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Friday, April 26th, 2024

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Friday, April 26th, 2024

Schleuse Vogelgrun [7911_3_45s]
 1 
Egyptian Goose 
 2 
Common Mergansers 
Büsumer Deichhausen [1819_3_35s]
 1 
Pied Wagtail (ssp. yarrellii) 
Eidersperrwerk Süd
 1 
Little Gull 
Fieler Moor Nordwest [1820_2_28n]
 2 
Bluethroats 
Hemmingstedt [1820_2_28s]
 1 
Bluethroat 
Lehe östlich [1620_3_33n]
 1 
White Stork 
Meldorfer Speicherkoog N (FD1) [1819_4_47n]
 ≥30 
Little Gulls 
Trischen (IT) (WVZ)
 ≥75 
Eurasian Spoonbills 
 2 
Mediterranean Gulls 
 ≥4 
Little Terns 
Trischen (IT)
 × 
Eurasian Spoonbills 
 1 
White-tailed Eagle 
 1 
Peregrine Falcon 
 × 
Mediterranean Gulls 
 × 
Little Terns 
 1 
Northern Wheatear 
Vorland Dieksanderkoog Nord (VD41)/ Spülfeld Friedrichskoog [1919_3_52s]
 2 
Western Yellow Wagtails, unidentified 
Warwerort [1819_4_36s]
 4 
Eurasian Spoonbills 
HL-St. Gertrud: Wakenitz, Moltkebrücke [2130_1_23n]
 2 
Sternidae, unidentified 
HL: Dummerdorfer Ufer, Tierheim [2031_3_41n]
 1 
Common Nightingale 
HL: Falkenfeld Vorwerk [2130_1_02n]
 1 
Common Moorhen 
HL: Klughafen
 1 
Eurasian Oystercatcher 
HL: Vorwerker Hafen
 2 
Common Shelducks 
 2 
Lesser Black-backed Gulls 
Wakenitz: Nordende bis Moltkebrücke
 1 
Common Tern 
Breitenburg Moor Nordwest [2123_2_08s]
 ~80 
Little Gulls 
 9 
Black Terns 
Hörner Au-Niederung: Meierhaus [2123_2_10n]
 1 
Common Kingfisher 
Kronsmoor südöstlich [2023_4_57s]
 2 
Red Kites 
Störniederung: Breitenburg Ost [2023_3_55n]
 2 
Red Kites 
 1 
White-tailed Eagle 
Kiel: Bellevue [1626_4_40n]
 2 
Red-breasted Mergansers 
Kiel: Düsternbrook Ost [1626_4_40s]
 1 
Egyptian Goose 
Kiel: Marinearsenal
 1 
Canada Goose 
Kiel: Schwentinemündung
 1 
Red-breasted Merganser 
Amrum Odde: Haustal
 1 
Stock Dove 
Amrum Odde: Sahara
 1 
Stock Dove 
Amrum Odde (IA4) [1216_3_51s]
 1 
Stock Dove 
Amrum-Norddorf [1316_1_01s]
 1 
White-tailed Eagle 
Amrum-Norddorf [1316_1_01n]
 2 
Stock Doves 
 1 
Northern Wheatear 
Amrum-Norddorf [1316_1_11n]
 2 
Eurasian Collared Doves 
Amrum-Wittdün [1316_3_45n]
 16 
Purple Sandpipers 
Amrum: Kniepsand N (IA31) (WVZ)
 2 
Egyptian Geese 
 6 
Little Terns 
 2 
Stock Doves 
Amrum: Kniepbucht/ Kapitäns-Haken (IA2)
 5 
Little Terns 
Amrum: Norddorfer Marsch (IA61)
 1 
White-tailed Eagle 
Amrum: Salzwiesen Norddorf (IA12)
 1 
White-tailed Eagle 
Beltringharder Koog (FN6) [1419_1_24n]
 1 
Garganey 
 
Beltringharder Koog (FN6)/ untere Arlauwiesen [1419_2_27s]
 2 
Garganeys 
 1 
Spotted Crake 
Beltringharder Koog (FN6) + Vorland [1419_3_33s]
 3 
Red-breasted Mergansers 
 2 
Little Terns 
Beltringharder Koog: Kleientnahme Südost, Wobbenbüll (2016)
 1 
Eurasian Bittern 
Beltringharder Koog (FN6) [1419_3_44n]
 9 
White-tailed Eagles 
Beltringharder Koog (FN6) + Vorland [1419_3_43n]
 1 
Northern Raven 
Beltringharder Koog (FN6) [1419_4_39s]
 1 
Northern Wheatear 
Dreieckskoog [1117_2_20n]
 1 
Corn Bunting 
Föhr NW Kormoraninsel (SN6)
 2 
White-tailed Eagles 
Föhr-Oevenum [1217_3_33n]
 ≥9 
Egyptian Geese 
Föhr-Ost [1217_3_33s]
 2 
Egyptian Geese 
Föhr-Ost [1217_3_45s]
 2 
Egyptian Geese 
Föhr-Ost [1217_3_55n]
 1 
White-tailed Eagle 
Föhr-Ost [1217_1_24s]
 2 
Common Sandpipers 
 2 
Green Sandpipers 
Föhr-Ost [1217_3_35n]
 2 
Green Sandpipers 
Föhr-Wyk [1317_1_05s]
 1 
Red-breasted Merganser 
Föhr: Godelniederung (IF31) (WVZ)
 2 
Egyptian Geese 
 1 
Eurasian Spoonbill 
 19 
Little Terns 
Föhr: Marsch Südost
 2 
Egyptian Geese 
Friedrich-Wilhelm-Lübke-Koog [1117_2_19n]
 1 
Corn Bunting 
Hallig Langeneß (IH1), Kirchhofswarf [1317_3_43n]
 1 
Brant Goose (ssp. nigricans), Black 
 
Hallig Langeneß (IH1), Ridd [1317_3_44n]
 1 
White-tailed Eagle 
Hallig Langeneß (IH1), Mayenswarf [1317_3_33s]
 6 
Little Terns 
Hallig Langeneß (IH1), Kirchwarf West [1317_4_37n]
 1 
Little Tern 
Hallig Norderoog (IH7) (WVZ)
 2 
Red-breasted Mergansers 
 2 
Mediterranean Gulls 
Hallig Norderoog (IH7)
 8 
Eurasian Spoonbills 
 1 
Ring Ouzel 
Hauke-Haien-Koog Südbecken (FN33) (WVZ)
 2 
Garganeys 
 45 
Common Goldeneyes 
 2 
Eurasian Bitterns 
 1 
White-tailed Eagle 
 62 
Little Gulls 
 1 
Black Tern 
Hauke-Haien-Koog Südbecken (FN33)
 2 
Garganeys 
 1 
Black Tern 
Hauke-Haien-Koog Südbecken (FN33) + Vorland [1318_2_17s]
 1 
Garganey 
Hauke-Haien-Koog Nordbecken (FN31) (WVZ)
 2 
Common Goldeneyes 
 1 
Black-necked Grebe 
 1 
Eurasian Spoonbill 
 1 
White-tailed Eagle 
 1 
Black-tailed Godwit (ssp. islandica) 
 3 
Little Stints 
 5 
Little Gulls 
 3 
Little Terns 
Hauke-Haien-Koog Nordbecken (FN31)
 1 
Black-necked Grebe 
 1 
Eurasian Spoonbill 
 1 
White-tailed Eagle 
 1 
Common Sandpiper 
 2 
Little Stints 
 5 
Little Gulls 
Hauke-Haien-Koog Nordbecken (FN31) [1318_2_06n]
 5 
Eurasian Spoonbills 
 3 
Little Stints 
 3 
Little Terns 
Hauke-Haien-Koog Südbecken (FN33) [1318_2_19s]
 1 
Eurasian Bittern 
Hauke-Haien-Koog Südbecken (FN33) [1318_2_18s]
 1 
White-tailed Eagle 
Hauke-Haien-Koog Nordbecken (FN31)/ Mittelbecken [1318_2_06s]
 1 
White-tailed Eagle 
 1 
European Pied Flycatcher 
Hauke-Haien-Koog Süd (FN33)/ Ockholmer Westerkoog [1318_2_29n]
 ≥30 
Little Gulls 
 1 
Black Tern 
 1 
European Stonechat 
 1 
Northern Wheatear 
Hauke-Haien-Koog Mittelbecken (FN32)
 ~40 
Little Gulls 
Katinger Watt: Eiderdammflächen N (nördl. Turm)
 1 
Kentish Plover 
NSG Westerspätinge (FE2)
 1 
Eurasian Bittern 
Ockholmer Westerkoog (FN4)
 1 
White-tailed Eagle 
Oldersbek [1521_3_41n]
 2 
Grey Partridges 
 2 
Eurasian Oystercatchers 
Petersbüll [1118_2_18s]
 1 
Merlin 
Reußenköge [1419_2_06s]
 1 
Corn Bunting 
Rickelsbüller Koog (FN1) [1117_2_10n]
 1 
Garganey 
Rickelsbüller Koog (FN1)
 4 
Garganeys 
 2 
Great Egrets 
 2 
White-tailed Eagles 
 2 
Black-winged Stilts 
 2 
Hooded Crows 
 4 
Western Yellow Wagtails, unidentified 
 1 
Corn Bunting 
Rickelsbüller Koog (FN1) [1117_2_08s]
 1 
Montagu's Harrier 
Rickelsbüller Koog (FN1): Nordost
 2 
Black-winged Stilts 
Rickelsbüller Koog (FN1) [1117_2_09s]
 1 
Black-winged Stilt 
 4 
Little Stints 
Rickelsbüller Koog (FN1)/ Vorland [1117_2_09n]
 45 
Kentish Plovers 
 1 
Common Sandpiper 
Rickelsbüller Koog (FN1) [1017_4_60n]
 8 
Black-tailed Godwits (ssp. islandica) 
Rickelsbüller Koog (FN1)/ Vorland [1017_4_59s]
 1 
Bearded Reedling 
Rickelsbüller Koog (FN1)/ Vorland [1017_4_59n]
 1 
Bearded Reedling 
Rickelsbüller Koog (FN1) [1117_2_10s]
 19 
Corn Buntings 
Sylt-Ost, Hindenburgdamm [1117_1_13n]
 1 
Merlin 
Sylt: Hörnum-Hafen
 3 
Common Redstarts 
Sylt: Jükersmarsch (IS331)
 1 
Eurasian Spoonbill 
Sylt: Katrevel Nössekoog
 3 
Red-breasted Geese 
Sylt: Nössekoog Ost (IS611) (WVZ)
 3 
Red-breasted Geese 
 3 
Egyptian Geese 
Sylt: Tierpark Nössekoog W Tinnum
 1 
White-tailed Eagle 
 2 
Northern Ravens 
Vorland Neugalmsbüllkoog/ Dagebüll-Haffdeich (VN222) [1218_3_33s]
 1 
Red-breasted Goose 
Vorland Hauke-Haien-Koog Nord (VN33) (WVZ)
 8 
Red-breasted Mergansers 
 3 
Eurasian Spoonbills 
Vorland Hamburger Hallig, Halligkopf (VN51/ VN52) [1318_4_60s]
 1 
Eurasian Spoonbill 
Vorland St. Peter Mitte: Nordteil (VE52) (WVZ)
 8 
Kentish Plovers 
Vorland Westerhever Süd (VE322)
 1 
Kentish Plover 
 1 
Common Sandpiper 
Vorland Schobüll (VN921) [1419_4_60n]
 1 
European Stonechat 
Vorland F-W-Lübke-Koog Nord (VN211) [1117_2_17s]
 1 
Corn Bunting 
Westerhever-Ahndel [1617_2_10s]
 1 
Eurasian Spoonbill 
Bültenkrug [2226_4_49n]
 3 
Egyptian Geese 
NSG Brenner Moor
 2 
Canada Geese 
Grömitz [1831_2_29s]
 1 
Red Kite 
 2 
Eurasian Oystercatchers 
Grömitz: Yachthafen
 6 
Red-breasted Mergansers 
HL: Petroleumhafen [2030_3_52s]
 2 
Gadwalls 
 2 
Eurasian Oystercatchers 
Lenster Strand
 2 
Gadwalls 
 2 
Red-breasted Mergansers 
 2 
Eurasian Oystercatchers 
 ≥10 
Common Ringed Plover 
 1 
Sanderling 
 ≥20 
Little Terns 
 6 
Arctic Terns 
Wallnau Nord
 4 
Little Terns 
Groß Nordende [2223_4_57s]
 2 
Egyptian Geese 
Groß Nordende [2223_4_58s]
 1 
Western Osprey 
 
 1 
European Stonechat 
Klein Nordende [2224_3_42s]
 1 
Eurasian Teal / Garganey 
 2 
European Stonechats 
Uetersen [2323_2_08n]
 2 
Northern Ravens 
Wedel N [2424_1_03n]
 2 
Woodlarks 
Heickenteich
 0 
Red-necked Grebe 
Hohenfelder Strandsee
 2 
Red-necked Grebes 
Klasterteich
 1 
Little Grebe 
 0 
Red-necked Grebe 
 1 
Middle Spotted Woodpecker 
Laboe: Sandbänke Neustein
 1 
White-tailed Eagle 
 8-16 
Little Terns 
 2 
Arctic Terns 
Lanker See: Probstenwerder
 3 
Common Shelducks 
 ~120 
Little Gulls 
 2 
Common Terns 
Ostsee: Kolberger Heide, Heidkate [1527_4_40s]
 ≥4 
Red-breasted Mergansers 
 1 
Western Osprey 
 1 
Common Moorhen 
 ≥4 
Little Terns 
 2 
Arctic Terns 
Ostsee: KI-Förde, Stein [1527_4_47s]
 1 
Eurasian Whimbrel 
 1 
Common Sandpiper 
 2 
Mediterranean Gulls 
 ≥15 
Little Terns 
Ostsee: KI-Förde, Bottsand [1527_4_48n]
 1 
Spotted Redshank 
 4 
Common Greenshanks 
 1 
Northern Wheatear 
Ostsee: Kolberger Heide, Kalifornien
 3 
Lesser Black-backed Gulls 
Pohnsdorfer Stauung: Ostpolder
 1 
Western Marsh Harrier 
 1 
Little Ringed Plover 
 1 
Common Sandpiper 
 2 
Green Sandpipers 
 1 
Sedge Warbler 
Postsee: Nordteil
 × 
Little Gulls 
Postsee: Pohnsdorf [1727_4_36s]
 × 
Little Gulls 
Postseefeldmark Nord [1727_4_46n]
 2 
Egyptian Geese 
Scharsee
 1 
Eurasian Sparrowhawk 
Sehlendorfer Binnensee: Broek
 1 
Bluethroat 
Strandsee und Strand Dünenlandschaft Laboe
 1 
Common Ringed Plover 
Wendtorf, offshore [1527_2_28s]
 2 
Red-necked Grebes 
Aukrug Innien-Nord [1924_2_08s]
 1 
White Stork 
Aukrug-Homfeld [1924_2_16n]
 1 
White Stork 
Bokel [1724_4_58n]
 2 
White Storks 
Bülk Wiesen
 1 
Common Redshank 
 3 
Common Greenshanks 
 2 
Common Redstarts 
Ellerdorf [1825_1_01n]
 2 
White Storks 
Gnutz [1824_4_40s]
 1 
White Stork 
 1 
Red Kite 
Grauel [1924_1_11s]
 1 
Red Kite 
Kiel: Domänental (Kronshagen)
 2 
Red-necked Grebes 
Krogaspe [1825_4_46n]
 1 
White Stork 
Schönhorst südlich [1726_4_47s]
 ≥1 
Canada Goose 
Surendorf (Marinedepot)
 6 
Red-breasted Mergansers 
 4 
Common Mergansers 
 2 
Common Ringed Plover 
Surendorf Nord [1526_1_15n]
 2 
Common Ringed Plover 
Timmaspe Nord [1825_3_34n]
 1 
White Stork 
Großer Mustiner See
 1 
Eurasian Bittern 
Hasenmoor West [2025_4_50n]
 2 
Whooper Swans 
ETS: Westerkoog Süderstapel [1621_3_33n]
 2 
Eurasian Oystercatchers 
ETS: Westerkoog Süderstapel , Westermoor [1621_3_32s]
 40 
Eurasian Whimbrels 
ETS: Westerkoog Süderstapel [1621_3_43n]
 21 
Lesser Black-backed Gulls 
Falshöft: südl. Seehof [1225_2_29n]
 1 
Common Shelduck 
 2 
Gadwalls 
 1 
Garganey 
Geltinger Birk: Vernässung Ostteil
 10 
Common Shelducks 
 24 
Gadwalls 
 1 
Great Egret 
 6 
Pied Avocets 
 5 
Common Ringed Plover 
 19 
Common Redshanks 
 1 
Common Greenshank 
Geltinger Birk: Birknack
 1 
Red-breasted Merganser 
 1 
Montagu's Harrier 
Geltinger Birk: Beveroe [1225_1_05s]
 1 
European Green Woodpecker 
Idstedter See Nord [1423_1_02s]
 1 
Common Sandpiper 
Maasholm Bad [1226_3_51s]
 5 
Red-breasted Mergansers 
Niebywesterfeld [1225_2_16n]
 1 
White-tailed Eagle 
NSG "Schleimündung", Alte Schleimündung [1326_1_02s]
 6 
Great Egrets 
NSG "Schleimündung", Vogelwärterhütte [1326_1_02n]
 6 
Common Ringed Plover 
 2 
Common Redshanks 
Rundhof [1225_3_41n]
 2 
Western Marsh Harriers 
Alster, Schwanenwik
 1 
Common Sandpiper 
Billbrook [2426_4_47n]
 1 
Common Nightingale 
Billbrook (Moorfleeter Kanal) [2426_4_46s]
 1 
Common Nightingale 
Curslack - Achterschlag [2527_1_15s]
 2 
Common Kingfishers 
 1 
European Stonechat 
Eichtalpark
 4 
Canada Geese 
Eidelstedter Feldmark, Niendorfer Gehege [2325_4_56n]
 2 
Water Rails 
Eidelstedt / Kollauniederung [2325_4_46s]
 1 
Common Kingfisher 
 1 
Ring Ouzel (ssp. torquatus) 
Finkenwerder mit Rüschkanal [2425_3_32s]
 1 
Common Nightingale 
Fischbeker Heide - Segelflugplatz [2524_2_30n]
 2 
European Stonechats 
Fischbeker Heide [2525_1_21s]
 1 
European Stonechat 
Fischbeker Heide - Trockental [2525_1_21n]
 1 
European Stonechat 
 
Kalte Hofe
 1 
Common Nightingale 
Kirchwerder Wiesen / Fersenweg [2527_3_41n]
 1 
White Stork 
Kirchwerder Wiesen / Hower See [2526_4_40s]
 1 
European Stonechat 
Kirchwerder Angelteiche und Seefelder Seen
 2 
Western Yellow Wagtails, unidentified 
Kreetsand (Spadenländer Busch)
 2 
Common Sandpipers 
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