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Breeding success of Bewick’s Swans in 2022 – High proportion of juveniles at low total count
Rund um das Wochenende 17./18. Dezember 2022 fand die europaweite Erfassung des Jungvogelanteils beim Zwergschwan statt. In Deutschland konnte dabei ein Anteil von 19,1 % Jungvögel [...]
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Please note: Birds have become one year older!
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Breeding success of Bewick’s Swans in 2022: Please take part in the European census on December 17th/18th
  Am Wochenende 17./18. Dezember findet - wie schon in den vergangenen Jahren - eine europaweite Erfassung des Jungvogelanteils beim Zwergschwan statt. In den vergangenen [...]
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Wednesday, October 19th, 2022
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Parrot Crossbils on the move!
Die Brutverbreitung des Kiefernkreuzschnabels reicht von Nordost-Schottland über Fennoskandinavien bis nach Südwest-Sibirien. Kiefernkreuzschnäbel sind keine Zugvögel [...]

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Friday, March 24th, 2023

Niederlande [4901_1_24n]
 2 
Little Ringed Plovers 
Frankreich [8111_1_24n]
 2 
Green Sandpipers 
 ≥1-3 
Sand Martins 
 ≥1 
Water Pipit 
Brickeln [1921_3_54n]
 2 
White Storks 
Büsum [1819_3_43n]
 1 
Eurasian Woodcock 
Büsum [1819_3_33s]
 1 
Long-eared Owl 
ETS: Dellstedter Birkwildmoor, Ostermoor [1722_1_24n]
 2 
Common Redshanks 
Friedrichskoog: Hafen
 2 
Common Goldeneyes 
 4 
Eurasian Collared Doves 
Friedrichskoog-Hafen/ Vorland Dieksanderkoog Nord (VD41) [1919_3_53s]
 2 
Eurasian Collared Doves 
Meldorf [1920_1_05n]
 1 
Long-eared Owl 
Meldorfer Speicherkoog N: Kronenloch (FD131) (WVZ)
 15 
Common Goldeneyes 
 2 
Smews 
 5 
Little Grebes 
 1 
Red-necked Grebe 
Meldorfer Speicherkoog N: Ackerflächen S (FD132) (WVZ)
 10 
Common Goldeneyes 
 1 
White-tailed Eagle 
Meldorfer Speicherkoog N: Mielespeicher, Miele, Hafen und nördl. Schafweiden (FD12) (WVZ)
 1 
Common Goldeneye 
 1 
Smew 
 1 
White-tailed Eagle 
Meldorfer Speicherkoog N (FD1) [1919_2_09n]
 × 
Common Goldeneyes 
 ≥1 
Little Grebe 
Meldorfer Speicherkoog N: Odinsloch
 ≥1 
Little Ringed Plover 
 ≥3 
Black-tailed Godwits (ssp. islandica) 
Schafstedt [1921_2_18n]
 2 
White Storks 
Trischen (IT)
 ≥5 
Red-breasted Mergansers 
 ≥2 
Red-throated Loons 
 ≥10 
Eurasian Spoonbills 
 1 
White-tailed Eagle 
 1 
Eurasian Woodcock 
 1 
European Stonechat 
 3 
Snow Buntings 
Vorland Dieksanderkoog Nord (VD41)/ Spülfeld Friedrichskoog [1919_3_52s]
 1 
Black-legged Kittiwake 
Vorland Neufeld Ost (VD522)
 5 
Mediterranean Gulls 
Alte Schwartau [2030_3_54n]
 2 
European Stonechats 
HL-St. Jürgen: Gewerbegebiet Geniner Str. [2130_3_31n]
 × 
Common Mergansers 
 1 
Northern Goshawk 
Ivendorf Nord [2031_3_31n]
 1 
European Stonechat 
Schellbruch: Große Lagune
 ≥1 
Bearded Reedling 
 1 
Bluethroat 
Schellbruch: Medebekwiesen
 1 
European Stonechat 
 1 
Bluethroat 
Trave: Dassower See, Südwest [2031_3_55s]
 5 
Red-breasted Mergansers 
Trave: Dummersdorfer Ufer, Silk
 12 
Red-breasted Mergansers 
 3 
Eurasian Oystercatchers 
Breitenburger Moor (Anstaufläche)
 2 
Northern Pintails 
 ≥2 
Northern Shovelers 
Fitzbek Teich
 2 
White-tailed Eagles 
Hohenfelder Moor: Nordost [2123_2_19s]
 × 
Barnacle Geese 
 22 
Common Shelducks 
Hörner Au-Niederung: Meierhaus nördlich [2023_4_60s]
 48 
Tundra Swans 
Pulserberg [1923_1_13s]
 1 
White-tailed Eagle 
Winselmoor: Torfsee
 1 
Red-crested Pochard 
Kiel: Holtenau NOK [1626_2_19s]
 7 
Ruddy Turnstones 
Kleiner Kiel
 16 
Canada Geese 
 1 
Common Moorhen 
Schrevenpark
 3 
Lesser Black-backed Gulls 
Amrum-Nebel/ Steenodder Kliff [1316_3_33n]
 1 
Stock Dove 
 2 
Northern Wheatears 
Amrum-Nebel [1316_1_22s]
 1 
Eurasian Collared Dove 
 2 
European Stonechats 
Amrum: Salzwiesen Nebel + Steenodder Kliff (IA13)
 2 
European Stonechats 
Beltringharder Koog: Kleientnahme Süd Lüttmoordamm (FN632)
 5 
Smews 
 5 
Black-necked Grebes 
Beltringharder Koog (FN6) [1419_1_24s]
 ≥1-3 
Red-necked Grebes 
 
Beltringharder Koog (FN6) [1419_1_23n]
 18 
Black-necked Grebes 
 ≥2-4 
Kentish Plovers 
 
 10 
Horned Larks 
Bordelumer Heide Ost
 1 
Common Eider 
 1 
Water Rail 
 1 
Green Sandpiper 
 2 
Common Kingfishers 
Bordelum Ost [1319_4_37s]
 1 
Red Kite 
Föhr-Alkersum [1216_4_60n]
 1 
Northern Raven 
Galmsbüll [1218_1_13n]
 ≥10 
Horned Larks 
 ≥12 
Snow Buntings 
Galmsbüll [1218_1_13s]
 20 
Horned Larks 
Gotteskoogsee: Umgebung Beobachtungspunkt
 1 
Common Merganser 
 1 
Great Grey Shrike 
Hallig Hooge (IH6) gesamt
 1 
Peregrine Falcon 
 1 
Snow Bunting 
Hallig Hooge (IH6) Hanswarft-Klärteich [1417_1_14s]
 1 
Eurasian Woodcock 
Hallig Hooge (IH6) West [1417_1_11n]
 1 
Eurasian Woodcock 
Hallig Langeneß (IH1), Peterswarf [1317_4_39n]
 8 
Red-breasted Mergansers 
Hattstedtermarsch [1419_2_28n]
 1 
White-tailed Eagle 
Hattstedtermarsch [1419_4_38n]
 1 
European Stonechat 
Hauke-Haien-Koog Südbecken (FN33) [1318_2_18s]
 3 
Hen Harriers 
Hauke-Haien-Koog Nordbecken (FN31)/ Mittelbecken [1318_2_06s]
 2 
Common Redstarts 
Husum [1520_1_14s]
 7 
Tundra Swans 
Husum, Dockkoog/ Porrenkoog [1520_1_12n]
 1 
European Stonechat 
Katinger Watt: Katinger Priel Nord (EE142)
 1 
Egyptian Goose 
 1 
Common Goldeneye 
 1 
Smew 
 1 
Great Egret 
 1-3 
White-tailed Eagles 
Langeneß: Halligfläche östlich Ridd (IH113)
 1 
Brant Goose (ssp. nigricans), Black 
Langeneß: Westspitze (IH112)
 1 
European Stonechat 
Leck [1219_2_18s]
 1 
Northern Raven 
Löwenstedt [1321_3_33n]
 2 
Common Shelducks 
Sylt-Hörnum [1215_2_28n]
 1 
European Stonechat 
Sylt-Ost, Morsumkliff [1116_2_18n]
 2 
Bearded Reedlings 
Sylt: Westerland-Seawatching (ca. 210° - 350°, bis 10 km Sichtweite)
 2 
Northern Gannets 
 1 
Parasitic Jaeger 
 1 
Mediterranean Gull 
Vorland F-W-Lübke-Koog Süd (VN212) [1117_4_37s]
 1 
Little Egret 
Vorland Marienkoog (VN221) [1218_1_12s]
 1 
Stock Dove 
 25 
Horned Larks 
Vorland Marienkoog (VN221) [1218_1_01n]
 1 
Northern Raven 
Vorland Neugalmsbüllkoog (VN222) [1218_3_33n]
 8 
Horned Larks 
 1 
Northern Wheatear 
Vorland Neugalmsbüllkoog (VN222) [1218_1_23s]
 4 
European Stonechats 
Bocksberg [2327_1_12s]
 1 
Northern Raven 
Feldmark O Wulksfelde (Alster) [2226_4_48s]
 2 
European Stonechats 
Gut Jersbek [2227_3_34n]
 1 
Red Kite 
Neverstaven [2127_4_46n]
 1 
Middle Spotted Woodpecker 
Böbs [2029_2_18n]
 2 
Canada Geese 
Fehmarn: Flügge [1532_1_21s]
 ≥26 
Gadwalls 
 1 
Garganey 
 1 
Northern Shoveler 
 1 
Red Kite 
 1 
Common Redshank 
Fehmarn: Fastensee [1432_3_53n]
 1 
Hen Harrier 
Fehmarn: Flügger Leuchtfeuer
 1 
White-tailed Eagle 
Fehmarn: Flügger Leuchtfeuer [1532_3_32n]
 5 
Common Redshanks 
Fehmarn: Dänschendorf-Nord [1432_4_56s]
 2 
Eurasian Collared Doves 
Fehmarn: Bojendorf nordwestlich [1532_1_02n]
 1 
Little Owl 
Fehmarn: neues Gewässer südlich Fastensee
 ≥2 
European Stonechats 
Graben südlich Fastensee
 ≥26 
Ruffs 
Hemmelsdorfer See (gesamt)
 1 
Eurasian Oystercatcher 
Kuhlsee Gleschendorf
 4 
Canada Geese 
 6 
Smews 
 21 
Common Mergansers 
NSG Nördl. Seeniederung: Dreiecksfläche südlich Fastensee
 29 
Common Ringed Plover 
 6 
Common Redshanks 
Ostsee: Fehmarn, Krummsteert [1532_3_32s]
 5 
Eurasian Oystercatchers 
 2 
Pied Avocets 
Ostsee: Fehmarn, Wallnau N [1532_1_01s]
 ≥3 
Bearded Reedlings 
 1 
Eurasian Rock Pipit 
 1 
Grey Wagtail 
Ratekau Nordost [2030_1_25s]
 2 
Northern Shovelers 
 1 
White-tailed Eagle 
Schilf südlich Wallnau (Deepenhusen)
 1 
Eurasian Bittern 
Sieversdorf [1729_3_54s]
 2 
White-tailed Eagles 
Wallnau N [1532_1_02s]
 1 
White-tailed Eagle 
 1 
Common Moorhen 
Wallnau Nord
 4 
Common Moorhens 
 3 
Eurasian Oystercatchers 
 ≥64 
Pied Avocets 
 ≥43 
Eurasian Curlews 
 3 
Black-tailed Godwits 
 10 
Common Redshanks 
Borstel-Hohenraden [2224_4_60s]
 2 
White Storks 
Elmshorn [2223_2_30s]
 3 
Eurasian Oystercatchers 
Happelbachwiesen [2324_3_33s]
 1 
European Stonechat 
Haseldorfer Marsch und Hafen [2323_3_35s]
 1 
White-tailed Eagle 
Hörner Au-Niederung [2124_1_12n]
 508 
Tundra Swans 
 
Osterhorn nordöstlich [2124_1_13n]
 148 
Tundra Swans 
Pinnauniederung O Renzel [2225_3_43s]
 2 
Canada Geese 
Renzel [2225_3_42s]
 1 
White Stork 
Tornesch [2324_1_03n]
 2 
Eurasian Oystercatchers 
Wedel mit Geestkante [2424_1_02s]
 1 
White-tailed Eagle 
 1 
Northern Raven 
 1 
European Stonechat 
Wedeler Autal
 2 
European Stonechats 
Hohwachter Bucht: Waterneverstorf-Möhlenkamp [1629_4_47n]
 1 
Red Kite 
 
Kleiner Binnensee: Wiesenweiher
 6 
Canada Geese 
Kleiner Binnensee
 ≥20 
Common Shelducks 
 ≥10 
Gadwalls 
 3 
Northern Pintails 
Kleiner Binnensee: Stiftungswiesen
 1 
Peregrine Falcon 
Krokau [1528_3_51s]
 × 
Tundra Swans 
Lammershagen: Gutsteich
 2 
Green Sandpipers 
 
Mönkeberger See
 2 
Canada Geese 
Plön Düvelsbrook [1828_2_16s]
 2 
Great Black-backed Gull 
Pohnsdorfer Stauung: Mittelpolder
 × 
Canada Geese 
 1 
Smew 
 1 
Water Rail 
Pohnsdorfer Stauung: Ostpolder
 3 
Smews 
 1 
Little Grebe 
Pohnsdorfer Stauung gesamt
 1 
Eurasian Sparrowhawk 
Raisdorf: Süd, Klosterweiher [1727_1_15n]
 × 
Tundra Swans 
Schüttbrehm (Forst)
 × 
White-tailed Eagles 
 × 
Stock Doves 
 3 
European Green Woodpeckers 
SP-SH-008 (6)
 1 
Stock Dove 
SP-SH-008 (15)
 3 
Stock Doves 
 1 
European Green Woodpecker 
 1 
Middle Spotted Woodpecker 
SP-SH-008 (2)
 1 
European Green Woodpecker 
SP-SH-008 (4)
 1 
European Green Woodpecker 
SP-SH-008 (12)
 1 
Middle Spotted Woodpecker 
Trammer See: Grote Warder
 2 
Eurasian Oystercatchers 
Trentsee
 1 
Red-crested Pochard 
 2 
Smews 
Alt Duvenstedt West [1623_2_29n]
 2 
White Storks 
Altenkattbek [1724_3_42n]
 1 
White Stork 
Aukrug Innien-Süd [1924_2_18n]
 2 
Red Kites 
Bargstedt [1824_2_17s]
 1 
White Stork 
Beringstedt südwestlich [1823_3_52s]
 1 
Red Kite 
Bitternbek [1924_1_13s]
 2 
Eurasian Curlews 
Brammer [1724_4_56s]
 2 
White Storks 
Büdelsdorf: Karlshütte [1624_3_51n]
 6 
Lesser Black-backed Gulls 
Dellbrück [1823_4_39s]
 2 
Red Kites 
Deutsch Nienhof Teich westlich
 1 
Little Grebe 
 1 
Eurasian Woodcock 
 1 
Common Kingfisher 
Fischerberg [1526_2_16n]
 2 
Red Kites 
Gnutz [1824_4_40s]
 1 
White Stork 
Großes Moor: Staufläche
 2 
Canada Geese 
 ≥14 
Common Shelducks 
 2 
Northern Shovelers 
 2 
Common Mergansers 
Katzheide Nordost [1724_4_46s]
 1 
Red Kite 
Langwedeler Holz [1725_4_49s]
 2 
White-tailed Eagles 
Oha östlich [1722_2_10s]
 1 
Red Kite 
Osterstedt [1823_3_55n]
 1 
White Stork 
Rendsburg Klint [1723_2_09n]
 2 
Eurasian Oystercatchers 
Rendsburg Südwest [1723_2_10n]
 1 
Lesser Black-backed Gull 
Schinkelerwohld Fuhlenrühe [1625_2_27n]
 1 
Long-eared Owl 
Sören (Wald): Nordostteil
 1 
White-tailed Eagle 
Surendorf südöstlich [1526_2_16s]
 1 
Red Kite 
Warder [1725_3_54n]
 1 
Eurasian Sparrowhawk 
Wildes Moor Ausguck
 1 
White Stork 
 1 
European Stonechat 
Grabau [2429_3_52n]
 3 
Northern Ravens 
Alsterniederung bei Fahrenhorst [2226_2_16s]
 1 
Red Kite 
 2 
Eurasian Curlews 
Hamdorf südöstlich Brandsau [2027_2_18n]
 10 
Canada Geese 
 4 
Common Shelducks 
 1 
White-tailed Eagle 
Negernbötel [2027_2_06s]
 1 
Great Grey Shrike 
Oberalsterniederung: östl. Weiße Brücke
 2 
Whooper Swans 
Struvenhütten [2126_1_24n]
 1 
Red Kite 
Wittmoor O Rhen [2226_1_22s]
 1 
Red Kite 
ETS: Alte Sorge Schleife [1621_2_30s]
 4 
Common Shelducks 
 2 
Northern Shovelers 
 1 
Harrier, unidentified 
 ≥2 
Common Redshanks 
ETS: Colsrakmoor-Meggerkoog [1622_1_22s]
 ≥100 
Tundra Swans 
ETS: Meggerkoog [1622_3_33n]
 ~40 
Tundra Swans 
Stiftungsland Schäferhaus Nord
 1 
Great Grey Shrike 
Allermöhe [2526_2_08s]
 1 
Yellow-legged Gull 
Allermöhe - Landschaftskorridor [2526_2_09s]
 1 
Eurasian Bullfinch 
Alster, Teetzpark
 8 
Canada Geese 
Bergedorf [2527_1_03s]
 4 
Hooded Crows 
Borghorst, Neuer Priel
 1 
Common Kingfisher 
Eichtalpark
 1 
Northern Shoveler 
 
 1 
Common Kingfisher 
Fünfhausen - Sandbrack / Seefelder Seen [2526_4_39n]
 8 
Canada Geese 
 1 
Great Egret 
Hausbrucher Moor [2525_1_03s]
 2 
Canada Geese 
 1 
Marsh Tit 
Helmuth-Schack-See
 ≥10 
Canada Geese 
Kalte Hofe
 1 
Red-crested Pochard 
Kirchwerder (Angelteiche) / Gose Elbe [2526_2_30s]
 1 
Canada Goose 
 1-2 
White Storks 
 2 
Common Cranes 
 1 
European Green Woodpecker 
Kirchwerder (Sandbrack) [2526_2_29s]
 2 
Egyptian Geese 
 1 
Marsh Tit 
Klövensteen und Rissener Feldmark [2324_4_57n]
 2 
Egyptian Geese 
 1 
Northern Raven 
 1-2 
European Stonechats 
Moorgürtel - Dritte Meile [2524_2_10s]
 2 
Common Cranes 
Moorgürtel - Dritte Meile [2524_2_10n]
 1 
European Stonechat 
Nettelnburg [2527_1_02s]
 2 
Eurasian Bullfinches 
Neuengamme [2527_1_21n]
 3 
Great Egrets 
 1 
White Stork 
Neuengammer Durchstich [2527_1_21s]
 2 
Northern Ravens 
 1 
Whinchat 
Neuwerk: Innengroden
 2 
Red-breasted Geese 
 2 
Egyptian Geese 
Neuwerk: Nationalparkhaus
 2 
Egyptian Geese 
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