks 
 1 
Garganey 
 2 
Great Egrets 
 8 
Little Ringed Plovers 
 8 
Spotted Redshanks 
 6 
Common Redshanks 
 2 
Common Greenshanks 
 × 
Wood Sandpipers 
 2 
Ruffs 
Schellbruch: Kleine Lagune West
 1 
Common Greenshank 
Schellbruch: Kleine Lagune Ost
 1 
Savi's Warbler 
Schellbruch: Heidenfelskoppel
 1 
Bluethroat 
 1 
Common Redstart 
Schellbruch: Große Lagune
 1 
Bluethroat 
Trave: Breitling [2130_2_07n]
 2 
Red-breasted Mergansers 
Trave: Dummersdorfer Ufer, Silk
 2 
Common Shelducks 
 2 
Red-breasted Mergansers 
 1 
Hen Harrier 
 1 
Eurasian Oystercatcher 
 1 
Common Ringed Plover 
 1-2 
Corn Buntings 
Trave: Dummersdorfer Ufer, Mitte [2031_3_52n]
 1 
Wood Warbler 
 1 
Common Nightingale 
 1 
Corn Bunting 
Trave: Schellbruch [2030_3_54s]
 2 
Common Sandpipers 
 1 
Bearded Reedling 
Wakenitz: Nordende bis Moltkebrücke
 4 
Common Terns 
Altenmoor [2223_1_24n]
 1 
Common Crane 
Altenmoor [2223_2_26n]
 2 
European Stonechats 
 27 
Common Redstarts 
Brake [2021_3_45n]
 1 
Common Cuckoo 
Breitenburger Moor: Südwest [2123_2_18n]
 2 
White-tailed Eagles 
Breitenburger Moor (Anstaufläche)
 10 
Little Gulls 
 ~20 
Black Terns 
Hohenfelder Moor: Nordost [2123_2_19s]
 23 
Canada Geese 
 10 
Common Shelducks 
 1 
Common Cuckoo 
Hohenfelder Moor: Nordwest [2123_2_18s]
 1 
Eurasian Hobby 
 34 
Common Cranes 
 1 
Red-backed Shrike 
Hohenfelde nördlich [2123_2_28s]
 1 
Common Cuckoo 
Hörner Au-Niederung: Meierhaus [2123_2_10n]
 1 
Bewick's Swan 
 4 
Common Shelducks 
 1 
Eurasian Hobby 
 1 
Common Cuckoo 
 1 
Whinchat 
 2 
European Stonechats 
Itzehoe [2022_4_50n]
 1 
Little Ringed Plover 
 3 
European Stonechats 
Kleiner Weg [2223_1_22n]
 1 
White Stork 
Kollmar [2223_1_23n]
 1 
Stock Dove 
Kollmar-Süd [2222_4_50n]
 2 
Eurasian Collared Doves 
Krückaumündung, Deichvorland NW
 2 
Egyptian Geese 
 1 
Western Osprey 
Krückaumündung [2223_3_42s]
 2 
Egyptian Geese 
 1 
European Stonechat 
Krückauwiesen / Störenhaus [2223_3_43s]
 1 
Red Kite 
NOK: Hochdonn bis Weiche Dückerswisch
 2 
White Storks 
NSG "Störkathener Heide"
 1 
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker 
Rethwisch [2123_2_27n]
 1 
Common Cuckoo 
Rhinplate Mitte [2222_1_15n]
 1 
Common Cuckoo 
Winseldorf [2023_4_38s]
 2 
White Storks 
 5 
European Stonechats 
Kiel: Düsternbrook West [1626_4_39s]
 1 
Mediterranean Gull 
Kiel: Marinearsenal
 5 
Canada Geese 
 4 
Egyptian Geese 
 2 
Common Sandpipers 
 × 
Lesser Black-backed Gulls 
 2 
Northern Wheatears 
Oberes Eidertal: südöstlich Rammsee
 1 
Western Marsh Harrier 
Russee
 ~15 
Little Gulls 
 ~13-20 
Black Terns 
 ~3-5 
Common Terns 
Russee-Drachensee Niederung
 1 
Common Cuckoo 
Adamsiel
 3 
Common Sandpipers 
 ~5-11 
Black Terns 
Ahrenshöft [1420_2_26s]
 1 
Egyptian Goose 
 1 
Ruddy Shelduck 
 2 
Common Goldeneyes 
Amrum-Nebel/ Steenodder Kliff [1316_3_33n]
 1 
Common Sandpiper 
Amrum-Nebel/ Süddorf [1316_3_32n]
 ≥2 
Eurasian Collared Doves 
Amrum-Nebel [1316_1_22n]
 1 
Northern Wheatear 
Amrum-Norddorf [1316_1_01n]
 ≥3 
Whinchats 
 ≥4 
Northern Wheatears 
Amrum-Süddorf, Kniepsand [1315_4_40s]
 2 
Common / Velvet Scoters 
 ≥2 
Little Terns 
Amrum-Wittdün [1316_3_43n]
 2 
Northern Wheatears 
Amrum: Dünen Wittdün (IA56)
 1 
White-tailed Eagle 
 1 
Stock Dove 
Amrum: Salzwiesen Norddorf (IA12)
 1 
White-tailed Eagle 
Beltringharder Koog: Pütte westlich Aarlau-Schleuse
 1 
Garganey 
 1-3 
Red-necked Grebes 
Beltringharder Koog: Lüttmoorsee (FN62)
 1 
Long-tailed Duck 
 15 
Black-necked Grebes 
Beltringharder Koog: Kleientnahme Süd Lüttmoordamm (FN632)
 × 
Common Goldeneyes 
 ≥2-4 
Black-necked Grebes 
 1 
Common Sandpiper 
 ≥4 
Little Gulls 
 ≥7 
Black Terns 
Beltringharder Koog (FN6) [1419_1_23n]
 2 
Red-breasted Mergansers 
 ≥2 
Kentish Plovers 
 2 
Wood Sandpipers 
Beltringharder Koog (FN6) [1419_2_26s]
 2 
Red-necked Grebes 
Beltringharder Koog (FN6)/ Arlauschleuse [1419_4_37n]
 1-2 
Red-necked Grebes 
 1 
Black-necked Grebe 
 1 
White-tailed Eagle 
 1 
Merlin 
Beltringharder Koog (FN6) [1419_1_04s]
 1 
Great Egret 
Beltringharder Koog: Kleientnahme Nord (FN631)
 1 
Great Egret 
Beltringharder Koog (FN6) [1419_4_36n]
 3 
White-tailed Eagles 
 20 
Kentish Plovers 
Beltringharder Koog (FN6)/ untere Arlauwiesen [1419_2_27s]
 1 
White-tailed Eagle 
 1 
Merlin 
 1 
Peregrine Falcon 
 1 
Whinchat 
 2 
Northern Wheatears 
Beltringharder Koog (FN6) [1419_4_37s]
 1-3 
White-tailed Eagles 
Beltringharder Koog: Feuchtwiesen Nord (FN63)
 1 
Merlin 
 5 
Little Stints 
Beltringharder Koog (FN6) [1419_1_15n]
 3 
Wood Sandpipers 
Beltringharder Koog (FN6) + Vorland [1419_1_23s]
 4 
Northern Wheatears 
Bohmstedt [1420_1_13n]
 1 
White Stork 
Bordelumer Heide [1319_2_28s]
 1 
Red Kite 
Bordelumer Heide Ost
 1 
Common Cuckoo 
Bredstedt: Mühlenteich
 1 
Common Sandpiper 
Föhr-Godelniederung (IF31) [1316_2_07n]
 × 
Little Terns 
Föhr-Nieblum [1316_2_09n]
 1 
Eurasian Hobby 
Föhr: Sörensvai-Vorland (IF11)
 ~6 
Little Terns 
Forst Langenberg Fischteichkette
 4 
Domestic Ducks (Bastard) 
 1 
Black Woodpecker 
Halebüll [1420_3_41s]
 2 
European Stonechats 
Hallig Hooge (IH6) Ockelützwarft-Kirchwarft Süd [1417_1_13s]
 2 
Pale-bellied Brant Geese 
Hallig Habel (IH4)
 2 
Eurasian Spoonbills 
Hallig Langeneß (IH1), Christianswarf [1317_4_37s]
 1-2 
Red-breasted Geese 
Hallig Langeneß (IH1), Ketelswarf [1317_4_36s]
 2 
Red-breasted Geese 
Hallig Langeneß (IH1), Honkenswarf [1317_4_38n]
 1 
Brant Goose (ssp. hrota), Pale-bellied 
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