Birdwatching in Oostvaardersplassen
Historical bird observations from Flevoland.
- species with data
- 254
- GBIF counts
- 6,080,022
- best month
- August
Only bird-location combinations reported in at least 3 calendar months and with at least 5 combined counts are included.
Birds with sufficient data
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis539,829 GBIF counts
- COPOAythya ferina504,348 GBIF counts
- Green PloverVanellus vanellus500,856 GBIF counts
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata449,420 GBIF counts
- Domesticated GeeseAnser anser447,350 GBIF counts
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca428,929 GBIF counts
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula309,718 GBIF counts
- AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta273,044 GBIF counts
- COSTSturnus vulgaris245,310 GBIF counts
- GadwallMareca strepera238,542 GBIF counts
- Black ShagPhalacrocorax carbo174,813 GBIF counts
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus173,180 GBIF counts
- BTGOLimosa limosa147,832 GBIF counts
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope131,434 GBIF counts
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons125,366 GBIF counts
- COSHTadorna tadorna82,324 GBIF counts
- EGPLPluvialis apricaria74,443 GBIF counts
- RuffCalidris pugnax68,082 GBIF counts
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia62,110 GBIF counts
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos61,304 GBIF counts
- Black CootFulica atra59,728 GBIF counts
- BASWHirundo rustica44,322 GBIF counts
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea38,361 GBIF counts
- C FFringilla coelebs34,946 GBIF counts
- Bearded ParrotbillPanurus biarmicus33,603 GBIF counts
- Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus29,500 GBIF counts
- Great EgretArdea alba27,413 GBIF counts
- SmewMergellus albellus26,959 GBIF counts
- Common TernSterna hirundo26,795 GBIF counts
- Grey Sea EagleHaliaeetus albicilla24,842 GBIF counts
- Common PintailAnas acuta23,274 GBIF counts
- BASWRiparia riparia22,645 GBIF counts
- Black TernChlidonias niger19,600 GBIF counts
- Mute SwanCygnus olor19,099 GBIF counts
- Eurasian GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis18,657 GBIF counts
- Big fish-duckMergus merganser17,588 GBIF counts
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula15,793 GBIF counts
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita14,102 GBIF counts
- African Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus14,073 GBIF counts
- Pied Wagtail and White WagtailMotacilla alba11,798 GBIF counts
- COSNGallinago gallinago11,761 GBIF counts
- BuzzardButeo buteo11,322 GBIF counts
- SEWAAcrocephalus schoenobaenus10,815 GBIF counts
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti10,703 GBIF counts
- EUMHCircus aeruginosus10,447 GBIF counts
- Common GreenfinchChloris chloris10,440 GBIF counts
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea9,910 GBIF counts
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus9,704 GBIF counts
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus9,582 GBIF counts
- EUWRTroglodytes troglodytes9,308 GBIF counts
- Japanese Snow FairyAegithalos caudatus8,800 GBIF counts
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus8,668 GBIF counts
- BlackbirdTurdus merula8,571 GBIF counts
- GRTIParus major8,133 GBIF counts
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris8,103 GBIF counts
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone8,058 GBIF counts
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica7,943 GBIF counts
- DunlinCalidris alpina7,781 GBIF counts
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca7,546 GBIF counts
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus7,261 GBIF counts
- BrantBranta bernicla6,823 GBIF counts
- European Herring GullLarus argentatus6,378 GBIF counts
- Continental RobinErithacus rubecula6,360 GBIF counts
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus6,333 GBIF counts
- GSWODendrocopos major6,154 GBIF counts
- Brown LinnetLinaria cannabina6,132 GBIF counts
- European Water RailRallus aquaticus6,094 GBIF counts
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla5,968 GBIF counts
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis5,688 GBIF counts
- SOTHTurdus philomelos5,591 GBIF counts
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus5,305 GBIF counts
- RedwingTurdus iliacus4,945 GBIF counts
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus4,757 GBIF counts
- ButterballBucephala clangula4,752 GBIF counts
- Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostris4,668 GBIF counts
- Common GullLarus canus4,621 GBIF counts
- Black-backed GullLarus fuscus4,423 GBIF counts
- Black-billed MagpiePica pica3,909 GBIF counts
- STTRCerthia brachydactyla3,682 GBIF counts
- Acorn JayGarrulus glandarius3,617 GBIF counts
- Common House SparrowPasser domesticus3,565 GBIF counts
- CORETringa totanus3,490 GBIF counts
- MEPIAnthus pratensis3,414 GBIF counts
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus3,116 GBIF counts
- Common GoldcrestRegulus regulus3,053 GBIF counts
- Common JackdawColoeus monedula2,795 GBIF counts
- Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis2,768 GBIF counts
- Bewic's swanCygnus columbianus2,731 GBIF counts
- Common GallinuleGallinula chloropus2,474 GBIF counts
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola2,454 GBIF counts
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus2,323 GBIF counts
- BillyPrunella modularis2,148 GBIF counts
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2,073 GBIF counts
- Choto machrangaAlcedo atthis2,066 GBIF counts
- GGSHLanius excubitor2,013 GBIF counts
- Common SiskinSpinus spinus1,843 GBIF counts
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus1,806 GBIF counts
- Chota bokEgretta garzetta1,768 GBIF counts
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia1,765 GBIF counts
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos1,672 GBIF counts
- LIGRTachybaptus ruficollis1,659 GBIF counts
- Willow TitPoecile montanus1,488 GBIF counts
- Caspian GullLarus cachinnans1,399 GBIF counts
- Stock DoveColumba oenas1,384 GBIF counts
- Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla1,378 GBIF counts
- BitternBotaurus stellaris1,258 GBIF counts
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus1,227 GBIF counts
- HEHACircus cyaneus1,215 GBIF counts
- Mouse HawkButeo lagopus988 GBIF counts
- Duck HawkFalco peregrinus911 GBIF counts
- Common NuthatchSitta europaea899 GBIF counts
- European White StorkCiconia ciconia873 GBIF counts
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes770 GBIF counts
- American RavenCorvus corax722 GBIF counts
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus655 GBIF counts
- Common CurlewNumenius arquata647 GBIF counts
- Common PigeonColumba livia610 GBIF counts
- Big Black-headAythya marila566 GBIF counts
- Red-crested PochardNetta rufina531 GBIF counts
- Common White-eyeAythya nyroca448 GBIF counts
- COCRGrus grus433 GBIF counts
- Eurasian SparrowPasser montanus413 GBIF counts
- Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensis404 GBIF counts
- LSWODryobates minor342 GBIF counts
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto273 GBIF counts
- Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis238 GBIF counts
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla545 GBIF counts
- Fish HawkPandion haliaetus517 GBIF counts
- Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioides1,358 GBIF counts
- Barn OwlTyto alba167 GBIF counts
- Rock Pipit and Water PipitAnthus spinoletta750 GBIF counts
- GarganeySpatula querquedula746 GBIF counts
- European WheatearOenanthe oenanthe1,124 GBIF counts
- Common SwiftApus apus96,867 GBIF counts
- Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica5,239 GBIF counts
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus4,609 GBIF counts
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin3,126 GBIF counts
- African/Eurasian Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus1,992 GBIF counts
- Mediterranean FlycatcherMuscicapa striata1,863 GBIF counts
- European FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus742 GBIF counts
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus197 GBIF counts
- Blue-headed WagtailMotacilla flava1,149 GBIF counts
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra694 GBIF counts
- Common House-MartinDelichon urbicum12,703 GBIF counts
- Common WhitethroatSylvia communis3,104 GBIF counts
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea2,529 GBIF counts
- Fishing DuckMergus serrator239 GBIF counts
- WWBTChlidonias leucopterus1,020 GBIF counts
- YLGULarus michahellis74 GBIF counts
- LISTCalidris minuta549 GBIF counts
- Black SwanCygnus atratus195 GBIF counts
- Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustris767 GBIF counts
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus153 GBIF counts
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos1,736 GBIF counts
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida234 GBIF counts
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris100 GBIF counts
- Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus627 GBIF counts
- Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis276 GBIF counts
- Black Bellied PloverPluvialis squatarola326 GBIF counts
- EUHOFalco subbuteo505 GBIF counts
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros106 GBIF counts
- Bullet HawkFalco columbarius99 GBIF counts
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola327 GBIF counts
- Cat OwlAsio otus322 GBIF counts
- Bar-Headed GooseAnser indicus66 GBIF counts
- Common Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia287 GBIF counts
- Red KiteMilvus milvus37 GBIF counts
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos169 GBIF counts
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia406 GBIF counts
- MEGUIchthyaetus melanocephalus243 GBIF counts
- Icterine WarblerHippolais icterina544 GBIF counts
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus226 GBIF counts
- Purple HeronArdea purpurea114 GBIF counts
- BCNHNycticorax nycticorax164 GBIF counts
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus160 GBIF counts
- Common WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus158 GBIF counts
- Blue GooseAnser caerulescens54 GBIF counts
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula60 GBIF counts
- Eurasian Rock PipitAnthus petrosus83 GBIF counts
- EPFLFicedula hypoleuca81 GBIF counts
- Lesser WhitethroatSylvia curruca350 GBIF counts
- Spotted CrakePorzana porzana128 GBIF counts
- Brown Tree-PipitAnthus trivialis76 GBIF counts
- Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis340 GBIF counts
- Common Penduline-TitRemiz pendulinus194 GBIF counts
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis266 GBIF counts
- RIOUTurdus torquatus413 GBIF counts
- Eurasian WryneckJynx torquilla404 GBIF counts
- Arctic RedpollAcanthis flammea86 GBIF counts
- EHBUPernis apivorus140 GBIF counts
- American EiderSomateria mollissima52 GBIF counts
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritus42 GBIF counts
- Bog OwlAsio flammeus24 GBIF counts
- EUGOOriolus oriolus182 GBIF counts
- TwiteLinaria flavirostris367 GBIF counts
- Coal TitPeriparus ater68 GBIF counts
- MOHACircus pygargus34 GBIF counts
- RBSHLanius collurio208 GBIF counts
- Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollis22 GBIF counts
- HOCRCorvus cornix70 GBIF counts
- Pond BirdCalidris alba216 GBIF counts
- BLSTCiconia nigra85 GBIF counts
- JASNLymnocryptes minimus18 GBIF counts
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii42 GBIF counts
- WOLALullula arborea41 GBIF counts
- GRWAMotacilla cinerea34 GBIF counts
- Arctic TernSterna paradisaea115 GBIF counts
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus67 GBIF counts
- Eurasian Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur115 GBIF counts
- Crested LarkGalerida cristata64 GBIF counts
- Inornate WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus120 GBIF counts
- Common TealAnas carolinensis40 GBIF counts
- Lesser White-fronted GooseAnser erythropus39 GBIF counts
- Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola37 GBIF counts
- Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinus36 GBIF counts
- Common KnotCalidris canutus55 GBIF counts
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis53 GBIF counts
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena15 GBIF counts
- Pond birdArenaria interpres30 GBIF counts
- Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinus193 GBIF counts
- EUSESerinus serinus17 GBIF counts
- Broad-billed SandpiperCalidris falcinellus87 GBIF counts
- Hume's Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus humei222 GBIF counts
- Eurasian GoshawkAccipiter gentilis14 GBIF counts
- Grey (Red) PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius23 GBIF counts
- DotterelCharadrius morinellus123 GBIF counts
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibillatrix11 GBIF counts
- Black-throated WaxwingBombycilla garrulus73 GBIF counts
- Eurasian Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis11 GBIF counts
- RookCorvus frugilegus17 GBIF counts
- Horned Wary Ross’ GooseAnser rossii8 GBIF counts
- Blue-winged TealSpatula discors89 GBIF counts
- BLKIMilvus migrans22 GBIF counts
- STSECircaetus gallicus69 GBIF counts
- Great BustardOtis tarda114 GBIF counts
- RFFAFalco vespertinus13 GBIF counts
- Black-legged KittiwakeRissa tridactyla5 GBIF counts
- PAHACircus macrourus18 GBIF counts
- Eurasian Yellow BuntingEmberiza citrinella14 GBIF counts
- Black ScoterMelanitta nigra31 GBIF counts
- Eastern White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalus18 GBIF counts
- American CrossbillLoxia curvirostra12 GBIF counts
- Common PartridgePerdix perdix14 GBIF counts
- Black-winged PratincoleGlareola nordmanni22 GBIF counts
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis10 GBIF counts
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra28 GBIF counts
- Emperor GooseAnser canagicus6 GBIF counts
- Eurasian River WarblerLocustella fluviatilis11 GBIF counts
- Cape-racerGavia stellata11 GBIF counts
- Indian RingneckPsittacula krameri14 GBIF counts
- Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis7 GBIF counts
- Tawny PipitAnthus campestris5 GBIF counts
- Great Black-headed GullIchthyaetus ichthyaetus12 GBIF counts
- Velvet DuckMelanitta fusca6 GBIF counts
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Data source
Counts are aggregated from open observation data supplied through GBIF. They indicate historical reporting patterns, not guaranteed current presence. Last processed: 28 July 2026.