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Tuesday, July 1st, 2025
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Take part in the summer goose census in North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony/Bremen 12/13 July 2025!
Im Juli 2025 findet in Nordrhein-Westfalen und Niedersachsen/Bremen eine landesweite Sommer-Gänsezählung statt, in NRW bereits zum 15. Mal, in Niedersachsen/Bremen ist [...]
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Saturday, May 24th, 2025
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Observation tip: Looking out for moulting waterbirds (now Greylag Geese)
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Thursday, July 31st, 2025

Niederlande [4402_4_48n]
1
Barnacle Goose
2
Common Terns
Niederlande [4402_4_38s]
2
White Storks
Niederlande [4402_2_29n]
1
White Stork
Niederlande [4402_4_49n]
1
European Stonechat
Staubecken Krafft-Plobsheim/Rhein-km 278 [7512_4_36n]
1
Sand Martin
Meldorfer Speicherkoog N (FD1) [1819_4_47n]
6
Canada Geese
15
Eurasian Spoonbills
1
White-tailed Eagle
1
Red-necked Phalarope
≥5
Green Sandpipers
≥10
Wood Sandpipers
≥5
Curlew Sandpipers
3
Eurasian Collared Doves
Meldorfer Speicherkoog N (FD1) [1919_2_08n]
65
Common Goldeneyes
6
Great Egrets
2-3
Little Egrets
3
Common Sandpipers
Meldorfer Speicherkoog N (FD1) [1919_2_09n]
≥3
Black-necked Grebes
1
Little Egret
1
Bearded Reedling
Meldorfer Speicherkoog N: Odinsloch
≥82-114
Eurasian Spoonbills
1
Common Sandpiper
1
Little Stint
1
Temminck's Stint
8
Curlew Sandpipers
2
Little Gulls
2-4
Little Terns
1
Black Tern
Meldorfer Speicherkoog N (FD1) [1920_1_01n]
1
Hen Harrier
Meldorfer Speicherkoog N (FD1) [1819_4_49n]
5
Montagu's Harriers
Meldorfer Speicherkoog N: Kronenloch Nordostteil
1
White-tailed Eagle
Meldorfer Speicherkoog N: Wöhrdener Loch (FD11)
1
Little Tern
Meldorfer Hafen [1920_1_03n]
4
Eurasian Collared Doves
Nordermeldorf [1819_4_40s]
4
Eurasian Collared Doves
Norderwurth [1820_2_27n]
1
Green Sandpiper
2
Lesser Black-backed Gulls
1
Bluethroat
Westerbur [1620_1_24s]
4
White Storks
Gribbohm [1922_3_42n]
1
Eurasian Hobby
Klärteiche Besdorf
4
White Storks
Wacken nördlich [1922_3_33s]
5
Common Sandpipers
~5
Dunlins
Kiel: Blücherbrücke
1
Red-breasted Merganser
Kiel: Förde Sporthafen-Seebad
1
Red-breasted Merganser
Kiel: Reventloubrücke
26
Canada Geese
NOK: Ölhafen Projensdorf
6
Red-breasted Mergansers
Amrum-Nebel [1316_1_22s]
2
Common Sandpipers
Amrum-Wittdün [1316_3_45n]
2
Little Terns
Amrum: Vogelkoje Nord (IA91)
2
Long-eared Owls
Beltringharder Koog (FN6) + Vorland [1419_1_13s]
1
Common Goldeneye
Beltringharder Koog (FN6) [1419_4_36n]
≥6-10
Common Goldeneyes
1
Great Egret
1
White-tailed Eagle
1
Little Gull
1
Caspian Tern
Beltringharder Koog: Kleientnahme Süd Lüttmoordamm (FN632)
5
Common Goldeneyes
1
White-tailed Eagle
1-3
Common Sandpipers
1
Wood Sandpiper
2
Temminck's Stints
2
Curlew Sandpipers
≥5-45
Little Gulls
8
Black Terns
3
Northern Wheatears
Beltringharder Koog (FN6) [1419_1_14s]
≥10
Common Goldeneyes
≥10
Black-necked Grebes
Beltringharder Koog (FN6) [1419_1_23n]
1-2
Red-breasted Mergansers
1
Eurasian Spoonbill
1
Great Egret
1
Common Sandpiper
3
Curlew Sandpipers
3
Little Terns
Beltringharder Koog (FN6) [1419_1_24n]
1
Red-breasted Merganser
2
Common Sandpipers
1
Wood Sandpiper
1
Temminck's Stint
2
Curlew Sandpipers
Beltringharder Koog (FN6)/ Arlauschleuse [1419_4_37n]
1
Northern Fulmar
 
1
Water Rail
2
Common Sandpipers
1
Green Sandpiper
2-3
Black Terns
1
Common Kingfisher
≥3
Bearded Reedlings
1
Northern Wheatear
Beltringharder Koog (FN6) + Vorland [1419_3_33s]
3
Eurasian Spoonbills
Beltringharder Koog (FN6) [1419_1_15s]
1
Eurasian Spoonbill
1
Common Sandpiper
1
Wood Sandpiper
Beltringharder Koog: Pütte westlich Aarlau-Schleuse
1-2
Great Egrets
1
Wood Sandpiper
2
Caspian Terns
≥1-2
Bearded Reedlings
Beltringharder Koog (FN6) + Vorland [1419_3_43n]
1
Red Kite
2
Little Terns
Beltringharder Koog: Sönke-Nissen-Koog Speicherbecken (FN61)
1
White-tailed Eagle
Beltringharder Koog (FN6) [1419_1_25s]
1
White-tailed Eagle
Beltringharder Koog (FN6) [1419_2_26s]
1
White-tailed Eagle
Beltringharder Koog (FN6) + Vorland [1419_1_23s]
1
Common Sandpiper
Beltringharder Koog gesamt (FN6)
1-2
Common Sandpipers
2
Temminck's Stints
Beltringharder Koog (FN6) [1419_2_16s]
3
Little Gulls
7
Black Terns
Beltringharder Koog (FN6): Sönke-Nissen-Koog Speicherbecken [1419_1_05n]
1
Stock Dove
Fahretofter Westerkoog (FN2)
1
Eurasian Spoonbill
Fahretofter Westerkoog (FN2) + Vorland [1218_3_55n]
~80
Eurasian Spoonbills
Fahretofter Westerkoog (FN2) [1218_4_56s]
7
Great Egrets
≥1-4
Common Sandpipers
1
Wood Sandpiper
≥5-8
Bearded Reedlings
Finkhaushalligkoog-Speicherbecken (FE1), Lundenbergsand
6
Common Sandpipers
Föhr-Alkersum [1217_3_52s]
2
Northern Ravens
Föhr-Midlum [1217_3_41s]
1
Green Sandpiper
Föhr-Oldsumer/ Midlumer Vorland (IF122/ IF13) [1217_1_21s]
2
Little Terns
Föhr-Ost [1217_3_32s]
1
Common Sandpiper
Föhr-Sörensvai-Vorland (IF11)/ Oldsumer Vogelkoje [1216_4_37n]
1
Northern Gannet
≥2-16
Eurasian Spoonbills
1
Red-necked Phalarope
Föhr-Wyk [1317_1_15n]
1
Eurasian Spoonbill
Föhr-Wyk [1317_1_05n]
1
White Stork
Föhr: Sörensvai-Vorland (IF11)
2
Little Terns
Hallig Habel (IH4)
4
Common Goldeneyes
12
Eurasian Spoonbills
Hallig Oland: Vorland (IH22)
~100
Eurasian Spoonbills
Hallig Oland (IH2), Vorland Nordost [1318_1_04s]
192
Eurasian Spoonbills
Hauke-Haien-Koog Mittelbecken (FN32)
4
Canada Geese
1
Great Egret
1
Black-winged Stilt
Hauke-Haien-Koog Südbecken (FN33) + Vorland [1318_2_17s]
2
Canada Geese
1-3
Common Goldeneyes
1
Green Sandpiper
1
Wood Sandpiper
1
Little Stint
1-2
Curlew Sandpipers
Hauke-Haien-Koog Südbecken (FN33)
5
Canada Geese
5
Great Egrets
Hauke-Haien-Koog Nordbecken (FN31)
7
Canada Geese
2
Egyptian Geese
~415
Eurasian Spoonbills
6-12
Great Egrets
≥3
Black-tailed Godwits (ssp. islandica)
Hauke-Haien-Koog Südbecken (FN33) [1318_2_19s]
≥40
Egyptian Geese
Hauke-Haien-Koog Süd (FN33)/ Ockholmer Westerkoog [1318_2_29n]
≥60
Egyptian Geese
1
Eurasian Spoonbill
1
Great Egret
1
Wood Sandpiper
Hauke-Haien-Koog Nordbecken (FN31) [1318_2_06n]
1
Egyptian Goose
≥7-85
Eurasian Spoonbills
1-2
Great Egrets
1
White-tailed Eagle
≥1-3
Black-tailed Godwits (ssp. islandica)
2
Common Sandpipers
2
Little Stints
≥33
Curlew Sandpipers
Hauke-Haien-Koog Südbecken (FN33) [1318_2_18s]
≥2
Common Goldeneyes
3
Little Grebes
1
Great Egret
1
Green Sandpiper
1
Wood Sandpiper
2
Temminck's Stints
Hauke-Haien-Koog Nordbecken (FN31)/ Mittelbecken [1318_2_06s]
5-16
Eurasian Spoonbills
2
Black-winged Stilts
≥1-59
Black-tailed Godwits (ssp. islandica)
Documentation with the DAK required1
Long-billed Dowitcher
 
3-5
Common Sandpipers
3
Little Stints
3
Curlew Sandpipers
Hauke-Haien-Koog Mittelbecken (FN32) + Vorland [1318_2_16n]
2
Great Egrets
~2-20
Common Sandpipers
Hauke-Haien-Koog Südbecken (FN33) [1318_2_17n]
1
Great Egret
Hauke-Haien-Koog Südbecken (FN33) + Vorland [1318_2_28n]
2
Black-winged Stilts
1-2
Common Sandpipers
1
Green Sandpiper
2
Temminck's Stints
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