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Sunday, May 19th, 2024

Polen [2852_3_34s]
 1 
Thrush Nightingale 
Klein Nordende [2224_3_41n]
 1 
Western Barn Owl 
Juist: Loog (Siedlung)
 1 
Western Barn Owl 
 1 
Common Nightingale 
Gö.-Weende [4425_2_17n]
 2 
Common Nightingales 
"Nasses Dreieck" südlich Mittelarm
 1 
Common Quail 
Fischerhuder Wümmeniederung [2819_4_50s]
 1 
Common Quail 
Ausdeichung Obere Oerenstreekwiesen [2819_4]
 ≥1 
Spotted Crake 
Zossener Heide [3847_1_03s]
 1 
Boreal Owl 
 3 
European Nightjars 
Fiddichower Polder 10 Nord [2852_3_33n]
 1 
Corn Crake 
Fiddichower Polder 10 Nord [2852_3_42n]
 1 
Thrush Nightingale 
Fiddichower Polder 10 Nord [2852_3_32s]
 1 
Thrush Nightingale 
Gatow N [2852_3_41s]
 1 
Bluethroat 
Gutmundsee
 1 
Corn Crake 
 2 
Bluethroats 
Herrenwerder
 1 
Bluethroat 
Schwedter Querfahrt SW
 1 
Thrush Nightingale 
Welsensee im Polder 10
 1 
Thrush Nightingale 
Urmitz [5511_3_52n]
 1 
Common Nightingale 
Eitelborn [5612_1_13n]
 1 
Common Nightingale 
Fensterbach [6538_3_51s]
 2 
Little Ringed Plovers 

Saturday, May 18th, 2024

Niederlande [3906_3_33s]
 ≥36 
Barnacle Geese 
 1 
Common Quail 
 1 
Little Ringed Plover 
 2 
Eurasian Curlews 
 2 
European Stonechats 
Niederlande [4006_3_55n]
 1 
European Honey Buzzard 
 1 
Short-toed Snake Eagle 
 1 
Eurasian Hobby 
 1 
Common Cuckoo 
 1 
River Warbler 
Niederlande// Meinweg HS [4802_2_30n]
 1 
Common Cuckoo 
Niederlande [4802_2_19s]
 2 
Woodlarks 
 2 
European Stonechats 
Piasek W PL [3051_1_12n]
 1 
White-tailed Eagle 
 1 
Little Tern 
FL-Duburg [1222_2_06n]
 1 
Peregrine Falcon 
FL-Mürwik [1122_4_58n]
 2 
Lesser Black-backed Gulls 
FL-Twedterfeld [1122_4_60n]
 1 
Common Cuckoo 
Büsumer Deichhausen [1819_3_34s]
 1 
Common Cuckoo 
Eidersperrwerk Süd [1719_1_21n]
 1 
Little Gull 
Eidersperrwerk Süd
 ≥1-10 
Mediterranean Gulls 
Elbmündung, offshore [2017_1_15s]
 5 
European Honey Buzzards 
Fieler Moor Nordwest [1820_2_28n]
 1 
Common Cuckoo 
 1 
Sedge Warbler 
Großenrade nördlich [1921_3_44n]
 2 
White Storks 
Hemmingstedt [1820_2_28s]
 1 
Bluethroat 
Meldorfer Speicherkoog N (FD1) [1919_2_08n]
 2 
Black-necked Grebes 
 1 
Common Nightingale 
Meldorfer Speicherkoog N: Wöhrdener Loch (FD11)
 1 
Black-necked Grebe 
 1 
Hen Harrier 
 ≥16 
Little Stints 
 ~100 
Little Gulls 
Meldorfer Speicherkoog N (FD1) [1919_2_09n]
 3 
Eurasian Spoonbills 
 3 
Great Egrets 
Meldorfer Speicherkoog N (FD1)/ Elpersbüttel [1920_1_12n]
 1 
Montagu's Harrier 
Meldorfer Speicherkoog N (FD1) [1819_4_47s]
 1 
Montagu's Harrier 
Meldorfer Speicherkoog N (FD1) [1819_4_48n]
 1 
Pallid / Montagu's Harrier 
 ≥450 
Little Gulls 
Meldorfer Speicherkoog N (FD1) [1819_4_49s]
 1 
Common Sandpiper 
Meldorfer Speicherkoog N (FD1) [1819_4_58n]
 1 
Common Sandpiper 
Meldorfer Speicherkoog N (FD1) [1819_4_47n]
 ≥1-20 
Little Stints 
 ~7-300 
Little Gulls 
Meldorfer Speicherkoog N (FD1)/ Vorland [1819_4_57n]
 1 
Common Cuckoo 
 4 
Red-backed Shrikes 
Meldorfer Hafen [1920_1_02n]
 1 
Common Cuckoo 
Meldorfer Speicherkoog N (FD1) [1919_2_10n]
 1 
Red-backed Shrike 
Meldorfer Speicherkoog N (FD1) [1920_1_01n]
 2 
European Stonechats 
Neufeld [2020_3_52n]
 1 
Little Ringed Plover 
 1 
Common Sandpiper 
 2-9 
Gull-billed Terns 
 1 
Common Cuckoo 
Neufelderkoog [2019_4_60s]
 1 
Gull-billed Tern 
Vorland Neufelderkoog (VD5211) [2119_2_09n]
 6 
Mediterranean Gulls 
 91 
Gull-billed Terns 
Vorland Neufeld Ost (VD522)
 2 
Gull-billed Terns 
Vorland Neufeld Ost (VD522) [2020_3_52s]
 1 
Gull-billed Tern 
Vorland Neufelderkoog (VD5211) [2019_4_57n]
 2 
Gull-billed Terns 
Warwerort [1819_4_36s]
 1 
Little Ringed Plover 
Alte Schwartau [2030_3_54n]
 1 
Common Nightingale 
Beidendorf [2230_1_01s]
 ≥1 
Common Cuckoo 
Flughafen Blankensee
 1 
Western Marsh Harrier 
HL-Brandenmühle [2129_4_48n]
 2 
Western Marsh Harriers 
HL-Dänischburg [2030_3_55n]
 1 
River Warbler 
HL-Siems-Dänischburg [2030_4_56n]
 1 
Common Nightingale 
HL-Teerhofinsel Süd [2030_3_53s]
 1 
Red Kite 
 1 
Common Redstart 
HL: Alte Trave [2130_1_21s]
 1 
Common Cuckoo 
HL: Flugplatz Ost [2130_3_54s]
 2 
Eurasian Hobbies 
 1 
Common Cuckoo 
 1 
Black Woodpecker 
HL: Flugplatz West [2130_3_53s]
 2 
Little Ringed Plovers 
HL: Klughafen
 ≥1 
Eurasian Oystercatcher 
HL: Lustholz
 1 
White-tailed Eagle 
 1 
Black Woodpecker 
Kronsforde [2129_4_58s]
 1 
River Warbler 
Krummesser Moor Süd [2229_2_10s]
 1 
Western Marsh Harrier 
 1 
White-tailed Eagle 
 1 
Corn Crake 
 1 
Eurasian Woodcock 
 1 
River Warbler 
Lauerholz: Nord [2130_1_05n]
 2 
Wood Warblers 
Lauerholz Mitte [2130_1_05s]
 5 
Wood Warblers 
Lauerholz: Wesloer Wiesen [2130_1_15n]
 3 
Wood Warblers 
Schellbruch: Medebekwiesen
 1 
Egyptian Goose 
 2 
Little Ringed Plovers 
 1 
Black Woodpecker 
 1 
Bluethroat 
Schellbruch: Süßwasserteich
 1 
Common Shelduck 
 ~10-35 
Gadwalls 
 1 
Common Pochard 
 1 
White-tailed Eagle 
 2 
Common Cuckoos 
 ≥1-3 
Bluethroats 
Documentation with the AK-SH/HH required 1 
Bluethroat (ssp. svecica) 
 
Schellbruch: Große Lagune
 2 
Common Shelducks 
 1 
Western Osprey 
 1 
Red Kite 
 1 
White-tailed Eagle 
 1 
Caspian Tern 
 
Schellbruch: Kleine Lagune Ost
 1 
Bluethroat 
Trave: Die Hölle [2130_2_10n]
 1 
Common Nightingale 
Trave: Schellbruch [2030_3_54s]
 2 
Red-breasted Mergansers 
 2 
Bearded Reedlings 
Vogelsang
 1 
River Warbler 
Altenjahn südöstlich [1924_1_21s]
 1 
White Stork 
Hackeboe [2022_3_33n]
 2 
Grey Partridges 
Halloh (Wald)
 1 
Black Woodpecker 
Königsmoor Elmshorn (MsB-WL)
 5 
Eurasian Curlews 
Ottenbüttel [2023_1_21n]
 1 
Red-backed Shrike 
Ottenbüttel [2022_2_20s]
 1 
Red-backed Shrike 
Rethwisch [2123_2_16n]
 1 
Common Nightingale 
Kiel: Hörn [1626_4_49s]
 1 
Lesser Black-backed Gull 
Kiel: Seegartenbrücke
 1 
Eurasian Oystercatcher 
Kiel: Tröndelsee [1627_3_51s]
 1 
Common Cuckoo 
Kiel: Werft [1626_4_50s]
 6 
Lesser Black-backed Gulls 
Kleiner Kiel
 2 
Lesser Black-backed Gulls 
Ostsee: KI-Förde, Holtenau Leuchtturm[1626_2_20s]
 2 
Red-breasted Mergansers 
Projensdorfer Gehölz Erlenteich
 1 
Eurasian Golden Oriole 
Amrum-Nebel/ Steenodder Kliff [1316_3_33n]
 1 
Little Stint 
Amrum-Nebel, Kniepsand [1315_4_40n]
 ≥4 
Little Terns 
Amrum-Nebel [1316_1_22s]
 1 
Eurasian Collared Dove 
Amrum-Nebel [1315_2_30n]
 ~2 
Northern Ravens 
Amrum-Norddorf [1315_2_09n]
 1 
Red-breasted Merganser 
 1 
Red-throated Loon 
 6 
Northern Gannets 
 1 
Parasitic Jaeger 
Amrum-Norddorf-QMF, Kniepsand [1315_2_18s]
 1 
Northern Gannet 
Amrum-Norddorf, Kniepsand [1315_2_09s]
 ≥6 
Little Terns 
Amrum-Norddorf [1316_1_11n]
 1 
Eurasian Collared Dove 
Amrum-Norddorf [1315_2_10s]
 1 
Common Cuckoo 
Amrum-Norddorf [1315_2_20s]
 1 
Common Cuckoo 
 1-2 
Northern Wheatears 
Amrum-Norddorf-QMF, Dünen + Kniepsand [1315_2_19s]
 1 
Red-backed Shrike 
 
Amrum-Norddorf [1316_1_11s]
 1 
Common Nightingale 
Amrum-Wittdün [1316_3_45n]
 1 
European Honey Buzzard 
Amrum-Wittdün [1316_3_44n]
 1 
Purple Sandpiper 
 3 
Little Terns 
Amrum-Wittdün, Kniepsand [1316_3_52n]
 4 
Little Terns 
Amrum: Dünen Wittdün (IA56)
 1 
Stock Dove 
Amrum: Kniepbucht/ Kapitäns-Haken (IA2)
 1 
Purple Sandpiper 
 3 
Northern Wheatears 
Amrum: Norddorfer Marsch (IA61)
 2 
Egyptian Geese 
Beltringharder Koog: Kleientnahme Nord (FN631)
 6 
Canada Geese 
 1-3 
Common Goldeneyes 
 ≥4-10 
Black-necked Grebes 
 ≥50-350 
Little Gulls 
 ≥1-2 
Black Terns 
Beltringharder Koog (FN6) [1419_1_15s]
 1-2 
Garganeys 
Documentation with the AK-SH/HH required 1 
Glossy Ibis 
 
 ≥1 
Little Stint 
 ≥1-10 
Temminck's Stints 
 1 
Curlew Sandpiper 
Beltringharder Koog gesamt (FN6)
 1-2 
Garganeys 
 1 
European Honey Buzzard 
 2 
Kentish Plovers 
Beltringharder Koog: Pütte westlich Aarlau-Schleuse
 ≥1 
Garganey 
 1-3 
Red-necked Grebes 
 2-5 
Great Egrets 
 1 
Water Rail 
Beltringharder Koog: Kleientnahme Süd Lüttmoordamm (FN632)
 1 
Garganey 
 ≥4 
Common Goldeneyes 
 ≥5 
Black-necked Grebes 
 1 
Temminck's Stint 
Beltringharder Koog (FN6) [1419_2_16s]
 1 
Garganey 
 2 
Greater Scaups 
 2 
Curlew Sandpipers 
Beltringharder Koog (FN6) [1419_1_14s]
 ≥30 
Common Goldeneyes 
 3 
Black-necked Grebes 
 2 
Eurasian Spoonbills 
Beltringharder Koog (FN6) [1419_4_49n]
 1 
Red-necked Grebe 
 9 
Eurasian Spoonbills 
 9 
Little Gulls 
Beltringharder Koog (FN6) [1419_1_23n]
 2 
Eurasian Spoonbills 
 1 
Kentish Plover 
 1 
Little Stint 
 1 
Broad-billed Sandpiper 
 1 
Little Tern 
Beltringharder Koog (FN6) [1419_1_24n]
 2 
Eurasian Spoonbills 
 1 
Montagu's Harrier 
Beltringharder Koog (FN6)/ Arlauschleuse [1419_4_37n]
 1 
Eurasian Bittern 
 1 
Kentish Plover 
Beltringharder Koog (FN6) [1419_4_36n]
 5 
Great Egrets 
 
 1 
European Honey Buzzard 
 1 
Montagu's Harrier 
 5 
White-tailed Eagles 
 ≥3-7 
Kentish Plovers 
 1-3 
Little Terns 
Beltringharder Koog (FN6) [1419_4_37s]
 1 
Great Egret 
Beltringharder Koog (FN6)/ untere Arlauwiesen [1419_2_27n]
 1 
European Honey Buzzard 
 ≥2 
Kentish Plovers 
Beltringharder Koog (FN6) [1419_1_25s]
 1 
European Honey Buzzard 
Beltringharder Koog (FN6)/ untere Arlauwiesen [1419_2_27s]
 1 
White-tailed Eagle 
Beltringharder Koog (FN6) [1419_2_26s]
 3 
White-tailed Eagles 
 1 
Peregrine Falcon 
Beltringharder Koog: Feuchtwiesen Nord (FN63)
 2-4 
Kentish Plovers 
 ≥2-20 
Little Stints 
 1 
Stock Dove 
Beltringharder Koog (FN6) + Vorland [1419_1_23s]
 2 
Little Stints 
 1 
Broad-billed Sandpiper 
 
Beltringharder Koog: Feuchtwiesen Ost (FN65)
 4 
Little Stints 
 6 
Temminck's Stints 
 ≥2-11 
Curlew Sandpipers 
Beltringharder Koog (FN6) + Vorland [1419_1_13s]
 ≥70 
Little Gulls 
Beltringharder Koog: Kleientnahme Südost, Wobbenbüll (2016)
 9 
Little Gulls 
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