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Tuesday, September 16th, 2025

NSG Taubergießen [7612_3_52s]
19
Little Egrets
10h47
FL-Hafen, Volkspark [1222_2_07n]
1
Common Moorhen
14h45
Büsum: Hafen [1819_3_42s]
1
Parasitic Jaeger
18h30
1-4
Little Gulls
19h16
1
Mediterranean Gull
18h21
1
Black Tern
18h21
Elbmündung, offshore [2016_2_17n]
1
Leach's Storm Petrel
12h30
1
Parasitic Jaeger
19h12
1
Great Skua
09h51
Meldorfer Speicherkoog N (FD1) [1919_2_08n]
1
Common Merganser
11h28
4
Little Grebes
11h29
1
Little Egret
15h22
1
Common Sandpiper
11h49
1
Common Kingfisher
17h38
Meldorfer Speicherkoog N (FD1) [1919_2_10s]
1
Eurasian Spoonbill
10h21
2
Great Egrets
10h10
1
Little Egret
10h10
1
Common Kingfisher
10h21
Meldorfer Speicherkoog N: Odinsloch
3
Little Stints
17h31
Meldorfer Speicherkoog N (FD1) [1819_4_47s]
1
Short-eared Owl
20h12
Trischen (IT)
2
Parasitic Jaegers
1
Great Skua
1
Short-eared Owl
Schellbruch: Große Lagune
9
Little Grebes
5
Great Egrets
2
Water Rails
2
Common Moorhens
≥18
Common Snipes
1
Common Greenshank
1
Green Sandpiper
1
Common Kingfisher
Störniederung: Breitenburg West [2023_3_54n]
1
Common Kingfisher
15h39
Beltringharder Koog (FN6) + Vorland [1419_1_13s]
25
Eurasian Spoonbills
11h34
2
Northern Wheatears
11h26
Beltringharder Koog (FN6) [1419_2_26s]
2
Eurasian Spoonbills
16h13
1
Great Egret
16h54
Beltringharder Koog (FN6) [1419_1_14n]
1
Great Egret
12h05
Beltringharder Koog (FN6)/ Arlauschleuse [1419_4_37n]
4
White-tailed Eagles
16h43
Beltringharder Koog: Kleientnahme Süd Lüttmoordamm (FN632)
1
Common Sandpiper
 18h43
2
Little Stints
 18h38
Beltringharder Koog (FN6) [1419_1_23n]
1
Little Tern
13h20
Beltringharder Koog: Pütte westlich Aarlau-Schleuse
1
Bearded Reedling
17h16
Dagebüll-Hafen [1218_3_42n]
1
Great Skua
 18h10
Föhr-Wyk [1317_1_03s]
2
Northern Ravens
18h39
Föhr-Wyk [1317_1_12n]
1
Northern Wheatear
18h42
Galmsbüll [1218_3_34n]
32
Canada Geese
09h07
Hallig Süderoog (IH8) [1517_1_24n]
7
Eurasian Spoonbills
09h32
Hallig Süderoog (IH8)
2
Common Sandpipers
10h16
1
Common Redstart
10h10
2
Northern Wheatears
10h23
Hauke-Haien-Koog Südbecken (FN33) + Vorland [1318_2_17s]
24
Eurasian Spoonbills
10h51
Hauke-Haien-Koog Südbecken (FN33) + Vorland [1318_2_28n]
12
Eurasian Spoonbills
11h15
Hauke-Haien-Koog Südbecken (FN33) [1318_2_18s]
3
Great Egrets
11h50
1
White-tailed Eagle
11h28
Hauke-Haien-Koog Nordbecken (FN31) [1318_2_06n]
5
Great Egrets
12h53
Hauke-Haien-Koog Nordbecken (FN31)/ Mittelbecken [1318_2_06s]
1
Common Sandpiper
10h25
Katinger Watt: Katinger Priel Nord (EE142)
2
Red-necked Phalaropes
3
Black Terns
Rickelsbüller Koog (FN1) [1117_2_09s]
3
Great Egrets
13h59
Rickelsbüller Koog (FN1): Nordost
2
Little Gulls
16h57
Sylt-Kampen [1015_2_30n]
1
Northern Gannet
12h14
Sylt-List, Ellenbogen/ Königshafen [0916_3_35s]
1
Little Stint
16h59
Sylt-List, Ellenbogen [0916_2_26n]
1
Common Murre
17h41
Sylt-Westerland [1015_4_58n]
1
Parasitic Jaeger
14h50
Sylt: Westerland-Seawatching
1
Velvet Scoter
07h56
7
Red-breasted Mergansers
27
Red-throated Loons
1
Loon, unidentified
 
≥1-3
Leach's Storm Petrels
 11h42
1
Sooty Shearwater
≥91
Northern Gannets
09h10
91
Parasitic Jaegers
 08h40
1
Long-tailed Jaeger
11h33
21
Skuas / Jaegers, unidentified
1-2
Great Skuas
11h10
5
Common Murres
6
Common Murres / Razorbills
8
Black-legged Kittiwakes
2
Sabine's Gulls
 
26-29
Little Gulls
1
Mediterranean Gull
09h17
Vorland Hamburger Hallig, Schafberg (VN53) [1319_3_51n]
15
Eurasian Spoonbills
07h56
3
Curlew Sandpipers
08h31
1
Great Skua
07h24
3
Little Gulls
07h44
2
Short-eared Owls
08h31
2
Whinchats
10h13
1
Northern Wheatear
10h13
Vorland Hamburger Hallig (gesamt) (VN5)
1
Montagu's Harrier
11h44
1
Northern Raven
12h11
Vorland Hamburger Hallig Nordost (VN53/ VN42) [1319_3_42s]
1
White-tailed Eagle
Vorland Hamburger Hallig Südost (VN54) [1319_3_52s]
3
Parasitic Jaegers
07h44
Vorland St. Peter (VE53/ VE54) [1717_2_20n]
1
Whinchat
19h25
Binnenhorster Teich
5
Canada Geese
Gräberkate (Mühlenteich)
1
Green Sandpiper
NSG Brenner Moor
6
Northern Shovelers
Tangstedter Forst [2226_3_44s]
3
Black Woodpeckers
07h17
Travetal: nördlich Wolkenwehe: [2128_3_41s]
1
Common Shelduck
1
White-tailed Eagle
Fehmarn: Staberholz [1533_4_59n]
1
Red-breasted Merganser
14h38
Grömitz [1831_4_38n]
10
Common Moorhens
Grüner Brink: Sandhaken
4
Eurasian Curlews
Grüner Brink: große Lagune
6
Common Snipes
1
Common Redshank
 
7
Ruffs
 
HL: Petroleumhafen [2030_3_52s]
1
Common Kingfisher
15h35
Malente: Godenbergsredder
8
Canada Geese
Dobersdorfer See (gesamt) (WVZ)
10
White-tailed Eagles
11h23
1
Common Kingfisher
11h08
Fischkroog [1727_3_54s]
1
Western Marsh Harrier
19h06
Kleiner Binnensee: Stiftungswiesen
~50
Canada Geese
20
Gadwalls
10
Northern Shovelers
~300
Common Pochards
2
Grey Plovers
2
Little Ringed Plovers
20
Common Ringed Plover
20
Common Snipes
1
Spotted Redshank
3
Common Greenshanks
2
Wood Sandpipers
6
Little Stints
2
Western Yellow Wagtails, unidentified
Kleiner Binnensee: Rusch
3
Common Sandpipers
6
Ruffs
Passader See (gesamt) (WVZ)
21
Canada Geese
12h05
≥50
Gadwalls
12h00
1
White-tailed Eagle
12h18
1
Black Tern
12h48
Bülk Wiesen
~10
Common Ringed Plover
17h28
2
Common Snipes
17h27
2
Red Knots
17h27
2
Little Stints
17h27
5
Curlew Sandpipers
17h27
1
Broad-billed Sandpiper
 17h27
Bülk: Leuchtturm
1
Eurasian Curlew
17h21
Hatzberg (Wald)
1
Common Kingfisher
18h17
Westensee: Wulfsfelde [1725_2_08n]
1
Red-necked Grebe
18h57
1
Water Rail
19h46
Westensee: Ortszentrum
1
Eurasian Hobby
18h23
Westensee: Hohburg westl. [1725_2_08s]
~10
Common Terns
18h21
Juliusburg [2529_3_41s]
1
Red Kite
12h52
ETS: Meggerdorf [1622_3_34n]
1
Western Barn Owl
22h39
Geltinger Birk: Plantage [1225_2_06n]
7
Brant Geese
10h57
4
Sanderlings
12h19
Geltinger Birk: Falshöft [1225_2_18n]
3
Gadwalls
11h00
1
Great Egret
11h26
1
Common Moorhen
11h18
6
Common Snipes
10h53
1
Common Sandpiper
11h32
8
Spotted Redshanks
10h54
3
Common Greenshanks
10h54
1
Common Kingfisher
11h00
1
Bluethroat
10h53
Geltinger Birk: Birknack [1225_1_05n]
1
Northern Wheatear
10h35
Idstedter See
1
Black Tern
15h30
Koppelheck [1225_1_21s]
1
White-tailed Eagle
14h37
Bahrenfeld: Volkspark, Trabrennbahn, Desy [2425_1_14n]
1
Western Osprey
1
European Honey Buzzard
Bergedorf [2527_1_03s]
1
European Green Woodpecker
09h17
Eichtalpark
1
Eurasian Goshawk
Gut Moor [2526_3_32s]
2
Great Egrets
15h17
Neuwerk: vor Nord (Seawatching)
1
Red-breasted Merganser
1
Parasitic Jaeger
Neuwerk: Nordvorland
≥3
Little Terns
08h57
A20: Anschlussstelle Sanitz [1940_3_45n]
1
Western Osprey
16h33
Bargeshagen W [1837_4_59n]
1
Eurasian Hobby
Feldflur NW Bad Doberan/Bollhagener Fließ [1837_3_44s]
2
European Green Woodpeckers
14h00
Walkmüller Holz O
1
Red Kite
08h59
Große Rosin [2143_1_23s]
19
Spotted Redshanks
Müssentin, Feldflur W [2045_4_58n]
1
Great Grey Shrike
13h20
Müssentin [2045_4_59n]
1
Northern Wheatear
09h14
Rüterberg: Ortslage
1
Green Sandpiper
12h01
Zielow, Feldflur N [2642_1_22n]
2
Western Marsh Harriers
08h57
Prerow West [1541_3_34n]
2
Eurasian Collared Doves
18h05
Werre [1640_2_10s]
1
White-tailed Eagle
≥7
Common Ringed Plover
5
Ruffs
2
Sanderlings
17h45
2
Little Stints
17h45
Zingst, offshore [1542_3_32n]
5
Arctic Terns
09h26
Barnekow [2134_1_04s]
1
Black Woodpecker
15h38
Gägelow [2034_3_53s]
1
Common Redstart
10h30
Ritenkoppel
1
Common Shelduck
17h30
~10
Common Ringed Plover
≥7
Eurasian Curlews
2
Spotted Redshanks
17h45
1
Common Redshank
17h45
≥6
Ruffs
19h00
7
Little Stints
18h20
1
Temminck's Stint
18h20
≥15
Curlew Sandpipers
18h30
Zierow [2034_3_43s]
1
White-tailed Eagle
14h05
Anklamer Fähre [2148_4_40n]
≥10
Northern Shovelers
12h32
10
Caspian Terns
10h11
1
Common Kingfisher
16h55
Anklamer Stadtbruch: Polder Rosenhagen [2148_4_50s]
1
Peregrine Falcon
11h44
1
Pied Avocet
10h19
2
Grey Plovers
10h16
≥10
Spotted Redshanks
10h16
≥1
Wood Sandpiper
10h19
~15
Ruffs
10h16
≥10
Curlew Sandpipers
10h16
1
Black Tern
10h16
Auerose, Feldflur NW [2148_3_55n]
4
White-tailed Eagles
10h19
Bargischower Wiesen und Polder Kamp West [2148_4_39n]
≥200
Gadwalls
12h22
≥30
Northern Shovelers
09h25
~5-30
Little Grebes
12h23
1
Caspian Tern
09h25
Bargischower Wiesen [2148_4_39s]
1
White-tailed Eagle
12h23
2
Red-footed Falcons
16h35
2
Common Snipes
16h38
Bargischower Wiesen [2148_4_49n]
~35
Spotted Redshanks
09h56
Gnevezin, Grünland N [2148_2_26s]
1
Northern Wheatear
09h33
Karnin [2149_3_32n]
1
White-tailed Eagle
13h00
Lucienhof [2248_2_08n]
2
Great Egrets
10h32
Mahlzow [1948_2_29n]
1
Red Kite
17h22
Neuendorf Süd [1949_3_44n]
1
Red Kite
17h02
1
White-tailed Eagle
17h01
NSG "Wockninsee"
1
Western Osprey
14h26
Polder Kamp-West [2148_4_40s]
≥1
Northern Pintail
09h43
1
White-tailed Eagle
09h43
1
Grey Plover
09h43
≥2
Little Ringed Plovers
16h09
≥3
Common Ringed Plover
09h43
4
Common Snipes
13h34
≥2
Common Greenshanks
09h43
Polder Kamp SW [2148_4_50n]
≥50
Great Egrets
10h32
1
White-tailed Eagle
10h32
Polder Kamp West
≥17
Great Egrets
13h08
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