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Watch out for Eurasian Dotterels! (Please also report nil counts!)
Das Brutgebiet des Mornellregenpfeifers liegt in den Fjällflächen und Tundren von Skandinavien bis Ostsibirien. Die europäischen Brutvögel überwintern in [...]
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Friday, August 29th, 2025

FL-Kauslund [1122_4_60s]
1
Water Rail
Fiel [1820_4_39n]
1
White Stork
Meldorfer Speicherkoog N: Odinsloch
11
Canada Geese
~140-167
Eurasian Spoonbills
2
Common Sandpipers
Meldorfer Speicherkoog N (FD1) [1919_2_08n]
1
Little Grebe
1
Water Rail
≥2
Common Kingfishers
Meldorfer Speicherkoog N (FD1) [1819_4_58s]
3
Eurasian Spoonbills
1
Little Egret
Meldorfer Speicherkoog N (FD1) [1819_4_48n]
5
Great Egrets
Meldorfer Speicherkoog N (FD1) [1819_4_47n]
5
Great Egrets
1
Red-necked Phalarope
2
Little Terns
Meldorfer Speicherkoog N (FD1) [1919_2_09n]
2
Little Egrets
Meldorfer Speicherkoog N: Wiesen südlich vom Kronenloch
4
European Honey Buzzards
Meldorfer Speicherkoog N (FD1) [1919_2_10n]
1
White-tailed Eagle
Meldorfer Speicherkoog N (FD1) [1919_2_19n]
1
White-tailed Eagle
1
Northern Wheatear
Meldorfer Speicherkoog S (FD2)/ Kaiserin-Auguste-Viktoria-Koog [1919_4_47n]
1
White-tailed Eagle
Meldorfer Speicherkoog N (FD1) [1819_4_49s]
1
Northern Wheatear
Meldorfer Speicherkoog N (FD1) [1819_4_48s]
1
Northern Wheatear
Meldorfer Speicherkoog N (FD1) [1819_4_47s]
1
Northern Wheatear
Offenbüttel [1822_1_12s]
1
White Stork
Trischen (IT)
2
White-tailed Eagles
2
Whinchats
Vorland Meldorfer Speicherkoog N (VD21) [1919_2_07n]
1
European Honey Buzzard
Vorland Meldorfer Speicherkoog S (VD22) [1919_4_39n]
1
Peregrine Falcon
Vorland Helmsand (VD22) [1919_2_19s]
2
Northern Ravens
HL-St. Gertrud: Wakenitz, Moltkebrücke [2130_1_23n]
1
Western Yellow Wagtail, unidentified
 
HL-Travemünde: Priwall Süd [2031_3_33n]
3
Black-necked Grebes
Ivendorf Süd [2031_3_31s]
5
European Stonechats
Ivendorf Nord [2031_3_31n]
3
European Stonechats
Trave: Schellbruch [2030_3_54s]
2
Common Kingfishers
Flethsee: Brake
16
Canada Geese
6
Little Grebes
2
Great Egrets
1
Common Kingfisher
Lägerdorf [2123_1_05s]
≥1
Eurasian Curlew
Kiel: Zentrum, Schrevenpark [1626_4_48n]
2
Egyptian Geese
~15
Common Moorhens
Schrevenpark
5
Gadwalls
Amrum-Wittdün [1316_3_45s]
6
Eurasian Spoonbills
Beltringharder Koog: Kleientnahme Nord (FN631)
2
Little Grebes
9
Black-necked Grebes
36
Eurasian Spoonbills
3
Black-winged Stilts
2
Red-necked Phalaropes
Beltringharder Koog: Lüttmoorsee (FN62)
11
Black-necked Grebes
Beltringharder Koog: Kleientnahme Süd Lüttmoordamm (FN632)
1
White-tailed Eagle
2
Common Sandpipers
Beltringharder Koog (FN6) [1419_1_05s]
1
Merlin
Beltringharder Koog (FN6)/ Arlauschleuse [1419_4_37n]
1
Water Rail
3
Bearded Reedlings
Beltringharder Koog: Pütte westlich Aarlau-Schleuse
1
Common Sandpiper
2
Curlew Sandpipers
Dagebüll [1218_4_48n]
4
Eurasian Dotterels
Dagebüll-Hafen [1218_3_42n]
1
Common Murre
Fahretofter Westerkoog (FN2)
1
Little Grebe
1
Caspian Tern
Fahretofter Westerkoog (FN2) + Vorland [1218_3_55n]
Documentation with the DAK required1
Long-billed Dowitcher
Hauke-Haien-Koog Nordbecken (FN31)
2
Ruddy Shelducks
Hauke-Haien-Koog Südbecken (FN33) + Vorland [1318_2_28n]
3-4
Little Stints
Hauke-Haien-Koog Südbecken (FN33) [1318_2_18s]
4
Curlew Sandpipers
Husum [1520_1_13n]
2
Common Sandpipers
Husum [1520_1_14n]
1
Common Kingfisher
Katinger Watt/ NABU-Naturzentrum [1718_2_10n]
~20
Canada Geese
Katinger Watt: Katinger Priel Nord (EE142)
5
Little Grebes
Katinger Watt (EE1)/ Wald, Acker [1719_1_03n]
1
Black Stork
Kleiseerkoog [1218_4_38s]
5-7
Eurasian Dotterels
Kleiseerkoog [1218_4_38n]
1
Northern Wheatear
Koldenbüttel, Herrnhallig [1620_2_07n]
1
Great Egret
Moordeich Au (FN86)
1
European Honey Buzzard
Pellworm: Westerkoog West (IP332)
71
Eurasian Spoonbills
Rickelsbüller Koog (FN1): Nordost
×
Canada Geese
Sylt-Kampen [1016_1_21n]
2
Red-throated Loons
3
Northern Gannets
Sylt-List, Ellenbogen [0916_4_38n]
1
Harrier, unidentified
3
Common Murres
2
Little Terns
Sylt-Rantumbecken [1115_2_20n]
1
Common Goldeneye
~100
Eurasian Spoonbills
4
Great Egrets
1
White-tailed Eagle
2
Northern Wheatears
Sylt-Wenningstedt [1015_4_39n]
9
Northern Gannets
Vorland Hamburger Hallig Nordost (VN53/ VN42) [1319_3_42s]
1
White-tailed Eagle
Vorland Westerhever Süd (VE322)
2
White-tailed Eagles
Vorland Hamburger Hallig, Schafberg (VN53) [1319_3_51n]
2
Common Sandpipers
1
Little Stint
Vorland Sönke-Nissen-Koog Süd (VN61)/ Beltringharder Koog-Speicherbecken N [1419_1_04n]
1
Northern Wheatear
Glinder Au S Oststeinbek [2427_3_31s]
1
Red-backed Shrike
Wittmoor-Nord [2226_3_55s]
1
White Stork
Bad Schwartau [2030_3_43s]
1
White-tailed Eagle
Dunkelsdorf Ost [2029_2_17n]
1
White-tailed Eagle
Fehmarn [1532_4_58n]
1
European Honey Buzzard
Fehmarn, Grüner Brink Ost [1433_3_52n]
12
Common Ringed Plover
3
Common Sandpipers
7
Red Knots
Fehmarn: Spitzenorth
~100
Canada Geese
1
Common Greenshank
Fehmarn: Fastensee
2
Red-breasted Mergansers
2
Eurasian Oystercatchers
1
Grey Plover
×
Common Ringed Plover
×
Common Redshanks
Fehmarn: NABU-Wasservogelreservat Wallnau Kampteich
2
Little Grebes
Fehmarn: NABU-Wasservogelreservat Wallnau Püttseer Teich / Östliche Wiesen
1
Eurasian Spoonbill
Fehmarn: Grüner Brink [1433_3_41s]
1
Western Osprey
1
Little Stint
2
Curlew Sandpipers
Fehmarn: Blieschendorf [1532_4_49n]
1
European Honey Buzzard
Fehmarn: Markelsdorfer Binnensee
8
European Honey Buzzards
2
Common Greenshanks
1
Caspian Tern
Fehmarn: NABU-Wasservogelreservat Wallnau Neue Inseln
4
Pied Avocets
1
Common Kingfisher
Fehmarn: Westermarkelsdorf, Stiftungsfläche [1432_3_45n]
1
Grey Plover
1
Red Knot
Fehmarn: Salzensee
1
Ruddy Turnstone
3
Sanderlings
Fehmarn: Presen [1533_1_15n]
3
Common / Arctic Terns
Fehmarn: Petersdorf [1532_1_15n]
~10
Eurasian Collared Doves
Fehmarn: Dänschendorf-Nord [1432_4_56s]
≥3
Eurasian Collared Doves
Fehmarn: Püttsee, Strandzufahrt
2
Red-backed Shrikes
Fehmarnsundbrücke Süd [1632_2_07n]
11
Canada Geese
~70
European Honey Buzzards
Flügger Teich
1
White-tailed Eagle
1
Eurasian Curlew
30
Ruffs
Großenbroderfelde [1632_2_07s]
3
European Honey Buzzards
Grüner Brink: große Lagune
≥15
Common Shelducks
~100
Gadwalls
~8-40
Northern Shovelers
~35
Common Pochards
1
Little Grebe
1
Black-throated Loon
≥30-90
European Honey Buzzards
1
Eurasian Oystercatcher
≥2
Little Ringed Plovers
≥50
Common Ringed Plover
3
Eurasian Curlews
≥34
Common Snipes
≥12
Common Sandpipers
3
Common Redshanks
2
Common Greenshanks
4
Wood Sandpipers
≥35
Ruffs
1
Red Knot
1
Little Stint
1
Curlew Sandpiper
1
Little Gull
2
Lesser Black-backed Gulls
1-2
Caspian Terns
 
1
Arctic Tern
1
Red-backed Shrike
Grüner Brink: Sandhaken
1
Eurasian Oystercatcher
1
Eurasian Curlew
1
Caspian Tern
Klosterseeschleuse [1832_1_12s]
10
Common Ringed Plover
1
Bar-tailed Godwit
1
Common Redshank
Klosterseeschleuse
1
European Green Woodpecker
3
Red-backed Shrikes
Ostsee: Fehmarnsund, Großenbroderfähre [1632_2_08n]
1
White-tailed Eagle
Püttseewerder
1
Red-backed Shrike
1
Common Redstart
×
Western Yellow Wagtails, unidentified
Sulsdorfer Wiek
≥80
Gadwalls
8
Little Grebes
3
Great Egrets
1
Little Egret
1
Common Snipe
Haidehof / Schneiderloch [2324_3_55s]
1
European Honey Buzzard
Hetlinger Schanzteich
≥90
Canada Geese
122
Egyptian Geese
10
Great Egrets
1
White-tailed Eagle
1
Common Sandpiper
1
Green Sandpiper
1
Common Kingfisher
2
European Stonechats
Hetlinger Schanze mit Vorland [2323_4_56n]
2
Northern Ravens
Die Hölle (Wald)
1
White-tailed Eagle
1
Middle Spotted Woodpecker
Kührener Teich
16
Little Grebes
2
White-tailed Eagles
4
Common Greenshanks
1
Green Sandpiper
1
Wood Sandpiper
1
Black Woodpecker
Lanker See: Vogelsang [1727_4_59s]
2
Common Sandpipers
1
Common Kingfisher
Lanker See: Wahlstorfer Bucht
1
Green Sandpiper
1
Common Kingfisher
Achterwehr Überschwemmung
~110
Canada Geese
Bünsdorf [1624_1_15s]
1
Common Kingfisher
Flemhude: Spülfläche Süd
14
Little Grebes
3
Water Rails
Flemhuder See Süd [1625_4_48n]
2
Water Rails
Langwedeler Holz [1725_4_49s]
1
Eurasian Hobby
Methorstteich
2
Little Grebes
1
Common Kingfisher
1
Middle Spotted Woodpecker
NOK: Rendsburg Eisenbahnbrücke
6
Egyptian Geese
Rendsburg-Büdelsdorf [1623_4_60n]
1
Common Merganser
Stafstedt [1824_1_01s]
1
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Wittensee: Bünsdorf [1624_1_15n]
24
Canada Geese
1
Water Rail
2
Black Terns
4
Common Terns
Kastorf Bahnhof [2229_1_23s]
3
Western Marsh Harriers
1
White-tailed Eagle
1
Red-footed Falcon
 
1
Whinchat
Kastorf westlich [2229_1_24s]
1
Eurasian Sparrowhawk
2
Lesser Black-backed Gulls
Mustin [2331_1_04s]
1
Eurasian Hobby
Siebenbäumen nordöstlich [2229_1_23n]
11
Grey Partridges
 
6-8
Eurasian Curlews
Harksheide [2226_3_41s]
4
European Honey Buzzards
Klärteiche Wulfsfelde
1
European Honey Buzzard
NSG "Wulfsfelder Moor"
1
Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Geltinger Birk: Noor, Salzwiesen
1
Great Egret
1
Eurasian Curlew
1
Common Snipe
4
Common Sandpipers
Geltinger Birk: Vernässungsfläche Beveroe-Noor
7
Common Ringed Plover
Geltinger Birk: Noor
5
Common Snipes
Duvenstedter Brook, zentrale Wiesen
1
Northern Raven
Elbe vor Teufelsbrück / Rüschhalbinsel [2425_3_32n]
1
White-tailed Eagle
Klövensteen und Rissener Feldmark [2324_4_57n]
2
Red-backed Shrikes
1
Northern Raven
3
European Stonechats
Neuwerk: Nordvorland
1
Green Sandpiper
≥3
Northern Wheatears
Niendorf [2325_4_48n]
2
European Honey Buzzards
Ottensen [2425_2_26s]
~25
Western Yellow Wagtails, unidentified
Rahlstedt [2426_2_10n]
1
Common Kingfisher
Rahlstedt [2327_3_51n]
1
Common Kingfisher
1
Middle Spotted Woodpecker
Wandse-Stauteich
2
Egyptian Geese
Feldflur N Kägsdorf [1836_3_31n]
4
Common Ringed Plover
1
Common Snipe
1
Common Redshank
Polder Görmin [2045_2_16s]
1
Great Grey Shrike
Trissow, Feldflur und Peenetal SW [2045_2_17n]
1
Great Grey Shrike
Carlshof W [2241_3_54s]
≥1
Middle Spotted Woodpecker
Altstadt
1
Caspian Tern
Fleischervorstadt
1
Caspian Tern
Regenrückhaltebecken Fleischerwiese
≥2
Common Kingfishers
Tierpark Greifswald
1
Eurasian Hobby
Wismar [2134_2_10s]
1
Common Quail
2
Whinchats
Wismar [2134_2_19n]
1
Red-footed Falcon
Bredenfelde, Feldflur W [2546_3_45s]
1
Western Marsh Harrier
Rödlin / Thurow - Feuchtgebiet [2645_1]
1
Northern Shoveler
8
Water Rails
2
Green Sandpipers
1
Common Kingfisher
NP "Müritz, Federow NO [2542_2_07s]
1
Water Rail
Neubrandenburg, Uferpromenade 3 / Jachthafen [2445_4]
1
Great Black-backed Gull
Neubrandenburg, Ölmühlenbach-Forelle [2445_1]
2
Common Kingfishers
Neubrandenburg, Mühlenteich Hinterste Mühle [2445_4]
2
Common Kingfishers
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