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Ornitho.de and ornitho.lu shall give an up-to-date overview of bird life in Germany and Luxembourg, and it shall be put into an European context in co-operation with other ornitho-systems. It shall bring together everybody interested in bird life, shall inspire people about the avifauna, and shall support environmental education. The data from ornitho.de and ornitho.lu are used for scientific analysis and for the purpose of nature conservation. You will find more information in „What is ornitho.de?“.
Photo : Martin Grimm
Black-winged Kite
(Elanus caeruleus)
Observations in Germany and Luxemburg based on data submitted via ornitho.de and ornitho.lu since January 1st, 2025. Join in and help make the picture more complete!
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Sunday, November 16th, 2025
Waning Crescent (25 days)
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Sunday, November 16th, 2025 Haaksberger Veen
1 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker place
≥20 Canada Geese precise11h19 ≥15 Egyptian Geese precise11h20
1 Common Shelduck precise13h09
3 Common Mergansers precise11h20
2 Great Egrets precise14h21
~20 Common Cranes precise12h34
1 Purple Sandpiper precise10h03
Meldorfer Speicherkoog N (FD1) [1919_2_09n]
8-20 Whooper Swans precise15h11 11-15 Bewick's Swans precise15h11 ≥7 Common Goldeneyes precise11h34 1 White-tailed Eagle precise08h46 1-3 Common Kingfishers precise13h52
3 Tundra Bean Geese precise13h27 ~3 Hen Harriers precise13h46
3 Tundra Bean Geese precise13h17
4 Tundra Bean Geese precise13h24
7 Common Goldeneyes precise09h03 ≥13 Little Grebes precise11h37 13 Common Cranes precise12h16
≥16 Common Goldeneyes precise13h59 ≥18-24 Little Grebes precise14h06
3 Red-breasted Mergansers precise11h27 4 Common Mergansers precise11h27 1 Northern Raven precise11h58
Meldorfer Speicherkoog N (FD1) [1819_4_59s]
Meldorfer Speicherkoog N: Kronenloch (FD131)
Meldorfer Speicherkoog N: Odinsloch
2 Common Cranes precise14h56
26 Common Cranes precise12h16
≥2 Water Rails precise11h31 × Bearded Reedlings precise11h30
2 Common Kingfishers precise10h50
~7 Horned Larks precise13h14 1 European Stonechat precise13h36
23 Eurasian Collared Doves precise14h53
2 Eurasian Collared Doves precise15h16
1 Eurasian Sparrowhawk square
3 Egyptian Geese precise14h45 1 Ruddy Shelduck precise14h45
~50 Canada Geese precise15h07
16 Canada Geese polygone_precise13h32 5 Egyptian Geese polygone_precise13h35 13 Great Egrets polygone_precise13h40
2 Egyptian Geese polygone_precise14h41 1 Great Egret polygone_precise14h37
Lägerdorf [2123_1_05s]
2 Long-eared Owls precise19h58
11 Canada Geese precise10h05
10 Bewick's Swans precise09h34
2 Common Kingfishers precise
~35 Canada Geese precise11h36 ~4 Common Moorhens precise11h37
9 Canada Geese polygone_precise10h53 2 Water Rails polygone_precise11h34 1 Common Moorhen polygone_precise10h55
1 Black Woodpecker precise10h24
3 Long-tailed Ducks precise12h47
Finkhaushalligkoog-Speicherbecken (FE1), Lundenbergsand
9 Little Grebes precise09h48
6 Great Egrets precise09h49
2 Great Egrets precise14h43
1 Common Kingfisher precise13h48
1 White-tailed Eagle precise14h04 2 Common Cranes precise12h57 1 Northern Raven precise12h58
Juliane-Marienkoog (MN37)
6 Grey Partridges precise10h05
3 Grey Partridges precise12h07
1 Eurasian Goshawk precise11h53
3 Northern Ravens precise11h30
1 White-tailed Eagle precise14h58
1 Eurasian Woodcock precise11h44
5 Little Grebes precise08h44
≥3 Common Goldeneyes precise13h06 1 Peregrine Falcon precise13h05
≥2 Red-throated Loons precise12h03
1 Eurasian Woodcock precise14h04
4 Purple Sandpipers precise13h20
4 Common Murres precise13h20
2 Red-throated Loons precise13h51
1 Eurasian Spoonbill precise15h29
≥7-10 Red-throated Loons precise10h49
≥3 Red-throated Loons precise15h34 1 Black-throated Loon precise16h45 1 Common Murre precise15h33 2 Little Gulls precise16h44
2 Snow Buntings precise12h19
2 Common Goldeneyes precise11h50 ≥11 Red-breasted Mergansers precise11h48
≥2 Water Rails precise12h44
1 Eurasian Collared Dove precise14h27
≥20 Common Goldeneyes precise16h15
Vorland Tümlauer Bucht Süd (VE42/ VE43), Tümlauer Hafen [1618_1_21s]
2 Great Egrets precise10h34 1 Peregrine Falcon precise10h30  1 Lesser Yellowlegs precise12h31 × Horned Larks precise14h30
1 White-tailed Eagle precise11h14
4 White-tailed Eagles precise13h30
1 Peregrine Falcon precise13h30
≥20 Horned Larks precise12h53
10 Snow Buntings precise12h46
≥18 Horned Larks precise10h24 1 European Stonechat precise10h30
~50 Whooper Swans precise11h40
1 Common Kingfisher precise
Landschaftspark Haus der Natur
Moorteich Heilshoop (WVZ)
Struckteich (WVZ)
2 Northern Pintails polygone
1 European Green Woodpecker precise11h38
1 Red-breasted Merganser precise
4 European Rock Pipits precise19h31
1 Middle Spotted Woodpecker place
Neukirchener See
110 Canada Geese precise12h44
1 Common Kingfisher precise13h28
1 European Green Woodpecker precise
Wesseker See [1630_4_59s]
2 White-tailed Eagles precise07h45
2 Dark-bellied Brant Geese polygone~300 Barnacle Geese polygone11 Northern Pintails polygone8 Northern Shovelers polygone31 Common Goldeneyes polygone36 Red-breasted Mergansers polygone4 Common Mergansers polygone1 Great Crested Grebe polygone3 Eurasian Sparrowhawks polygone1 White-tailed Eagle polygone4 Eurasian Oystercatchers polygone4 Northern Lapwings polygone4 Common Ringed Plover polygone2 Eurasian Curlews polygone9 Eurasian Collared Doves polygone2 Eurasian Magpies polygone29 Western Jackdaws polygone3 Eurasian Blue Tits polygone1 European Rock Pipit polygone
≥300 Canada Geese polygone_precise14h14 ≥200 Barnacle Geese polygone_precise14h01 ≥70 Egyptian Geese polygone_precise14h16 1 Common Goldeneye polygone_precise14h01
48 Canada Geese precise13h12
~20 Long-tailed Tits (ssp. caudatus); White-headed precise12h17
≥1 Northern Raven precise12h08
Hetlinger Schanzteich
1 Common Goldeneye precise14h17
Kleientnahmestelle Wedeler Marsch
1 Rough-legged Buzzard place
1 Eurasian Goshawk precise12h32
1 Black Woodpecker precise11h52
≥15 Canada Geese precise12h24
Pastorenberg [2323_3_45n]
1 Black Woodpecker precise13h02
1 White-tailed Eagle precise13h30
15 Canada Geese precise14h31 ≥30 Eurasian Curlews precise15h02
2 Great Egrets precise11h03 1 Eurasian Goshawk precise14h40
23 Common Pochards polygone
Gehege Fadenstedt
29 Great Egrets precise09h50
2 Great Egrets precise13h55
4 Red-necked Grebes precise15h21 1 Black Guillemot precise15h36
2 Common Kingfishers precise15h56
1 Snow Bunting precise14h36
1 Bewick's Swan precise11h43 ~90 Canada Geese precise11h43  3-12 Taiga Bean Geese precise14h10 120 Common Pochards precise14h12 1 White-tailed Eagle precise11h44 12 Common Snipes precise11h42
65 Canada Geese precise14h18
3 Taiga Bean Geese precise14h14
Kleiner Binnensee: Wiesenweiher
1 Common Kingfisher precise11h02
Ostsee: KI-Förde, Heikendorf [1627_1_12s]
4 Red-breasted Mergansers precise
≥34 Red-breasted Mergansers precise15h18 ≥3 Red-necked Grebes precise15h22
1 Black Guillemot precise15h34
~70 Bohemian Waxwings precise12h24
7 Purple Sandpipers precise15h39
8 White-tailed Eagles precise
31 Great Egrets precise12h58
31 Common Mergansers precise
Trentsee
Bocksee
1 Eurasian Goshawk precise12h29
~24-30 Canada Geese precise14h20 2 Great Black-backed Gull precise14h03
15 Eurasian Curlews polygone_precise15h46
~14 Eurasian Curlews precise11h39 |
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