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Friday, March 31st, 2023

Frankreich [8311_3_43n]
 3 
Little Egrets 
Eidersperrwerk Süd
 2 
Mediterranean Gulls 
Lohe-Rickelshof [1820_1_04s]
 1 
White Stork 
Meldorfer Speicherkoog N: Odinsloch
 2 
Common Goldeneyes 
Meldorfer Speicherkoog N: Kronenloch Nordostteil
 1 
Little Grebe 
Meldorfer Speicherkoog N (FD1) [1919_2_08n]
 × 
Falcons, unidentified 
Norderwurth [1820_2_27n]
 1 
Western Barn Owl 
Trischen (IT)
 18 
Red-throated Loons 
 × 
Eurasian Spoonbills 
 1 
Hen Harrier 
 1 
Peregrine Falcon 
 1 
Eurasian Woodcock 
 ≥1 
Mediterranean Gull 
 2 
Stock Doves 
Vorland Hedwigenkoog Süd (VD112) [1818_2_10n]
 1 
Mediterranean Gull 
Schellbruch: Große Lagune
 1 
White-tailed Eagle 
 1 
European Green Woodpecker 
 1 
Black Woodpecker 
 1 
Bluethroat 
Schellbruch: Medebekwiesen
 ≥16 
Water Pipits 
Wittenbergen [2023_4_40s]
 1 
White-tailed Eagle 
Wrist nordwestlich [2024_3_35s]
 4 
Northern Shovelers 
Kiel [1726_2_10n]
 1 
European Green Woodpecker 
Kiel: Düsternbrook West [1626_4_39s]
 1 
Red Kite 
 1 
Peregrine Falcon 
Kiel: Elmschenhagen [1727_1_02n]
 2 
Water Rails 
 ≥4 
Common Moorhens 
Kiel: Mettenhof, Helsinkistraße
 1 
Eurasian Oystercatcher 
Wellsee
 2 
Canada Geese 
 12 
Northern Shovelers 
Alter Sterdebüller Koog [1319_1_23n]
 1 
Hen Harrier 
Amrum Odde: Haustal
 1 
Eurasian Spoonbill 
 2 
Stock Doves 
 1 
Short-eared Owl 
Amrum-Süddorf, Dünen + Kniepsand [1316_3_31s]
 2 
Stock Doves 
Amrum: Norddorfer Marsch (IA61)
 1 
Peregrine Falcon 
Amrum: Wriakhörnsee
 3 
Stock Doves 
Beltringharder Koog (FN6)/ Arlauschleuse [1419_4_37n]
 ≥20 
Common Goldeneyes 
 2 
Smews 
Beltringharder Koog gesamt (FN6)
 1 
Smew 
 1 
Eurasian Bittern 
 3 
White-tailed Eagles 
 3 
Northern Ravens 
Beltringharder Koog: Salzwasserlagune (FN64)
 ≥6 
Red-breasted Mergansers 
 1 
Red-necked Grebe 
 3 
Horned Grebes 
 1 
Black-necked Grebe 
Beltringharder Koog: Lüttmoorsee (FN62)
 23 
Black-necked Grebes 
Beltringharder Koog: Kleientnahme Süd Lüttmoordamm (FN632)
 16 
Black-necked Grebes 
Beltringharder Koog: Holmer See (FN67)
 1 
Eurasian Bittern 
Beltringharder Koog (FN6) [1419_1_23n]
 2 
White-tailed Eagles 
Beltringharder Koog (FN6) [1419_4_36n]
 1 
Kentish Plover 
Beltringharder Koog (FN6) [1419_4_39s]
 1 
Water Pipit 
Bordelumer Heide [1319_2_28s]
 1 
Black Woodpecker 
Breklumer Koog [1419_2_09s]
 1 
European Stonechat 
Föhr-Wrixum [1217_3_54n]
 1 
Peregrine Falcon 
Föhr-Wyk [1317_1_05n]
 ≥1 
Water Rail 
Hallig Hooge (IH6) gesamt
 1 
Eurasian Woodcock 
Hallig Hooge (IH6) Ockenswarft [1417_1_24n]
 1 
Eurasian Woodcock 
 1 
Eurasian Bullfinch 
Hallig Hooge (IH6) Westerwarft-Ipkenswarft [1417_1_12n]
 3 
Purple Sandpipers 
 
Hallig Hooge (IH6) Kirchwarft Nord-Hafen [1417_1_13n]
 1 
European Stonechat 
Hauke-Haien-Koog Südbecken (FN33) [1318_2_18s]
 1 
Common Goldeneye 
Hauke-Haien-Koog Nordbecken (FN31)
 4 
Black-necked Grebes 
Hauke-Haien-Koog Nordbecken (FN31) [1318_2_06n]
 1 
Eurasian Bittern 
Hauke-Haien-Koog Südbecken (FN33) [1318_2_18n]
 1 
Eurasian Bittern 
Hauke-Haien-Koog Nordbecken (FN31)/ Mittelbecken [1318_2_07s]
 1 
Eurasian Bittern 
Husum [1520_1_15n]
 1 
European Green Woodpecker 
Katinger Watt: Katinger Priel Nord (EE142)
 2 
Egyptian Geese 
 2 
Common Goldeneyes 
 1 
Smew 
Katinger Watt: Grüne Insel (EE12)
 1 
White-tailed Eagle 
Katinger Watt (EE1)/ Grüne Insel [1719_1_04s]
 1 
Northern Raven 
 1 
White-headed Long-tailed Tit (ssp. caudatus) 
 ~4 
European Stonechats 
Lehmsieker Forst
 1 
Eurasian Woodcock 
 2 
Black Woodpeckers 
 4 
Middle Spotted Woodpeckers 
Lindholm [1219_1_23n]
 5 
White Storks 
Louisen-Reußenkoog [1319_3_34s]
 1 
Hen Harrier 
 1 
Eurasian Collared Dove 
Mildstedter Tannen/ Mühlenau
 2 
Common Kingfishers 
Norstedt [1420_2_07s]
 2 
Common Shelducks 
Oldenswort [1619_2_17s]
 2 
Northern Ravens 
Reußenköge [1419_2_08s]
 2 
Grey Partridges 
 1 
Hen Harrier 
Seeth [1620_2_20s]
 1 
Bluethroat 
Sönke-Nissen-Koog [1319_3_43s]
 1 
Northern Raven 
St. Peter: Schipphamhof [1618_3_51s]
 1 
Egyptian Goose 
St. Peter: Stilles Dorf
 2 
White Storks 
Sylt-Ost, Nössekoog/ Rantumbecken [1115_2_10s]
 1 
Red-breasted Goose 
Sylt-Rantumbecken [1115_2_29n]
 6 
Common Goldeneyes 
Sylt-Rantum [1115_2_29s]
 1 
Eurasian Woodcock 
 5 
Horned Larks 
Sylt-Rantumbecken [1115_2_30n]
 1 
Eurasian Woodcock 
Sylt: Hörnum-Hafen
 1 
Long-tailed Duck 
 1 
Black Guillemot 
 
Sylt: Lister Koog (IS62)
 1 
White-tailed Eagle 
Sylt: Rantumbecken Nordost-"Watt"
 1 
Eurasian Spoonbill 
Sylt: Rantumbecken Randgraben
 1 
Harrier, unidentified 
Sylt: Westerland-Seawatching (ca. 210° - 350°, bis 10 km Sichtweite)
 2 
Pink-footed Geese 
Vorland Hamburger Hallig Südost/ Sönke-Nissen-Koog Süd (VN54/ VN61) [1319_3_53n]
 1 
White-tailed Eagle 
Binnenhorster Teich
 2 
Canada Geese 
 1 
Egyptian Goose 
 6 
Northern Shovelers 
 6 
Common Goldeneyes 
Feldmark O Bargfeld-Stegen [2227_1_13s]
 2 
Canada Geese 
Feldmark O Wulksfelde (Alster) [2226_4_48s]
 1 
Short-eared Owl 
 2 
European Stonechats 
Gräberkate (Mühlenteich)
 2 
Common Goldeneyes 
 7 
Green Sandpipers 
Timmerhorner Teich / Ostteich
 1 
Red-necked Grebe 
Wilstedt-Südwest [2226_3_34n]
 1 
Eurasian Oystercatcher 
Barkauer See: Fassensdorfer Wiesen
 1 
Great Grey Shrike 
Bornholz [1831_2_09s]
 2 
Canada Geese 
Bornholz (Wald)
 1 
Black Woodpecker 
Dahme südl. [1732_4_56n]
 ≥42 
Ducks, unidentified 
 4 
Northern Pintails 
 2 
Eurasian Oystercatchers 
 1 
Grey Plover 
 2 
Lesser Black-backed Gulls 
 1 
Eurasian Rock Pipit 
 ≥2 
Twites 
Dahme-Nord [1732_3_35n]
 1 
White-tailed Eagle 
Dahme, offshore [1732_4_48s]
 ≥50 
Ducks, unidentified 
Dahme, offshore [1732_4_57n]
 2 
Red-necked Grebes 
 2 
Black-necked Grebes 
Dahmeshöved [1732_4_56s]
 4 
Red-breasted Mergansers 
Eichholzniederung
 5 
Tundra Swans 
 12 
Common Shelducks 
 12 
Gadwalls 
 1 
Western Osprey 
 1 
Red Kite 
 2 
Eurasian Oystercatchers 
 10 
Pied Avocets 
 8 
Common Ringed Plover 
 2 
Eurasian Curlews 
 1 
Common Snipe 
 8 
Common Redshanks 
 1 
Yellow-legged Gull 
 2 
Stock Doves 
 1 
European Stonechat 
Farve [1730_2_08s]
 1 
European Green Woodpecker 
Fehmarn: Ramskamp/Wischkoppel
 2 
Red-necked Grebes 
Fehmarn: Flügger Watt
 1 
Eurasian Bittern 
Fehmarn: Flügger Leuchtfeuer [1532_3_32n]
 1 
Eurasian Bittern 
Fehmarn: Sulsdorfer Wiek [1532_1_23s]
 1 
White-tailed Eagle 
 2 
Eurasian Oystercatchers 
Fohlenkoppel Süd [2029_1_04s]
 2 
Little Grebes 
 1 
Eurasian Woodcock 
 1 
Black Woodpecker 
 1 
Middle Spotted Woodpecker 
Grömitz [1831_2_29s]
 2 
Common Moorhens 
Grube Nord [1732_3_33s]
 1 
White Stork 
Klosterseeniederung Süd [1832_1_11n]
 1 
European Stonechat 
 2 
Corn Buntings 
Lütjenbrode [1632_1_23n]
 1 
Western Osprey 
 2 
Red Kites 
 3 
Mistle Thrushes 
Malenter Au: Einmündung Kellersee
 2 
Egyptian Geese 
NSG "Ruppersdorfer See"
 1 
Garganey 
 41 
Northern Shovelers 
 1 
White-tailed Eagle 
Oldenburger Graben: Gruber Bruch [1732_3_34n]
 1 
Hen Harrier 
Ostsee: Fehmarn, vor Sulsdorfer Wiek[1532_3_33n]
 4 
Tundra Swans 
 1 
Eurasian Oystercatcher 
Ostsee: Wagrien, Dahme Süd [1732_4_47s]
 3 
Little Gulls 
 1 
Mediterranean Gull 
 2 
Caspian Gulls 
Rabenshörn (Forst)
 1 
Black Woodpecker 
Ratekau Nordost [2030_1_25s]
 1 
Northern Pintail 
 ≥13 
Black-necked Grebes 
 1 
White-tailed Eagle 
Scharbeutz: Klingberg [1930_3_43s]
 1 
Grey Wagtail 
Schönwalde östlich [1830_1_05s]
 2 
Common Shelducks 
 1 
Common Sandpiper 
 1 
Green Sandpiper 
Schwienhagen [1831_2_07s]
 1 
Common Moorhen 
Stiftungsland Bekmissen
 4 
Canada Geese 
 1 
Garganey 
 1 
Little Grebe 
 1 
Red-necked Grebe 
Stockelsdorf [2029_4_58n]
 1 
Little Grebe 
Sulsdorfer Wiek
 32 
Northern Shovelers 
 2 
Pied Avocets 
 8 
Eurasian Curlews 
 2 
Bearded Reedlings 
Wallnau [1532_1_12n]
 1 
Eurasian Bittern 
 2 
Bluethroats 
Wildkoppel Cismar
 1 
Mistle Thrush 
Borstel-Hohenraden [2224_4_60s]
 ≥1 
White Stork 
Elbe Fährmannssander Watt: Vorland vor NABU-Vogelstation (A3) (WVZ)
 13 
Common Shelducks 
 1 
Common Redshank 
Elbe Fährmannssander Watt: Vorland Fährmannssand (A4) (WVZ)
 5 
Common Shelducks 
 2 
Eurasian Oystercatchers 
 2 
Little Ringed Plovers 
 1 
Common Redshank 
 1 
Northern Raven 
Fährmannssander Elbwatt
 2 
Little Grebes 
Haseldorfer Marsch - Kiebitzritt [2323_4_48s]
 1 
Green Sandpiper 
 2 
European Stonechats 
Hetlingen [2323_4_59n]
 ≥4 
Mediterranean Gulls 
 1 
Northern Raven 
Hetlingen [2323_4_58n]
 5 
Eurasian Collared Doves 
Kleientnahmestelle Wedeler Marsch (WVZ)
 12 
Canada Geese 
 28 
Barnacle Geese 
 18 
Common Shelducks 
 2 
Northern Pintails 
 6 
Common Goldeneyes 
 4 
Common Mergansers 
 2 
Eurasian Oystercatchers 
 1 
Eurasian Curlew 
 1 
Green Sandpiper 
 15 
Ruffs 
 2 
European Stonechats 
 1 
Bluethroat 
Kleientnahmestelle Wedeler Marsch
 3 
Garganeys 
 2 
Common Goldeneyes 
 2 
Common Mergansers 
 1 
White-tailed Eagle 
Pinnauniederung O Renzel [2225_3_43s]
 1 
White Stork 
Renzel [2225_3_42s]
 2 
White Storks 
Teich Hetlinger Schanze
 2 
White-tailed Eagles 
Twielenflether Sand [2323_3_45s]
 1 
Great Egret 
 3 
Common Cranes 
Wedel mit Geestkante [2424_1_02s]
 1 
Red-breasted Goose 
 ~10000 
Barnacle Geese 
Wedel mit Autal [2424_1_04s]
 1 
Water Rail 
Wedel: Freizeitpark [2424_1_12n]
 1 
Bluethroat 
Wedeler Marsch: Aumündung binnendeichs (B20) (WVZ)
 3 
Canada Geese 
 1 
Egyptian Goose 
 2 
Eurasian Oystercatchers 
Wedeler Marsch: Winterros (B3) (WVZ)
 2 
Canada Geese 
 900 
Barnacle Geese 
 1 
Common Shelduck 
 3 
Common Redshanks 
Wedeler Marsch: westlich Giesensand (B6) (WVZ)
 1 
Canada Goose 
 1 
Great Egret 
Wedeler Marsch: um Fährmannssand (B2) (WVZ)
 27 
Barnacle Geese 
 9 
Eurasian Oystercatchers 
Wedeler Marsch: Giesensand (B4) (WVZ)
 2 
Egyptian Geese 
 3 
Garganeys 
 2 
Great Egrets 
 2 
Mediterranean Gulls 
Wedeler Marsch: Bullenfluss (B5) (WVZ)
 1 
White Stork 
 1 
White-tailed Eagle 
Bottsand: Außenküste NSG
 ≥13 
Common Goldeneyes 
 2 
Red-breasted Mergansers 
Bottsand: Bodden
 1 
White-tailed Eagle 
Gutspark Rixdorf
 1 
Middle Spotted Woodpecker 
Hohenfelde nordöstlich [1629_1_11n]
 1 
White Stork 
Hohwacht (Ostsee) [1630_3_41s]
 ≥5 
Horned Grebes 
 1 
Black-throated Loon 
Kitzeberg [1627_1_22n]
 1 
Middle Spotted Woodpecker 
Klosterforst Reuterkoppel [1727_2_16s]
 2 
Middle Spotted Woodpeckers 
Klosterforst Preetz
 1 
Middle Spotted Woodpecker 
Krummsiek [1629_1_12n]
 2 
Red Kites 
Laboe: Ehrenmal [1527_3_54n]
 2 
Common Redshanks 
 15 
Purple Sandpipers 
Laboe: Hafen [1527_3_54s]
 2 
Red-breasted Mergansers 
 4 
Eurasian Oystercatchers 
Laboe: Hafen
 3 
Ruddy Turnstones 
Marina Wendtorf Yachthafen
 ≥35 
Eurasian Curlews 
Ostsee: KI-Förde, Bottsand [1527_4_48n]
 12 
Common Shelducks 
 2 
Eurasian Oystercatchers 
 4 
Common Redshanks 
 2 
Whinchats 
Ostsee: Hohwachter Bucht, Hohwacht östlich [1630_3_42s]
 ~30 
Red-breasted Mergansers 
 2 
Red-throated Loons 
Ostseeküste: Bottsand-Wendtorfer Schleuse
 5 
Red-breasted Mergansers 
 2 
Common Ringed Plover 
Pohnsdorfer Stauung: Mittelpolder
 5 
Canada Geese 
 1 
Middle Spotted Woodpecker 
Pohnsdorfer Stauung: Westpolder
 1 
Western Marsh Harrier 
Raisdorf: Industriegebiet [1727_1_04s]
 2 
Eurasian Oystercatchers 
Rixdorfer Teich
 2 
Little Grebes 
 1 
Western Marsh Harrier 
 5 
White-tailed Eagles 
 1 
Water Rail 
 1 
Bluethroat 
Rixdorfer Teiche: Hälterteiche
 1 
Eurasian Bittern 
Sehlendorfer Binnensee: Beobachtungsplattform Rundblick (gesamt)
 ≥30 
Common Shelducks 
 ≥8 
Northern Pintails 
 1 
Garganey 
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