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Saturday, May 4th, 2024

Niederlande [4901_1_24n]
 1 
Eurasian Golden Oriole 
 1 
European Stonechat 
Staubecken Krafft-Plobsheim [7512_2_26s]
 1 
Black Tern 
 ~30-35 
Common Terns 
Büsum [1819_3_33s]
 1 
Canada Goose 
Büsum: FTZ-Wiese/-Acker (bis Deichhausen)
 1 
Temminck's Stint 
Büsum: Teiche westlich Hafentörn (FD44)
 1 
Little Grebe 
 1 
Common Sandpiper 
 1 
Common Nightingale 
Eidersperrwerk Süd [1719_1_21n]
 1 
Northern Gannet 
 × 
Little Gulls 
Eidersperrwerk Süd
 ≥2 
Little Gulls 
 ≥10-15 
Mediterranean Gulls 
Elbmündung, offshore [2016_1_03n]
 1 
White-tailed Eagle 
Fieler Moor Nordwest [1820_2_28n]
 1 
Common Cuckoo 
 1 
Sedge Warbler 
 3 
European Stonechats 
Hedwigenkoog [1818_2_20s]
 1 
Montagu's Harrier 
Hemmingstedt [1820_2_28s]
 2 
Whinchats 
Meldorf: Hafen
 1 
Common Sandpiper 
 1 
Common Nightingale 
Meldorfer Speicherkoog N (FD1) [1819_4_47n]
 1 
Red-breasted Goose 
 
Documentation with the DAK required 1 
Greater Spotted Eagle 
 4 
Little Stints 
 8 
Little Gulls 
 1 
Black Tern 
Meldorfer Speicherkoog N (FD1) [1819_4_37s]
 1 
Greater Scaup 
Meldorfer Speicherkoog N (FD1) [1919_2_08n]
 2 
Common Goldeneyes 
 1 
Common Nightingale 
Meldorfer Speicherkoog N (FD1) [1920_1_01n]
 2 
Grey Partridges 
Meldorfer Speicherkoog N: Kronenloch Nordostteil
 1 
Black-throated Loon 
Meldorfer Speicherkoog N (FD1) [1819_4_58s]
 1-4 
Eurasian Spoonbills 
Meldorfer Speicherkoog N (FD1) [1819_4_58n]
 3 
Eurasian Spoonbills 
Meldorfer Speicherkoog N (FD1) [1919_2_10n]
 1 
Great Egret 
 1 
Northern Raven 
Meldorfer Speicherkoog N (FD1) [1919_2_09n]
 1 
European Honey Buzzard 
 2 
Mediterranean Gulls 
Meldorfer Speicherkoog N (FD1) [1819_4_48n]
 1 
Montagu's Harrier 
Meldorfer Speicherkoog N (FD1) [1819_4_49n]
 1 
Montagu's Harrier 
Meldorfer Speicherkoog N (FD1) [1919_2_08s]
 1 
Common Cuckoo 
Neufeld [2020_3_52n]
 2 
Common Sandpipers 
 2 
Gull-billed Terns 
Norddeich südwestlich [1719_3_55n]
 1 
Marsh Tit 
Reinsbüttel [1819_1_05s]
 1 
Egyptian Goose 
Vorland Meldorfer Speicherkoog N (VD21) [1819_4_46n]
 2 
Garganeys 
 2 
Northern Wheatears 
Vorland Neufelderkoog (VD521)
 4 
Mediterranean Gulls 
Vorland Neufelderkoog (VD5211) [2119_2_09n]
 5 
Mediterranean Gulls 
Vorland Neufeld Ost (VD522)
 1 
Northern Wheatear 
Warwerort-Kretjenkoog [1819_4_36n]
 7 
Whooper Swans 
 1 
White-tailed Eagle 
 2 
Mediterranean Gulls 
 ≥2 
Eurasian Collared Doves 
 1 
Common Cuckoo 
 ≥1 
Common Redstart 
Warwerort [1819_4_36s]
 1-2 
Garganeys 
 1 
Greater Scaup 
 1 
Common Sandpiper 
 1 
Common Cuckoo 
Alte Schwartau [2030_3_54n]
 1-2 
Common Nightingales 
 1 
Bluethroat 
HL-Dänischburg [2030_3_55n]
 1 
Black Kite 
 1 
Eurasian Whimbrel 
 3 
Common Sandpipers 
 1 
Common Cuckoo 
 1 
Common Nightingale 
 1 
Bluethroat 
HL-Herrenwyk [2030_4_58s]
 3 
Common Moorhens 
HL-Herrenwyk: Metallhütte [2030_4_59s]
 2 
Eurasian Collared Doves 
HL-Israelsdorf, Gothmund [2030_4_56s]
 1 
Red-backed Shrike 
 1 
Woodlark 
HL-Karlshof [2130_1_04n]
 1 
Red-breasted Flycatcher 
 1 
Bluethroat 
HL-NSG Wakenitz: Harbershorst [2130_4_46s]
 1 
Canada Goose 
 1 
Egyptian Goose 
HL-Siems-Dänischburg [2030_4_56n]
 2 
Egyptian Geese 
HL-Teerhofinsel Süd [2030_3_53s]
 1 
Eurasian Whimbrel 
 1 
Common Cuckoo 
 1 
Black Woodpecker 
HL-Travemünde: Priwall Süd [2031_3_33n]
 3 
Garganeys 
 1 
European Pied Flycatcher 
 1-2 
Common Nightingales 
 4 
Common Redstarts 
 8 
Grey-headed Yellow Wagtails (ssp. thunbergi) 
 1 
Corn Bunting 
HL-Travemünde: Priwall Ost [2031_1_24s]
 1 
Horned Grebe 
HL-Travemünde: Priwall West [2031_1_23s]
 2 
Eurasian Oystercatchers 
 4 
Common Sandpipers 
HL-Travemünde: Skandinavienkai Nord [2031_1_22s]
 1 
Common Redstart 
HL: A1 Abfahrt Genin [2129_4_49n]
 1 
Corn Crake 
HL: Burgtorfriedhof [2130_1_03s]
 1 
Common Sandpiper 
 1 
Common Redstart 
HL: Falkenfeld Vorwerk [2130_1_02n]
 1 
Peregrine Falcon 
 ≥3 
Lesser Black-backed Gulls 
HL: Grönauer Baum, Dritte Fischerbuden [2130_3_34s]
 2 
Common Cuckoos 
 1 
Black Woodpecker 
HL: Lustholz
 2 
Wood Warblers 
HL: NSG "Wakenitz" [2130_3_35s]
 2 
Common Cuckoos 
HL: Spülfläche Kattegat
 1 
River Warbler 
HL: Vorwerker Hafen
 1 
Peregrine Falcon 
 2 
Lesser Black-backed Gulls 
Lauerholz: Wesloer Wiesen [2130_1_15n]
 1 
Stock Dove 
 1 
Common Cuckoo 
 1 
Black Woodpecker 
 1 
Middle Spotted Woodpecker 
 1 
Willow Tit (unspecified) 
 1 
Wood Warbler 
 1 
Mistle Thrush 
Lauerholz Mitte [2130_1_05s]
 1 
Stock Dove 
 1 
European Green Woodpecker 
 2 
Mistle Thrushes 
 1 
European Pied Flycatcher 
Lauerholz Mitte [2130_2_06s]
 2 
Wood Warblers 
 1 
Mistle Thrush 
Lauerholz: Nord [2130_1_05n]
 1-2 
European Pied Flycatchers 
Lübecker Bucht [1931_3_53s]
 1 
Razorbill 
NSG "Südlicher Priwall"
 20 
Common Shelducks 
 22 
Gadwalls 
 1 
Garganey 
 12 
Northern Shovelers 
 2-4 
Little Ringed Plovers 
 7 
Common Ringed Plover 
 12-21 
Common Snipes 
 1 
Common Sandpiper 
 3-4 
Common Redshanks 
 2 
Common Greenshanks 
 1 
Green Sandpiper 
 ~3-50 
Wood Sandpipers 
 5-8 
Ruffs 
 3 
Temminck's Stints 
 1 
Common Cuckoo 
 1 
Wood Warbler 
 1 
Common Nightingale 
 3 
Grey-headed Yellow Wagtails (ssp. thunbergi) 
 2 
Corn Buntings 
Schellbruch: Große Lagune
 2 
Common Shelducks 
 2 
Black-necked Grebes 
 1 
Little Ringed Plover 
 1 
Eurasian Whimbrel 
 1 
Common Snipe 
 1 
Spotted Redshank 
 1 
Lesser Black-backed Gull 
 2 
Arctic Terns 
 ≥2 
Bearded Reedlings 
 1 
Whinchat 
 1 
European Stonechat 
Schellbruch: Kleine Lagune West
 1 
Common Shelduck 
 4 
Common Sandpipers 
Schellbruch: Süßwasserteich
 × 
Gadwalls 
 1 
Northern Shoveler 
 1-2 
Water Rails 
 1 
Common Moorhen 
 1 
Savi's Warbler 
 1-2 
Bluethroats 
 2 
Common Redstarts 
Schellbruch: Medebekwiesen
 1 
Water Rail 
 3 
Common Sandpipers 
 1 
Black Woodpecker 
 1-2 
Savi's Warblers 
 1 
Bluethroat 
 1 
Common Redstart 
Schellbruch: Heidenfelskoppel
 1 
Water Rail 
 1 
Eurasian Whimbrel 
 1-2 
Bluethroats 
Sereetzer Tannen [2030_4_46s]
 1 
European Honey Buzzard 
 1 
White-tailed Eagle 
Trave: Pötenitzer Wiek [2031_3_34s]
 ~30 
Red-breasted Mergansers 
Trave: Pötenitzer Wiek, Priwall [2031_3_34n]
 1 
Horned Grebe 
Trave: Schellbruch [2030_3_54s]
 1 
Eurasian Goshawk 
 1 
Eurasian Oystercatcher 
 1 
Little Ringed Plover 
 1 
Common Greenshank 
 1 
Common Kingfisher 
 1 
Bearded Reedling 
Wakenitz: Spieringshorst
 1 
Domestic Duck (Bastard) 
 1 
Common Tern 
Wakenitz: Der kleine See
 2 
Common Terns 
Aasbüttel [1922_2_27n]
 2 
Northern Ravens 
Breitenburger Moor Süd [2123_2_19n]
 1 
Garganey 
 1 
Bluethroat 
Breitenburger Moor (Anstaufläche)
 1 
Common Goldeneye 
 2 
Black-necked Grebes 
 1 
Eurasian Oystercatcher 
 ≥10 
Little Gulls 
Glückstadt West mit Elbvorland [2222_1_05n]
 1 
Northern Wheatear 
Haidhof südlich [2023_2_20s]
 1 
Red-backed Shrike 
Halloh (Wald) [2023_1_22n]
 1 
Middle Spotted Woodpecker 
Hennstedter Holz [1924_3_35n]
 1 
Red Kite 
Hohenfelder Moor: Nordost [2123_2_19s]
 1 
Egyptian Goose 
 1 
Common Shelduck 
 2 
Red Kites 
 3 
European Stonechats 
Hohenfelder Moor: Nordwest [2123_2_18s]
 1 
Common Crane 
Hohenlockstedt [2023_2_08n]
 1 
Grey Partridge 
Hohenlockstedt [2023_2_07n]
 2 
European Stonechats 
Hörner Au-Niederung: Meierhaus [2123_2_10n]
 1 
Bewick's Swan 
 2 
Spotted Redshanks 
 23 
Wood Sandpipers 
Hörner Au-Niederung: Tütigmoor [2124_1_01n]
 2 
Eurasian Curlews 
Horst (Holstein) [2223_2_06n]
 1 
Eurasian Curlew 
Kaisborstel [1922_4_49s]
 1 
Red Kite 
Marienholz Süd [2023_1_13s]
 2 
European Stonechats 
Mühlenbarbek [2023_2_30s]
 5 
Egyptian Geese 
Siezbüttel [1922_2_28n]
 1 
Black Woodpecker 
Stormsteich
 1 
Middle Spotted Woodpecker 
Winseldorf [2023_4_37n]
 1 
Red Kite 
Winseldorf [2023_4_38s]
 1 
Whinchat 
Winselmoor: Torfsee
 26 
Canada Geese 
 1 
Common Sandpiper 
Wulfsmoor [2124_1_02n]
 2 
Northern Ravens 
Dietrichsdorf: See bei der Neuen Koppel
 1 
Black Woodpecker 
Heisch [1526_4_50s]
 2 
Common Pochards 
Kiel-Schilksee: Seekamper See
 1 
Little Grebe 
 1 
Red-necked Grebe 
 
Kiel: Bellevue Brücke
 3 
Red-breasted Mergansers 
Kiel: Förde Sporthafen-Seebad
 1 
Red-breasted Merganser 
Kiel: Hassee Süd [1726_2_06n]
 2 
Canada Geese 
 1 
Common Cuckoo 
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