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Friday, August 16th, 2024

Brunsbüttel: Braake Koogstrasse - Brücke Bötticherstrasse
 1 
Common Sandpiper 
Meldorfer Speicherkoog N: Odinsloch
 ~110 
Eurasian Spoonbills 
Meldorfer Speicherkoog N (FD1) [1819_4_47s]
 1 
Black Stork 
Meldorfer Speicherkoog N (FD1) [1819_4_47n]
 1 
Montagu's Harrier 
 1 
Kentish Plover 
 1 
Red-necked Phalarope 
 3 
Common Sandpipers 
 ≥6 
Wood Sandpipers 
 ≥8 
Little Stints 
 2 
Temminck's Stints 
 ~50 
Curlew Sandpipers 
Meldorfer Speicherkoog N (FD1) [1819_4_48s]
 1 
White-tailed Eagle 
Meldorfer Speicherkoog N (FD1) [1819_4_48n]
 1 
White-tailed Eagle 
Meldorfer Speicherkoog N: Wöhrdener Loch (FD11)
 5 
Red-necked Phalaropes 
Meldorfer Speicherkoog N (FD1) [1819_4_49s]
 1 
Common Sandpiper 
 1 
Green Sandpiper 
Vorland Meldorfer Speicherkoog N (VD21) [1819_4_46n]
 ≥4 
Common Sandpipers 
 ≥6 
Curlew Sandpipers 
Schellbruch: Kleine Lagune West
 ≥5 
Egyptian Geese 
 ≥75 
Gadwalls 
 ≥2 
Domestic Ducks (Bastard) 
 ≥1 
Northern Shoveler 
 ≥12 
Red-breasted Mergansers 
 6-8 
Little Grebes 
 3 
Great Egrets 
 ≥2-3 
Water Rails 
 1 
Little Ringed Plover 
 2 
Common Ringed Plover 
 ≥4-7 
Common Snipes 
 1 
Common Sandpiper 
 1 
Green Sandpiper 
 2 
Caspian Terns 
 ≥6 
Common / Arctic Terns 
 1 
Common Kingfisher 
 2 
Carrion / Hooded Crows 
Schellbruch: Süßwasserteich
 7 
Northern Shovelers 
 3 
Little Grebes 
 1 
Green Sandpiper 
Schellbruch: Große Lagune
 6 
Common Snipes 
 2 
Common Sandpipers 
Itzehoe [2023_3_42s]
 1 
European Honey Buzzard 
Lägerdorf [2123_1_05s]
 ≥2 
Common Quails 
 1 
Water Rail 
Kronshagener Au
 1 
Common Kingfisher 
Amrum: Kniepbucht/ Kapitäns-Haken (IA2)
 1 
Eurasian Spoonbill 
 2 
Little Stints 
Beltringharder Koog (FN6) [1419_1_23n]
 3 
Canada Geese 
 1 
Red-crested Pochard 
 1 
Common Goldeneye 
 3 
Kentish Plovers 
 1 
Common Sandpiper 
Beltringharder Koog: Kleientnahme Süd Lüttmoordamm (FN632)
 3-4 
Ruddy Shelducks 
 × 
Common Goldeneyes 
 5 
Black-necked Grebes 
 1 
Common Sandpiper 
 1 
Wood Sandpiper 
Beltringharder Koog (FN6) [1419_4_49n]
 × 
Common Goldeneyes 
 4 
Little Grebes 
 2 
Black-necked Grebes 
 7 
Eurasian Spoonbills 
 1 
White-tailed Eagle 
 1 
Common Sandpiper 
Beltringharder Koog (FN6) + Vorland [1419_3_33s]
 8 
Red-breasted Mergansers 
Beltringharder Koog (FN6)/ Arlauschleuse [1419_4_37n]
 2 
Little Grebes 
 2 
Red-necked Grebes 
 2 
Little Terns 
 1 
Bearded Reedling 
Beltringharder Koog (FN6) [1419_2_16s]
 0 
Eurasian Dotterel 
 ≥2 
Northern Wheatears 
Beltringharder Koog: Pütte westlich Aarlau-Schleuse
 3 
Wood Sandpipers 
Beltringharder Koog (FN6) [1419_1_15s]
 1 
Wood Sandpiper 
 ≥3 
Temminck's Stints 
Beltringharder Koog gesamt (FN6)
 3 
Wood Sandpipers 
Beltringharder Koog: Kleientnahme Nord (FN631)
 4 
Little Terns 
 8 
Black Terns 
Beltringharder Koog (FN6) [1419_4_36n]
 3 
Caspian Terns 
 
Gröde, offshore [1318_1_24s]
 4 
Little Terns 
Hauke-Haien-Koog Nordbecken (FN31)
 1 
Ruddy Shelduck 
 1 
Common Goldeneye 
 ~300 
Eurasian Spoonbills 
 × 
Great Egrets 
 ≥6 
Black-winged Stilts 
Documentation with the DAK required 1 
Long-billed Dowitcher 
 2 
Red-necked Phalaropes 
 ≥1 
Wood Sandpiper 
 1 
Little Tern 
 1-2 
Caspian Terns 
 
Hauke-Haien-Koog Nordbecken (FN31) [1318_2_06n]
 ≥5 
Black-necked Grebes 
 4-6 
Black-winged Stilts 
Documentation with the DAK required 1 
Long-billed Dowitcher 
 ≥2 
Red-necked Phalaropes 
Hauke-Haien-Koog Südbecken (FN33) + Vorland [1318_2_17s]
 ≥2 
Common Sandpipers 
 ≥7 
Little Stints 
 1 
Temminck's Stint 
 1 
Curlew Sandpiper 
Hauke-Haien-Koog Südbecken (FN33)
Documentation with the AK-SH/HH required 1 
Marsh Sandpiper 
 ≥2 
Wood Sandpipers 
 ≥14 
Little Stints 
 ≥5 
Temminck's Stints 
 ≥5 
Little Terns 
 1 
Caspian Tern 
Katinger Watt: Katinger Priel Nord (EE142)
 1 
Little Egret 
Rickelsbüller Koog (FN1): Nordost
 3 
Common Goldeneyes 
 2 
Great Egrets 
 16 
Black Terns 
Rickelsbüller Koog (FN1)/ Vorland [1017_4_59n]
 5 
Eurasian Spoonbills 
Sönke-Nissen-Koog (MN41)
 1 
Eurasian Goshawk 
Sylt-List, Ellenbogen [0916_4_38n]
 1 
Red-throated Loon 
 1 
Little Gull 
Sylt: Königshafen, Lister Nehrung (IS23)
 5 
Little Terns 
 × 
Terns, unidentified 
 8 
Black Terns 
Sylt: Westerland-Seawatching
 ≥21 
Northern Gannets 
 1 
Parasitic Jaeger 
Vorland Hamburger Hallig Nordost (VN53/ VN42) [1319_3_42s]
 1 
Great Egret 
Vorland Hauke-Haien-Koog Süd (VN41)
 1 
White-tailed Eagle 
Vorland Beltringharder Koog (VN62) [1419_1_22n]
 12 
Middle Spotted Woodpeckers 
Glinder Au S Oststeinbek [2427_3_31s]
 13 
White Storks 
Glinder Au / Gut Domhorst [2427_3_32s]
 1 
Northern Raven 
Fehmarn: NABU-Wasservogelreservat Wallnau Püttseer Teich / Östliche Wiesen
 1 
Eurasian Spoonbill 
 3 
Red-backed Shrikes 
Fehmarn: NABU-Wasservogelreservat Wallnau Steinteich
 1 
Great Egret 
 1 
Little Ringed Plover 
 2 
Common Ringed Plover 
 ≥40 
Common Snipes 
 2 
Common Sandpipers 
 ≥50 
Spotted Redshanks 
 2 
Wood Sandpipers 
 2 
Temminck's Stints 
Fehmarn: NABU-Wasservogelreservat Wallnau Püttseer Warder III / Höppner Wäldchen
 1 
Green Sandpiper 
Kuhlsee Gleschendorf
 1 
White-tailed Eagle 
 
Fährmannssander Elbwatt
 1 
Northern Wheatear 
Heidgraben [2223_4_60s]
 1 
Green Sandpiper 
Hetlinger Schanzteich
 2 
Green Sandpipers 
Holmer Sandberge-Südwest [2324_3_52n]
 2 
White Storks 
Wedeler Marsch -Nordwest [2323_4_60n]
 1 
Great Egret 
Wedeler Marsch: Giesensand [2423_2_09n]
 1 
Peregrine Falcon 
Laboe: Sandbänke Neustein
 ~50 
Canada Geese 
Moltenort: U-Boot Ehrenmal
 1 
Red-breasted Merganser 
Plön: Stadtwäldchen
 9 
Red-crested Pochards 
Selenter See: Selent Bad [1628_4_56s]
 1 
Common Merganser 
 1 
Common Kingfisher 
Sepel [1828_3_43s]
 1 
Grey Plover 
Trammer See: Grote Warder
 1 
European Honey Buzzard 
Bülk [1527_1_22s]
 1 
Broad-billed Sandpiper 
Elsdorf-Westermühlen [1723_3_32n]
 7 
White Storks 
Langwedeler Holz [1725_4_49s]
 1 
White-tailed Eagle 
Surendorf (Marinedepot)
 ~80 
Canada Geese 
 4 
Greylag Geese 
Feldmark N Heidbergring [2528_1_23n]
 6 
White Storks 
Mölln Waldstadt [2330_3_52s]
 1 
White-tailed Eagle 
Mustin [2331_1_04s]
 1 
Eurasian Sparrowhawk 
Altona, Fischereihafen
 2 
Egyptian Geese 
 ≥5 
Caspian Gulls 
Billwerder [2426_4_57n]
 2 
White-tailed Eagles 
Eppendorfer Mühlenteich (WVZ)
 1 
Canada Goose 
Mühlensand
 5 
Great Egrets 
 1 
Western Osprey 
 2 
Common Sandpipers 
 2 
Common Kingfishers 
Nettelnburg [2527_1_02s]
 1 
European Green Woodpecker 
NSG Die Reit
 1 
Black Woodpecker 
Planten un Blomen
 4 
Canada Geese 
Rahlstedt [2426_2_10n]
 3 
White Storks 
Rissen [2424_2_16n]
 ~2 
Red Crossbills 
Salzhaff [1935_3_34s]
 ≥34 
Black-necked Grebes 
Salzhaff [1935_3_34n]
 3 
Black Terns 
Große Rosin Nord
 1 
Western Osprey 
Große Rosin [2143_1_23s]
 1 
Western Marsh Harrier 
 1 
White-tailed Eagle 
 ≥1 
Black Tern 
Große Rosin, Aussichtsturm Aalbude (2143_1/3)
 1 
Water Rail 
Wrodow, Feuchtsenke S [2444_1_25n]
 246 
Ducks, unidentified 
 1 
Garganey 
 1-3 
Northern Shovelers 
 2 
Little Grebes 
 1 
Western Osprey 
 1 
White-tailed Eagle 
 1-4 
Water Rails 
 2 
Common Sandpipers 
 1-3 
Green Sandpipers 
 1 
Common Kingfisher 
Nebeltal N Parum [2138_4_48s]
 1 
Western Osprey 
 1 
Common Kingfisher 
Feldflur Greifswald-Rosental [1846_3_55s]
 8 
Caspian Terns 
NSG "Ladebower Moor": Moorweide
 4 
European Honey Buzzards 
 1 
Eurasian Whimbrel 
 1 
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker 
 ≥2 
Red-backed Shrikes 
 1 
European Stonechat 
 1 
Red Crossbill 
NSG Ladebower Moor [1846_4_56n]
 1 
Red-backed Shrike 
Stralsund Frankenvorstadt [1644_4_56s]
 1 
Common Kingfisher 
Blankenhof - Thiergarten [2444_2]
 3 
Little Grebes 
Klenzsee (2743_4)
 1 
Western Marsh Harrier 
Neubrandenburg, RRB Hellfeld [2445_2]
 1 
Common Kingfisher 
NP "Müritz", Dambecker See
 1 
Water Rail 
NP "Müritz", Dambeck / Dambecker See [2543_4_37n]
 1 
Common Kingfisher 
NP FSL, Wendorf, Feldflur W [2646_2_09n]
 1 
Western Osprey 
Seewalde, Feldflur O / Gobenowsee O / Pagatzsee[2743_4_47n]
 1 
Western Osprey 
Müritz, Klink [2541_2_18n]
 2 
Red-crested Pochards 
NP "Müritz", Boeker Wold N Boeker Sender [2542_4_58n]
 1 
Black Woodpecker 
Röbel/Müritz [2541_4_58n]
 2 
White-tailed Eagles 
Waren (Müritz) [2541_2_29s]
 ≥3 
Common Terns 
Neubrandenburg, Strandbad Broda [2445_1]
 2 
Common Sandpipers 
Tollensesee, WVZ N-Teil [2445_3_35n]
 2 
Egyptian Geese 
 ~10 
Caspian Gulls 
Tollensesee, WVZ N-Teil, Buchort [2445_3_34s]
 1 
Common Kingfisher 
Ahrenshoop, Althagen [1640_1_15s]
 1 
Common Redshank 
Ahrenshoop Ost [1640_2_16n]
 2 
Woodlarks 
Windwatt Meiningenbrücke
 ≥3 
Caspian Terns 
Zingster Strom N Bresewitz [1542_3_51n]
 1 
Red Kite 
 2 
Red-backed Shrikes 
Zühlendorf, N [1643_1_22s]
 1 
Caspian Tern 
Blowatz [2035_1_11s]
 1 
Red-backed Shrike 
Boiensdorfer Werder [1935_3_42n]
 1 
Eurasian Hobby 
 ≥36 
Common Snipes 
Boiensdorf [2035_1_05n]
 1 
Eurasian Golden Oriole 
Gollwitz Insel Poel [1934_4_50s]
 2 
Stock Doves 
 3 
Eurasian Collared Doves 
Malchow Insel Poel [2034_2_09n]
 2 
Eurasian Collared Doves 
NSG "Insel Langenwerder"
 14 
Common Shelducks 
 1 
Little Grebe 
 3 
Great Egrets 
 1 
Eurasian Oystercatcher 
 16 
Grey Plovers 
 ≥23 
Common Ringed Plover 
 ~30 
Eurasian Curlews 
 2 
Common Snipes 
 1 
Common Sandpiper 
 ≥20 
Common Redshanks 
 8 
Common Greenshanks 
 4 
Ruffs 
 2 
Red Knots 
 1 
Little Stint 
 1 
Caspian Tern 
Ritenkoppel
 2 
Little Stints 
Weitendorf Insel Poel [2034_2_06s]
 1 
Canada Goose 
Wodorfer Wiese
 1 
Common Shelduck 
 2 
Great Egrets 
 1 
White-tailed Eagle 
 1 
Water Rail 
 2 
Little Ringed Plovers 
 ≥45 
Common Snipes 
 1 
Red-necked Phalarope 
 2 
Common Sandpipers 
 2 
Spotted Redshanks 
 4 
Wood Sandpipers 
 1 
Ruff 
 3 
Red-backed Shrikes 
 1 
Bluethroat 
Wodorfer Wiesen [2035_1_11n]
 2 
Common Snipes 
 1 
Wood Sandpiper 
Groß Karrendorf, Feldflur SO
 1 
Eurasian Goshawk 
Karrendorfer Wiesen, Südteil [1846_1_24n]
Documentation with the AKMV required 1 
Marsh Sandpiper 
 
Karrendorfer Wiesen Süd - südl. Fahrdamm
 1 
Broad-billed Sandpiper 
Küste Ahlbeck Reha-Klinik [2051_3_33s]
 1 
European Green Woodpecker 
 1 
Common Redstart 
Moeckow [2047_2_06n]
 1 
Western Marsh Harrier 
NSG "Insel Görmitz" [1949_4_46s]
 62 
Caspian Terns 
Feldflur NW Groß Banzelvitz [1446_3_44n]
 6 
Red-backed Shrikes 
Klosterwiesen Hiddensee
 1 
Eurasian Oystercatcher 
Lobber Niederung: Südteil [1648_3_44n]
 2 
Great Grey Shrikes 
Heinrichsruh [2349_4_38n]
 1 
Western Marsh Harrier 
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