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Thursday, September 18th, 2025

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Wednesday, September 17th, 2025

Alter Sommerkoog [1719_3_51s]
1
Merlin
16h23
3
Little Gulls
16h13
Büsum [1819_3_33s]
2
Eurasian Collared Doves
09h14
Büsum: Hafen [1819_3_42s]
1
Common Sandpiper
2
Parasitic Jaegers
3
Little Gulls
Büsum: Hafen
1
Little Gull
5
Caspian Gulls
Dithm. Eidervorland Ost (EE22) [1619_4_57s]
2
Eurasian Spoonbills
Dithmarschen, offshore [1915_4_59n]
2
Parasitic Jaegers
17h33
Eidersperrwerk Süd
1
Great Egret
12h27
1
Western Osprey
11h03
Elbmündung, offshore [2016_2_17n]
2
Black-throated Loons
13h30
1
Parasitic Jaeger
12h11
1
Long-tailed Jaeger
18h44
1
Great Skua
12h00
Elbmündung, offshore [2016_2_16n]
1
Black Tern
17h50
Hedwigenkoog West [1819_1_11n]
3
Little Gulls
15h24
Hedwigen-Sommerkoog Mitte / Westerkoog (MD13)
3
Little Gulls
15h47
Hedwigenkoog Südwest [1819_1_11s]
9
Little Gulls
15h27
Meldorfer Speicherkoog N: Odinsloch
1
Ferruginous Duck
 
≥30-52
Eurasian Spoonbills
2
Little Stints
Meldorfer Speicherkoog N: Kronenloch Westteil
1
Little Grebe
≥5
Black-necked Grebes
Meldorfer Speicherkoog N (FD1) [1919_2_09n]
≥2
Great Egrets
1
Little Egret
Norderwöhrden [1819_2_10s]
1
Little Gull
10h37
Trischen (IT)
20
Canada Geese
4
Eurasian Spoonbills
1
White-tailed Eagle
1
Merlin
1
Peregrine Falcon
1
Great Skua
2
Northern Wheatears
2
Grey-headed Yellow Wagtails (ssp. thunbergi)
Vorland Hedwigenkoog Nord (VD111) [1719_1_21s]
14
Common Cranes
09h54
Elbe-Lübeck-Kanal: Oberbüssau [2129_4_48s]
1
White-tailed Eagle
09h05
HL-Travemünde: Priwall West [2031_1_23s]
1
Common Moorhen
HL: Falkenfeld Vorwerk [2130_1_02n]
1
Peregrine Falcon
16h58
HL: Klughafen
1
Black Tern
17h23
HL: Wakenitz Badeanstalten [2130_1_13s]
1
Black Tern
18h31
Lübecker Bucht [1931_3_53s]
3
Common Pochards
2
Western Marsh Harriers
1
Common Buzzard
6
Common Kestrels
1
Eurasian Curlew
1
Common Sandpiper
6
Little Gulls
1
Sandwich Tern
12
Common / Arctic Terns
Schellbruch: Große Lagune
1
Egyptian Goose
17
Gadwalls
4
Little Grebes
3
White-tailed Eagles
1
Water Rail
1
Common Moorhen
9
Common Snipes
1
Common Greenshank
2
Common Kingfishers
Schellbruch: Süßwasserteich
14
Little Grebes
4
Great Egrets
1
Water Rail
×
Eurasian Curlews
1
Willow Tit (unspecified)
Breitenburger Moor (Anstaufläche)
≥7
Common Goldeneyes
1
Hen Harrier
2
Red Kites
2
Water Rails
2
Common Ringed Plover
1
Eurasian Curlew
3
Common Sandpipers
2
Dunlins
Hohenfelder Moor: Nordost [2123_2_19s]
2
Red-backed Shrikes
7
Whinchats
5
European Stonechats
Hörner Au-Niederung: Meierhaus [2123_2_10n]
1
European Honey Buzzard
2
Western Marsh Harriers
2
White-tailed Eagles
2
European Stonechats
1
Northern Wheatear
Winselmoor: Torfsee
~35
Canada Geese
1
Common Kingfisher
Amrum-Nebel [1316_1_22s]
1
European Stonechat
13h59
Amrum-Nebel [1316_1_22n]
2
Northern Wheatears
12h37
Amrum-Norddorf [1316_1_11s]
2
Northern Ravens
10h42
Amrum-Wittdün [1316_3_44n]
1
Red-breasted Merganser
1
Common Merganser
10h39
3
Great Egrets
2
Common Sandpipers
10h34
1
Caspian Tern
Amrum-Wittdün [1316_3_45n]
1
Red-breasted Merganser
17h51
Amrum-Wittdün [1316_3_45s]
1
Caspian Tern
10h36
Amrum-Wittdün [1316_3_43n]
1
Common Kingfisher
17h29
Amrum-Wittdün [1316_3_32s]
3
Northern Wheatears
09h16
Amrum: Wittdüner Marsch (IA62)
1
Northern Wheatear
09h58
Beltringharder Koog: Kleientnahme Südost, Wobbenbüll (2016)
19
Little Grebes
10h29
Beltringharder Koog (FN6) [1419_1_24n]
1
Great Egret
11h23
1
Red-necked Phalarope
 12h58
3
Little Stints
11h19
Beltringharder Koog gesamt (FN6)
3
White-tailed Eagles
09h53
×
Little Gulls
10h45
Beltringharder Koog: Sukzessionsflächen Südost (FN68)
1
White-tailed Eagle
12h35
2
Little Gulls
11h02
Beltringharder Koog (FN6) [1419_1_14s]
1
Common Sandpiper
11h11
Beltringharder Koog (FN6) [1419_4_49n]
2
Little Gulls
10h23
Beltringharder Koog (FN6) [1419_4_37s]
17
Little Gulls
10h44
≥4
Black Terns
10h44
Dammhusum [1118_2_27n]
3
Hooded Crows
 17h27
Dockkoog (MN72)
4
Northern Wheatears
09h20
Eidersperrwerk Nord
1
White-tailed Eagle
18h22
1
Great Skua
18h22
Fahretofter Westerkoog (FN2)
3
Great Egrets
11h22
Föhr-Midlum [1217_3_31n]
3
Northern Ravens
16h50
Föhr-Wyk [1317_1_12n]
3
Common Sandpipers
07h50
Föhr: Midlumer Vorland (IF13)
1
Great Egret
16h46
Friedrich-Wilhelm-Lübke-Koog [1117_2_19n]
1
Great Egret
16h21
Garding, Nordermarsch Süd [1618_4_37s]
1
Common Kingfisher
Gröde, offshore [1318_4_57n]
1
Skua / Jaeger, unidentified
10h30
Hallig Habel (IH4)
1
Common Goldeneye
20h10
3
Common Sandpipers
20h15
Hauke-Haien-Koog Mittelbecken (FN32)
1
Common Goldeneye
13h16
1
Merlin
16h30
Hauke-Haien-Koog Nordbecken (FN31) [1318_2_06n]
3
Eurasian Spoonbills
11h50
1
Parasitic Jaeger
11h47
1
Little Gull
11h39
Hauke-Haien-Koog Nordbecken (FN31)/ Mittelbecken [1318_2_06s]
~50
Eurasian Spoonbills
12h05
1
Wood Sandpiper
15h47
1
Temminck's Stint
16h00
Hauke-Haien-Koog Südbecken (FN33)
4
Eurasian Spoonbills
12h39
Hauke-Haien-Koog Südbecken (FN33) [1318_2_18s]
8
Eurasian Spoonbills
12h46
3
Great Egrets
12h47
Hauke-Haien-Koog Südbecken (FN33) [1318_2_17n]
1
White-tailed Eagle
16h30
Hindenburgdamm Ost [1117_1_04s]
1
Great Egret
11h01
Husum [1520_1_14n]
1
Common Kingfisher
15h11
Katinger Watt/ NABU-Naturzentrum [1718_2_10n]
≥3
Little Grebes
13h56
3
Red-necked Phalaropes
13h56
Katinger Watt: Katinger Priel Nord (EE142)
2
Little Grebes
12h45
2
Great Egrets
12h58
2
White-tailed Eagles
12h43
3
Red-necked Phalaropes
17h20
1
Common Sandpiper
12h44
2
Little Gulls
16h02
2-5
Black Terns
16h03
1
Northern Raven
13h27
Katinger Watt: Olversumer Vorland (EE11)
72
Eurasian Spoonbills
2
White-tailed Eagles
Katinger Watt: "Nullfläche" (EE13)
1
Water Rail
08h13
Katinger Watt (EE1)/ "Nullfläche" [1719_1_13s]
1
European Stonechat
Katingsiel [1619_3_51s]
1
Parasitic Jaeger
 17h52
Langeneß, offshore [1317_4_59s]
1
Black-legged Kittiwake
18h10
Osewoldterkoog (MN31)
1
White-tailed Eagle
11h14
Reußenköge, offshore [1318_4_58s]
1
Caspian Tern
10h30
Rickelsbüller Koog (FN1)/ Vorland [1017_4_59n]
~20
Curlew Sandpipers
 15h58
Sylt-Kampen [1016_1_22s]
1
Northern Wheatear
16h05
Sylt-List, Ellenbogen [0916_1_24n]
1
Leach's Storm Petrel
15h19
Sylt-List, Westerheide [1016_1_03n]
1
Curlew Sandpiper
14h51
Sylt-List, Ellenbogen [0916_2_27n]
2
Parasitic Jaegers
 13h35
Sylt-List, Ellenbogen [0916_2_26n]
1
Sabine's Gull
13h50
Sylt-Ost, Archsum [1116_1_14n]
1
Pink-footed Goose
16h56
Sylt-Ost, Morsumkliff [1116_2_18n]
1
Water Rail
14h29
Sylt-Rantumbecken [1115_2_30n]
1
Northern Wheatear
12h17
Sylt-Wenningstedt [1015_4_40n]
1
Northern Wheatear
12h42
Sylt: Lahnungsfelder Nössebucht/ Rantumbecken
4
Great Egrets
13h24
≥10
Curlew Sandpipers
13h30
Sylt: Rantumbecken Nordost-Schilf
1
Northern Wheatear
14h18
Sylt: Westerland-Seawatching
~15
Waders, unidentified
6-15
Red-throated Loons
1
Leach's Storm Petrel
12h52
1
Sooty Shearwater
10h04
1
Shearwater, unidentified
10h12
~2-28
Northern Gannets
1
Merlin
08h30
4-8
Parasitic Jaegers
1
Long-tailed Jaeger
10h22
2
Skuas / Jaegers, unidentified
≥1-2
Common Murres
1
Common Murre / Razorbill
07h35
1-5
Black-legged Kittiwakes
1-2
Sabine's Gulls
08h22
≥2-10
Little Gulls
13h33
1
Black Tern
14h27
Tating: Hochdorfer Garten
1
Northern Raven
11h23
Tönning, offshore [1718_2_30n]
1
White-tailed Eagle
18h22
Tönning: Stadtwald Süd/ Schwimmbad
10
Common Sandpipers
Vorland Hamburger Hallig, Halligkopf (VN51/ VN52) [1318_4_60s]
4
Eurasian Spoonbills
10h49
4
Great Egrets
11h01
Vorland Hamburger Hallig Südost (VN54) [1319_3_52s]
40
Eurasian Spoonbills
12h11
Vorland Hamburger Hallig, Schafberg Süd (VN52) [1319_3_51s]
1
Western Osprey
08h59
Vorland Hamburger Hallig, Schafberg (VN53) [1319_3_51n]
1
Hen Harrier
12h00
2
White-tailed Eagles
07h42
1
Merlin
08h17
1
Peregrine Falcon
07h42
2
Little Gulls
11h58
Vorland Hamburger Hallig (gesamt) (VN5)
1
Montagu's Harrier
19h16
4
Little Gulls
14h50
≥140
Western Yellow Wagtails, unidentified
Vorland Nordstrander Damm (VN91)
2
White-tailed Eagles
Vorland Hamburger Hallig NW (VN52) [1318_4_60n]
2
Parasitic Jaegers
08h37
Vorland Dockkoog/ Porrenkoog (VN931) [1520_1_01n]
1
Little Gull
09h53
105
Western Yellow Wagtails, unidentified
09h50
Vorland Schobüll (VN921) [1419_4_50s]
1
Mediterranean Gull
11h17
Vorland Schobüll (VN921) [1420_3_51s]
1
Northern Raven
10h05
Vorland Hamburger Hallig, Halligkopf (VN51) [1318_4_59s]
×
Northern Wheatears
10h40
Wittdün, offshore [1316_3_55s]
1
Peregrine Falcon
13h09
Wobbenbüll [1419_4_50n]
2
Northern Ravens
11h20
Hahnheide Nordwest [2328_4_36s]
1
Western Osprey
1
Eurasian Hobby
Meilsdorfer Teich
1
Red Kite
1
Common Kingfisher
Stenzerteich
1
Common Kingfisher
Timmerhorner Teich / Ostteich
2
Whooper Swans
Curauer Moor (Malkendorfer Moor)
1
Western Osprey
Fehmarn, Buhne östlich Grüner Brink [1433_3_53n]
≥12
Eurasian Curlews
Fehmarn: NABU-Wasservogelreservat Wallnau Neue Inseln
×
Gadwalls
13h33
≥15
Northern Shovelers
13h40
1
Little Grebe
11h47
1
Water Rail
14h15
1
Rail / Crake, unidentified
14h22
1
Common Moorhen
14h22
×
Common Ringed Plover
12h07
5
Common Snipes
13h31
2
Common Sandpipers
13h31
2
Spotted Redshanks
12h09
4
Common Redshanks
12h20
1
Green Sandpiper
11h48
1
Little Stint
12h29
1
Common Kingfisher
11h47
Gothendorf südwestlich [1929_2_07s]
1
Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Grüner Brink: große Lagune
2
Common Snipes
1
Spotted Redshank
 
4
Ruffs
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