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Thursday, November 30th, 2023

Büsum: Hafen
 2 
Common Murres 
HL-Holstentor [2130_1_11s]
 1 
Common Kingfisher 
HL-St. Jürgen: Goldberg [2130_1_24s]
 ≥1 
White-headed Long-tailed Tit (ssp. caudatus) 
 
Ahrenshöft [1420_1_15s]
 1 
European Green Woodpecker 
Beltringharder Koog (FN6) [1419_4_39s]
 1 
Hen Harrier 
Dagebüller Koog Osterdeich [1218_3_35s]
 1 
European Stonechat 
ETS, Treene: Friedrichstadt
 2 
Common Mergansers 
Hauke-Haien-Koog Mittelbecken (FN32)
 9 
Tundra Swans 
 4 
White-tailed Eagles 
Hauke-Haien-Koog Nordbecken (FN31) [1318_2_06n]
 4 
Bearded Reedlings 
Hude [1621_1_04s]
 1 
Hen Harrier 
Husum [1520_1_14s]
 1 
Common Merganser 
Katinger Watt: Katinger Priel Nord (EE142)
 18 
Egyptian Geese 
Klixbüll [1119_3_45s]
 ≥20 
Grey Partridges 
Langenhorn Ost [1319_2_17n]
 1 
Eurasian Woodcock 
 
Südermarsch [1520_4_47n]
 1 
Hen Harrier 
Südermarsch [1520_1_24n]
 1 
Northern Goshawk 
Sylt: Hörnum-Hafen
 1 
Red-throated Loon 
Wildes Moor Winnert [1521_3_44s]
 2 
Northern Ravens 
NSG Brenner Moor
 1 
Little Grebe 
Neustädter Binnenwasser (Ostteil)
 1 
Peregrine Falcon 
Raisdorf Nord [1727_1_05s]
 1 
Species not in the list 
Rathjensdorf östlich [1828_2_07s]
 1 
Eurasian Sparrowhawk 
Trammer See: Halbinsel
 1 
Smew 
 1 
White-tailed Eagle 
Trammer See: Eulenkrugbucht
 1 
Little Grebe 
Gnutz westlich [1824_4_39s]
 1 
Hen Harrier 
Wardersee Fährkate [2028_1_14n]
 1 
Smew 
 1 
Little Grebe 
Jübek [1422_1_24s]
 5 
Northern Ravens 
Altonaer Volkspark
 1 
Northern Goshawk 
 2 
Northern Ravens 
Altonaer Volkspark
 1 
Northern Goshawk 
 1 
Black Woodpecker 
Borgfelde / Hamm [2426_1_23s]
 1 
Eurasian Woodcock 
Duvenstedter Brook, zentrale Wiesen
 11 
Whooper Swans 
Duvenstedter Brook (zentral) [2227_3_41n]
 1 
Black Woodpecker 
Gut Moor / Wilstorf [2526_3_31n]
 2 
Egyptian Geese 
 1 
Common Kingfisher 
Hamburg: NSG Duvenstedter Brook
 2 
Whooper Swans 
Kupferteich Wohldorf
 7 
Whooper Swans 
Neuland S [2526_1_23s]
 1 
Rough-legged Buzzard 
Bad Doberan, offshore [1837_1_22s]
 1 
Black-throated Loon 
 5 
Loons, unidentified 
Börgerende-Rethwisch, offshore [1837_1_23s]
 7 
Tundra Swans 
 ~34 
Smews 
 1 
Red-breasted Merganser 
 4 
Red-throated Loons 
 1 
Black-throated Loon 
 8 
Razorbills 
 10 
Razorbills / Common Murres 
Conventer See W/Mündung Mühlenfließ [1837_3_33n]
 18 
Twites 
Hütter Wohld westl. Klosterteiche
 1 
Northern Goshawk 
Jemnitzschleuse
 1 
Black-throated Loon 
 1 
Little Gull 
 1 
Bearded Reedling 
 1 
Mistle Thrush 
 2 
Water Pipits 
Parkentin [1937_2_19n]
 2 
Eurasian Collared Doves 
Walkmüller Holz W
 2 
Red Kites 
Innenstadt [1946_1_03n]
 2 
Long-eared Owls 
Ryck: Eisenhammer bis Spülfeld
 1 
Great Grey Shrike 
Ryckwäldchen
 1 
Common Kingfisher 
Salzwiese Ladebow
 1 
White-tailed Eagle 
 1 
Common Kingfisher 
Spülfeld Ryck
 2 
Common Kingfishers 
Südstadt
 1 
Long-eared Owl 
HRO: Hütelmoor S [1739_3_51n]
 1 
Hen Harrier 
 1 
White-tailed Eagle 
Hütelmoor O/ Rostocker Heide [1739_3_52n]
 1 
European Green Woodpecker 
Briest: Feldflur S 2 [2732_4_46s]
 2 
White-tailed Eagles 
Briest: Feldflur S 1 [2732_4_46n]
 1 
Great Grey Shrike 
Neubrandenburg, Röttsee [2445_2]
 4 
Smews 
LSG "Tollenseniederung", Tollense O Torfstiche NB [2445_1]
 3 
Little Grebes 
Neubrandenburg, Ölmühlenbach-Hopfenburg [2445_1]
 1 
Little Grebe 
 0 
White-throated Dipper (ssp. cinclus) 
Neubrandenburg, Ölmühlenbach-Forelle [2445_1]
 2 
Little Grebes 
 1 
Common Kingfisher 
 0 
White-throated Dipper (ssp. cinclus) 
Neubrandenburg, Oberbach [2445_2]
 2 
Little Grebes 
Neubrandenburg, KGA "An der Tollense" [2445_1_25n]
 1 
Common Kingfisher 
Darßwald, Altdarß, Nationalparkamt [1641_1_02n]
 1 
Red Kite 
Zecheriner Brücke
 × 
Smews 
 1 
Great Egret 
Baltrum: Ostdorf
 60 
Horned Larks 
Kleihörne [2515_4_39n]
 1 
Hen Harrier 
Fuhseaue N Wathlingen [3426_2_29s]
 10 
Tundra Swans 
Fuhseniederung Nienhagen [3426_2_28n]
 5 
Egyptian Geese 
westl. Flackenhorst [3426_2_18s]
 ≥6 
Whooper / Tundra Swans 
Berensch-Ort [2117_4_46s]
 ~35 
Woodlarks 
Hohe Klint / Oxstedt [2117_4_57s]
 18 
Woodlarks 
NP Cappel-Neufeld
 1 
Hen Harrier 
 10 
Horned Larks 
Alte Jeetzel zw. Dbg. u. PW Lüggau
 2 
Common Mergansers 
Dannenberg-Develang [2932_2_06s]
 1 
Eurasian Sparrowhawk 
Jeetzelnied. Schaafhausen-NE [2932_2_16n]
 1 
White-tailed Eagle 
 1 
Common Kingfisher 
Sallahn
 1 
Eurasian Bullfinch (P.p.pyrrhula) 
Steine-W [3032_3_32s]
 ≥1 
Red Kite 
SW Brümmerloh [3318_3_52n]
 15 
Grey Partridges 
Feldmark Barwedel NO / südlich Krümmken Graben [3430_4_48n]
 1 
Black Woodpecker 
Bovenden [4425_2_06s]
 1 
Eurasian Sparrowhawk 
Elkershausen [4525_3_44s]
 1 
Whinchat 
Feldmark südl. Rosdorf [4525_1_05n]
 1-2 
Canada Geese 
 ≥21-23 
Greater White-fronted Geese 
 ≥53-60 
Egyptian Geese 
Feldmark Reinshof [4525_2_06n]
 1 
Red-necked Grebe 
Feldmark Geismar-Süd [4425_4_57s]
 1 
White Stork 
Göttinger Kiessee
 ≥11-25 
Common Mergansers 
 ≥17-21 
Great Egrets 
 ≥8-11 
Grey Herons 
Kiesgrube Reinshof
 6 
Gadwalls 
 1 
Greater Scaup 
 4 
Great Crested Grebes 
 1 
Red-necked Grebe 
 1 
Grey Heron 
Rosdorf [4525_1_13n]
 1 
Black Woodpecker 
Barsinghausen S [3722_2_09n]
 1 
Eurasian Sparrowhawk 
Deister: Spalterhals NO [3722_2_09s]
 2 
Black Woodpeckers 
H-Ahlem [3624_1_01s]
 2 
Red Kites 
 2 
Common Kingfishers 
 3 
Woodlarks 
H-Limmer: Wasserkunst
 2 
Common Kingfishers 
H-Ricklingen: ehem. Wassergewinnungsgelände [3624_1_25s]
 1 
Northern Goshawk 
 ≥2 
Water Rails 
H: Georgengarten [3624_1_03s]
 1 
Middle Spotted Woodpecker 
H: Maschsee Südufer
 9 
Egyptian Geese 
NSG "Leineaue Ruthe - Koldingen": Gr. Kold. See N
 1 
Green Sandpiper 
 3 
Caspian Gulls 
Steinhuder Meer: Badeinsel
 ≥3 
Northern Shovelers 
 ≥25 
Common Goldeneyes 
 ≥60 
Smews 
 ≥35 
Common Mergansers 
Steinhuder Meer vor Promenade Steinhude
 × 
Common Mergansers 
Hildesheim Lerchenberg Süd [3825_3_35s]
 ≥1 
Eurasian Sparrowhawk 
Hildesheim Steuerwald [3825_2_16s]
 1 
Common Kingfisher 
Hildesheim: Drispenstedt Nord [3825_2_19n]
 1 
Northern Raven 
Lüneburger Hafen
 5 
Common Mergansers 
 1 
Caspian Gull 
Immensen Nord [4225_1_04s]
 5 
Grey Partridges 
Northeim West, Großer Freizeitsee [4225_4_49s]
 ≥40 
Tundra Bean Geese 
 ≥4 
Egyptian Geese 
 2 
Gadwalls 
 1 
Common Goldeneye 
 1 
Smew 
 ≥2 
Little Grebes 
 ≥55 
Great Crested Grebes 
Documentation with the AKNB required 1 
Common Loon 
 ≥10 
Great Egrets 
 ≥10 
Grey Herons 
 2 
Water Rails 
 1 
Common Sandpiper 
 1 
Common Kingfisher 
 1 
Black Woodpecker 
 ≥31 
Lesser Redpolls 
Herzberg am Harz [4327_4_50s]
 2 
Egyptian Geese 
Buschhagen-Niederung-Nord
 2 
Eurasian Woodcocks 
Alfsee: Reservebecken (Teil des NSG "Hochwasserrückhaltebecken Alfhausen-Rieste")
 10 
Whooper Swans 
 ~20 
Tundra Swans 
 1 
Canada Goose 
 2 
White-tailed Eagles 
 1 
Black Woodpecker 
OS-Innenstadt [3714_1_14s]
 1 
Great Egret 
OS-Wüste [3714_1_22n]
 1 
Eurasian Sparrowhawk 
Kiesgrube Lengenbostel
 4 
Common Mergansers 
Auslauf Siel Schöneworth
 4 
Common Mergansers 
 2 
Hen Harriers 
Borsteler Binnenelbe [2424_3_32n]
 3 
Common Mergansers 
Deinster Mühlenteiche
 2 
Common Mergansers 
Fredenbeck [2522_1_03n]
 8 
Grey Partridges 
Freiburg (Elbe) [2121_4_39s]
 5 
Smews 
Freiburger Außendeich [2121_4_38n]
 2 
Common Mergansers 
 ≥1 
Bearded Reedling 
Harsefeld [2523_3_31n]
 3 
European Serins 
Schöneworther Außendeich [2121_4_37s]
 5 
Common Mergansers 
Vorland Radarturm Freiburg
 ≥5 
Bearded Reedlings 
Heerter See Nordufer [3828_3_44s]
 ≥4 
Common Mergansers 
 ≥6 
Water Rails 
 2 
Yellow-legged Gulls 
 75 
Herring / Yellow-legged / Caspian Gulls 
 1 
Common Kingfisher 
Heerter See Westufer [3828_3_53n]
 11 
Common Mergansers 
 ≥3 
Bearded Reedlings 
Heerter See
 1 
Hen Harrier 
 ~500 
Herring / Yellow-legged / Caspian Gulls 
 1 
Lesser Black-backed Gull 
Heerter See Südufer [3828_3_54n]
 1 
Red Kite 
Salzgitter [3928_1_05n]
 85 
Herring / Yellow-legged / Caspian Gulls 
Drennhauser Hinterdeich West [2627_2_07n]
 1 
Great Egret 
Drennhauser Hinterdeich Ost [2627_2_08n]
 1 
Great Egret 
Hunden-Nord [2627_2_18n]
 1 
Great Egret 
 2 
Northern Ravens 
Kleientnahme Krümse
 5 
Smews 
 2 
Common Mergansers 
 2 
Great Egrets 
 1 
Common Kingfisher 
Kleientnahme Krümse West [2527_4_57s]
Documentation with the AKNB required 1 
Western Cattle Egret 
Winsen (Luhe) - Zentrum [2627_1_23n]
 7 
Eurasian Bullfinches 
Winsener Marsch NE Tönnhausen [2627_2_07s]
 3 
Whooper Swans 
 2 
Common Mergansers 
 1 
Great Egret 
 1 
Peregrine Falcon 
Winsener Marsch Hunden-Krümse [2627_2_09n]
 3 
Whooper Swans 
 1 
Great Egret 
 1 
Short-eared Owl 
Winsener Marsch Tönnhausen-Hunden [2627_2_17n]
 50 
Canada Geese 
 10 
Tundra Bean Geese 
 2 
Egyptian Geese 
 4 
Great Egrets 
 2 
Stock Doves 
Winsener Marsch NE Hunden [2627_2_09s]
 1 
Little Grebe 
 4 
Great Egrets 
 1 
Hen Harrier 
Winsener Marsch: Brandfeld-Süd [2627_2_10n]
 1 
Great Egret 
 2 
Hen Harriers 
Winsener Marsch: Brandfeld [2527_4_60s]
 3 
Hen Harriers 
 1 
Red Kite 
Barnbruchswiesen SW [3530_3_42n]
 2 
Hen Harriers 
 1 
Caspian Gull 
 6 
Northern Ravens 
Feldflur Steckby [4138_1_03s]
 1 
Hen Harrier 
Feldflur S Zerbst [4038_3_35n]
 1 
Hen Harrier 
Domersleben [3934_2_07s]
 1 
Eurasian Sparrowhawk 
Niedere Börde [3735_1_14s]
 ≥15 
European Turtle Doves 
Jaucha, Feldflur SO [4838_4_38n]
 1 
Hen Harrier 
Mondsee [4838_4_38s]
 1 
Northern Goshawk 
 3 
Eurasian Sparrowhawks 
Mondsee Jaucha
 1 
Black Woodpecker 
Innenstadt West [4139_3_44n]
 1 
Peregrine Falcon 
HAL-Trotha [4437_4_58n]
 1 
Mandarin Duck 
 7 
Little Grebes 
 1 
Common Kingfisher 
NSG "Forstwerder"
 3 
Egyptian Geese 
Gersdorfer Burg [4233_1_13s]
 1 
Grey-headed Woodpecker 
 
Feldmark W Loburg [3838_3_53n]
 15 
Grey Partridges 
Möckern [3837_4_36s]
 1 
Western Barn Owl 
Deetz - Ost [3436_1_01s]
 0 
Grey Wagtail 
Feldmark S Möringen [3436_1_15n]
 0 
Grey Wagtail 
Käthen [3435_2_20n]
 0 
Grey Wagtail 
Kiessee Hillberg (3436-1)
 1 
Common Kingfisher 
Uchte S Käthen [3435_2_20s]
 1 
Grey Wagtail 
Volgfelde - Nord [3435_2_29n]
 0 
Grey Wagtail 
Bernburg-Strenzfeld S, Feldflur [4136_3_43s]
 1 
Eurasian Sparrowhawk 
Bernburg-Dröbel NO, Feldflur, Deponie Latdorf [4136_4_58s]
 ~140 
Herring / Yellow-legged / Caspian Gulls 
NSG "Wilslebener See"
 1 
Common Merganser 
Wilsleben S, Feldflur [4234_2_06n]
 1 
Merlin 
Schönitzer See Süd 4140-4
 1 
Eurasian Sparrowhawk 
Kirchmöser Ost [3640_2_07s]
 10 
White-headed Long-tailed Tits (ssp. caudatus) 
 1 
Bohemian Waxwing 
Plauer See (gesamt)
 2 
Northern Shovelers 
 9 
Smews 
 1 
Common Kingfisher 
Tagebau Cottbus-Nord, zukünftiger Cottbuser See mit Nordostuferzone [4252_2_07n]
 4 
Red-necked Grebes 
Großer Zug
 10 
Common Mergansers 
 3 
Great Black-backed Gull 
 1 
Caspian Gull 
Krossinsee: Wernsdorfer Badebucht
 3 
Herring / Yellow-legged / Caspian Gulls 
Leeskow [3952_3_45s]
 1 
Peregrine Falcon 
Sellenzugsee
 3 
Mandarin Ducks 
Neuzeller Wiesenaue Nord [3854_3_51s]
 1 
Green Sandpiper 
Kuhtränke
 3 
Mandarin Ducks 
 4 
Common Mergansers 
Wublitz: Grube bis Nattwerder
 ~30 
Common Mergansers 
Beelitz [3843_2_20s]
 1 
Rough-legged Buzzard 
Feldflur O Wittbrietzen [3843_2_20n]
 1 
Rough-legged Buzzard 
Feldflur N Pechüle [3943_2_08n]
 1 
Great Grey Shrike 
Treuenbrietzen [3943_1_03n]
 1 
Northern Goshawk 
Wittbrietzen [3843_2_09s]
 2 
Rough-legged Buzzards 
Blankensee SW [3744_4_38s]
 21 
Smews 
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