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Friday, November 7th, 2025

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moonrise at 17h27, moonset at 10h27
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Friday, November 7th, 2025

Hauke-Haien-Koog Nordbecken (FN31)
0
Whooper Swan
07h31
0
Bewick's Swan
07h32
Hauke-Haien-Koog Mittelbecken (FN32)
0
Whooper Swan
07h33
0
Bewick's Swan
07h33
Hauke-Haien-Koog Südbecken (FN33) [1318_2_18s]
~12
Whooper Swans
07h55
~226
Bewick's Swans
07h54
1
White-tailed Eagle
07h55
Hauke-Haien-Koog Südbecken (FN33) + Vorland [1318_2_17s]
1
Merlin
09h55
Hauke-Haien-Koog Nordbecken (FN31)/ Mittelbecken [1318_2_07s]
~16
Bearded Reedlings
09h51
Hauke-Haien-Koog Südbecken (FN33) [1318_2_17n]
1
Snow Bunting
10h23
Husum [1520_1_13n]
1
Common Kingfisher
08h18
Husum, Hockensbüll [1520_1_02n]
2
Eurasian Bullfinches
09h45
Katinger Wald
1
Eurasian Woodcock
Katinger Watt (EE1)/ Wald [1719_1_02n]
1
Eurasian Woodcock
Langenhorner Heide [1319_2_27n]
72
Barnacle Geese
09h49
1
White-tailed Eagle
09h12
1
Water Rail
09h31
1
Common Kingfisher
09h27
1
Great Grey Shrike
09h47
6
Red Crossbills
10h13
Vorland Osewoldterkoog (VN32) [1218_3_45s]
~10
Corn Buntings
08h17
Grömitz: Yachthafen
4
Little Grebes
11h09
Kleientnahmestelle Wedeler Marsch
2
Egyptian Geese
1
Green Sandpiper
Marsch W Holm [2323_4_50n]
1
Northern Raven
10h16
Wedel [2424_1_13n]
1
Bohemian Waxwing
 10h12
Grabau [2429_3_52n]
2
Egyptian Geese
11h02
Nettelnburg [2527_1_12n]
1
Eurasian Nuthatch
07h39
Nettelnburg [2527_1_02s]
1
Eurasian Nuthatch
07h39
Gleviner Burg [2239_1_03s]
≥1
Little Grebe
08h58
Darßer Ort: Ottosee
4
Red Crossbills
09h41
Ostseeküste: Darßer Ort [1541_1_02s]
2
Northern Gannets
10h21
Otzer Bruch NW [3426_3_34s]
1
Red Kite
07h21
Fährhafen Cuxhaven
1
Common Kingfisher
Dümmer: NSG "Hohe Sieben"
2
White-tailed Eagles
11h14
2
Water Pipits
11h14
Wangerooge: Sanddorntal
2
Red-throated Loons
10h03
2
Purple Sandpipers
10h05
Wangerooge [2213_1_04n]
16
Purple Sandpipers
09h54
H: Tiergarten
1
Black Woodpecker
Meerbruch: Schwarzstorchtümpel mit Pappelwald
2
Jack Snipes
10h56
Meerbruch: nordöstl. Winzlar [3521_2_27s]
1
Jack Snipe
11h09
südöstl. Groß Berkel [3921_2_30n]
1
Egyptian Goose
07h47
1
Eurasian Sparrowhawk
08h16
≥1
Lesser Redpoll (ssp. cabaret)
08h16
Borkum: Hopp (Gewässer)
1
Common Kingfisher
08h25
Ditzum [2609_4_57n]
1
Eurasian Woodcock
Wendeburg [3628_3_31s]
×
European Herring / Caspian / Yellow-legged Gulls
09h21
1
Black Woodpecker
09h39
Buxtehude [2523_2_30s]
~250
Barnacle Geese
09h37
Osterfeiner Moor: Gewässer vor Beobachtungshütte
1
Common Kingfisher
10h43
1
European Stonechat
11h01
Wilder Pool
1
Common Kingfisher
11h13
Kirchlinteln [3021_4_50s]
≥1
Red Kite
07h21
WHV: Fluthafen [2414_4_60n]
1
Common Murre
09h56
1
Common Kingfisher
09h55
Bloherfelde West (Oldenburg) [2814_4_39s]
1
Eurasian Goshawk
10h21
Sandersdorf, Grube Hermine
3
Northern Pintails
3
Little Grebes
2
White-tailed Eagles
~200
European Herring / Caspian / Yellow-legged Gulls
1
Common Kingfisher
NSG "Abtei und Saaleaue bei Planena" [4537_4_48s]
2
Common Kingfishers
10h28
Feuchtgebiet N Frose
Documentation with the AKST required1
Cetti's Warbler
Grimnitzsee: SO-Ufer [3048_2_19s]
2
Bewick's Swans
09h29
1
Common Shelduck
10h21
≥10
Northern Pintails
10h21
1
Red-crested Pochard
10h02
1
Smew
11h19
2
White-tailed Eagles
10h05
Dannenreich SE [3648_4_56n]
2
Eurasian Sparrowhawks
07h56
1
Black Woodpecker
07h37
Lübben Steinkirchen [4049_3_44n]
1
Peregrine Falcon
Lübben WSW Langer Rücken [4049_3_43n]
1
Great Grey Shrike
Tongrube Blumfelde
1
Common Kingfisher
Park Sanssouci: Maschinenteich
12
Mandarin Ducks
Park Sanssouci: Parkgraben
28
Mandarin Ducks
Rieselfelder Schenkenhorst NO [3645_1_24s]
1
Eurasian Sparrowhawk
09h54
1
Great Grey Shrike
08h43
Waldblick-Süd [3646_1_14s]
1
Pink-footed Goose
11h21
Landschaftspark Rudow-Altglienicke
2
Little Grebes
09h57
Nord-/Mittel- und Süd-Becken Flughafensee
1
Common Kingfisher
09h32
1
Black Woodpecker
09h21
Panke: Bürgerpark
1
Mandarin Duck
Schlossgarten Charlottenburg
1
Common Kingfisher
08h38
Tempelhofer Feld
1
Eurasian Goshawk
3
European Herring / Caspian / Yellow-legged Gulls
Kalltal westl. Bickerath, Simmerath [5303_4_57n]
1
Great Egret
1
Grey Heron
2
Eurasian Collared Doves
3
Water Pipits
Annaberger Feld
1
Grey Heron
10h34
Dottendorf / Gronau [5208_4_58n]
1
Peregrine Falcon
Hochkreuz [5208_4_59s]
5
Rose-ringed Parakeets
07h55
Kottenforst NW Annaberger Feld [5308_2_06s]
2
Grey Herons
10h38
Stadtpark Bad Godesberg
≥2
Rose-ringed Parakeets
08h26
Rhede [4106_3_51s]
1
Hen Harrier
10h52
Rhede [4206_1_01s]
1
Little Owl
11h24
2
Northern Ravens
11h24
Rhede [4105_4_50s]
1
European Stonechat
10h25
D-Derendorf Südost [4706_4_38n]
2
Rose-ringed Parakeets
08h23
Phoenixsee
1
Mandarin Duck
09h08
2
Red-crested Pochards
09h23
2
Ferruginous Ducks
09h05
≥2
Water Rails
10h44
Phoenixsee Ostteil Dortmund [4511_1_02s]
≥2
Water Rails
10h15
Westfalenpark
~127
Canada Geese
09h29
2
Egyptian Geese
09h21
Altenbreckerfeld [4710_4_38n]
1
Great Egret
09h38
Hedtberger Bach [4609_4_39n]
12
Rooks
10h00
Wahner Heide: Geisterbusch [5108_2_09s]
1
Great Grey Shrike
11h23
Burg Ravensberg [3915_2_08s]
1
Water Rail
08h48
Steinlage / Im Recken [4116_2_30s]
1
Little Owl
04h30
Randringhausen [3717_4_47n]
1
Egyptian Goose
1
Eurasian Sparrowhawk
2
Black Woodpeckers
Feldflur Heinsberg-Kirchhoven W [4902_1_14s]
17
Egyptian Geese
08h58
4
European Herring / Caspian / Yellow-legged Gulls
2
Lesser Black-backed Gulls
Puhlmannskull
1
Egyptian Goose
10h04
1
Water Rail
10h02
Riethbenden
1
Rose-ringed Parakeet
09h44
Verberger Kull
6
Rose-ringed Parakeets
09h24
MS-Hiltrup O [4011_4_60s]
1
Peregrine Falcon
09h24
Rheinauenhof [4807_3_31s]
×
Egyptian Geese
10h39
3
White Storks
10h38
Hullerner Stausee Nord-Ost [4209_4_39n]
5
Egyptian Geese
11h14
2
Common Kingfishers
11h10
Hullerner Stausee Mitte [4209_4_38n]
1
Black Woodpecker
Fröndenberg/Ruhr [4412_3_53n]
1
Red Kite
10h07
1
European Stonechat
10h05
Haarstrang Wilhelmshöhe Fröndenberg VSG
≥1
Ring Ouzel
09h07
Unna [4412_3_54n]
1
Peregrine Falcon
08h14
St. Hubert: Bellstraße Nord
≥40
Egyptian Geese
08h50
Kuchhausen [4708_4_59s]
1
Black Woodpecker
08h01
≥1
Common / Lesser Redpoll (ssp. flammea / cabaret)
08h01
NSG "Rheinvorland nördlich der Ossenberger Schleuse"
1
European Stonechat
10h02
Rheinberg Ossenberg Rheinvorland [4405_2_16n]
1
Northern Wheatear
09h50
Sonsbeck [4304_3_35s]
1
Red Kite
11h23
Bad Vilbel, Gewerbegebiet/Krebsschere [5818_1_05n]
2
Common Kingfishers
08h29
Dortelweil, Ortslage [5718_3_55s]
1
Eurasian Goshawk
08h32
Kelsterbach-Eddersheimer Schleuse [5916_4_39s]
15
Canada Geese
2
Yellow-legged Gulls
1
Common Kingfisher
Kaltenbach O, "Hof Halbersdorf"
1
Grey Heron
Spangenberg, Schloß-Berg
1
Grey Heron
Buga-See und Fulda-Altarme
≥15
Gadwalls
07h38
Schröcker Feld NE Schröck (Heiliger Born, Storchenmast Schröck) / Marburg [5219_1_01n]
9
Grey Partridges
11h29
Angelteich Okriftel
1
Common Kingfisher
Gösinger Weiher
≥3
Egyptian Geese
11h08
1
Grey Heron
11h08
Tüschebachsweiher
33
Egyptian Geese
10h42
1
Great Egret
10h41
Kranichwoog Hütschenhausen
7
Egyptian Geese
2
Water Rails
7
Water Pipits
NSG "Mußbacher Baggerweiher"
9
Greylag Geese
2
Egyptian Geese
2
Great Crested Grebes
Steinebach an der Wied [5412_2_09n]
22
Eurasian Wigeons
10h04
8
Common Pochards
10h04
Westerwälder Seenplatte: Haidenweiher
1
Canada Goose
08h31
1
Egyptian Goose
08h31
2
Gadwalls
08h56
38
Eurasian Wigeons
08h32
4
Common Pochards
08h37
1
Great Crested Grebe
08h24
2
Great Egrets
08h22
1
Common Kingfisher
08h33
1
Water Pipit
08h48
Westerwälder Seenplatte: Hofmannsweiher
4
Gadwalls
10h08
3
Little Grebes
09h47
1
Great Egret
10h04
Westerwälder Seenplatte: Dreifelder Weiher
1
Great Egret
08h04
14
Northern Lapwings
08h04
2
Water Pipits
10h49
Rehlingen [6606_1_12n]
2
Egyptian Geese
11h03
zw. Leitersweiler u. Hoof [6509_1_04n]
1
Eurasian Woodcock
08h24
Federseeried [7923_2_17n]
14
Common Mergansers
08h42
1
Eurasian Bittern
10h42
1
Water Rail
08h51
1
Common Kingfisher
08h51
Trillfingen Heiligengrub
18
Northern Lapwings
11h00
Friedrichshafen [8322_1_15s]
≥15
Common Mergansers
07h44
Am Feldberg / Fürsatz [8114_1_04n]
1
Black Woodpecker
10h17
Dossenheim [6517_2_29s]
2
Gadwalls
10h32
1
Little Grebe
10h33
1
Great Egret
10h32
Heidelberg-Ziegelhausen (Zentrum) [6518_4_46s]
1
Middle Spotted Woodpecker
10h18
Bolheim [7326_4_50n]
1
White-throated Dipper
07h05
Konstanz [8321_1_12s]
1
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
08h50
Konstanz Egg [8321_1_02n]
2
Northern Ravens
11h21
Radolfzell am Bodensee [8219_2_07n]
2
Peregrine Falcons
07h30
Friedlingen-Dreiländerbrücke [8411_2_06n]
1
Greylag Goose
11h06
Adolzhausen [6625_1_01n]
1
Great Grey Shrike
Hinterer See Reusten
2
Egyptian Geese
10h36
2
Ruddy Shelducks
10h36
Hirschau Ost [7420_3_51s]
≥3
Water Pipits
10h11
Kleiner See Hirschau
1
Middle Spotted Woodpecker
10h00
Neckar Schwanenfütterung
1
Common Merganser
09h30
1
Common Kingfisher
09h38
Donaueschingen [8017_3_33s]
9
Great Egrets
10h06
Donaueschingen [8017_1_24s]
2
Common Snipes
09h24
Donaueschingen [8017_1_22s]
≥5
Common Snipes
08h55
4
Water Pipits
08h46
Riedseen Ost
18
Eurasian Wigeons
10h18
9
Common Mergansers
10h06
Riedseen West
2
Red-crested Pochards
10h34
"Au"Steppach
1
Great Egret
11h00
Steppach-Süd[6230_2_19s]
2
Egyptian Geese
11h00
3
White Storks
10h59
≥4
Common Snipes
10h55
Ettaler Mühle [8432_1_15s]
1
Little Grebe
10h31
1
Water Rail
10h30
1
Common Kingfisher
10h31
Haßfurter Altmain "Sichelsee"
1
Great Grey Shrike
09h58
Förmitzspeicher
9
Ruddy Shelducks
15
Gadwalls
2
Eurasian Wigeons
12
Red-crested Pochards
2
Red-necked Grebes
Konradsreuth [5737_1_11n]
1
Great Egret
 
Isarstau Altheim
10
Egyptian Geese
7
Eurasian Wigeons
5
Northern Shovelers
10
Common Goldeneyes
Landshut-Altstadt [7438_4_40s]
×
Common Cranes
 
Landshut-Auloh [7439_1_13s]
31
Common Cranes
11h07
Landshut-Gretlmühle (Nord) [7439_1_14n]
1
Black Woodpecker
Ettringen Breitmahd [7829_4_60n]
2
White-throated Dippers
08h42
Duttenbrunn - Ort und Feldflur [6024_3_54s]
4
Great Egrets
07h42
Rothenfels [6123_2_06n]
2
Great Egrets
10h21
Obernzell [7447_1_14s]
1
Great Cormorant
10h37
Passau [7447_1_01n]
1
Eurasian Sparrowhawk
10h25
Regensburg Altstadt West [6938_4_46s]
7
Common Mergansers
07h59
2
Little Grebes
07h59
Frauenau [7045_2_08s]
1
Black Woodpecker
08h11
Bad Aibling [8137_2_30n]
1
Common Merganser
07h29
1
Great Cormorant
08h00
Mähring [6041_3_52n]
1
Great Cormorant
09h38
1
Red Kite
09h23
Stockberg
1
Northern Raven
11h17
Saale: Paradiesbrücke bis Camsdorfer Brücke
3
Common Mergansers
 08h39
2
Little Grebes
08h37
2
Great Cormorants
08h31
2
Common Moorhens
08h44
Stausee Scheibe-Alsbach
1
Great Crested Grebe
2
Great Cormorants
1
Black Woodpecker
TG Neudorf-Klösterlich: Wusteteich
2
Common Kingfishers
09h35
Fuchsberg [4848_4_38s]
1
Black Woodpecker
07h27
Rosine [5146_1_03s]
1
White-tailed Eagle
06h30
Bertsdorf, Viebig
1
Red Kite
1
Rough-legged Buzzard
09h37
Wiesen und Urwald Quolsdorf [4655_1_03s]
1
Eurasian Woodcock
10h31
Clara-Zetkin-Park Ost mit Inselteich
1
Little Grebe
08h48
Großzschocher O [4640_3_51s]
1
Grey-headed Woodpecker
09h31
Großzschocher: Deponie
1
Grey Wagtail
09h30
südl. Auwald: Probsteisteg an Pleiße
1
Black Woodpecker
09h12
Lößnig [4645_1_04n]
1
White-tailed Eagle
10h44
Paußnitz [4645_1_03s]
3
Crested Larks
10h50
TG Zschorna: gesamt
8
Egyptian Geese
08h34
1
Ruddy Shelduck
09h06
1
Common Shelduck
07h51
2
Smews
08h15
≥167
Common Mergansers
08h14
2
Little Grebes
09h21
2
White-tailed Eagles
09h13
1
Dunlin
09h12
≥30
European Herring / Caspian / Yellow-legged Gulls
07h44
1
Common Kingfisher
08h55
1
Black Woodpecker
07h41
Rentzschmühle
1
Grey Heron
07h05
Reumtengrün, OT Unterreumtengrün
42
Great Cormorants
Straßberg [5538_2_16n]
17
Greylag Geese
06h46
1
Northern Raven
06h41
Zwota
61
Greater White-fronted Geese
2
Northern Ravens
Feldflur N Langenbernsdorf [5239_2_30n]
~100
Egyptian Geese
09h14
Helgoland: Nordoststrand
12
Mallards
09h12
≥1
Water Rail
09h23
Helgoland: Nordostgelände
≥1
Water Rail
09h12
Helgoland: Nordosthafen
1
Black Guillemot
10h44
Helgoland: Kurgelände
1
Black Guillemot
10h45
2
Great Spotted Woodpeckers
10h03
Helgoland: Düne-Anleger
1
Caspian Gull
11h08
Helgoland: Große Treppe
1
Great Spotted Woodpecker
09h18
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