Birdwatching in Waddenzee
Historical bird observations from Friesland.
- species with data
- 358
- GBIF counts
- 29,445,975
- best month
- October
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 leucopsis4,587,261 GBIF counts
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus3,505,740 GBIF counts
- BrantBranta bernicla2,493,456 GBIF counts
- American EiderSomateria mollissima1,713,589 GBIF counts
- COSHTadorna tadorna1,533,710 GBIF counts
- Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica1,406,046 GBIF counts
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus1,374,579 GBIF counts
- DunlinCalidris alpina1,270,576 GBIF counts
- Common CurlewNumenius arquata1,251,537 GBIF counts
- COSTSturnus vulgaris1,215,813 GBIF counts
- EGPLPluvialis apricaria890,418 GBIF counts
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope790,513 GBIF counts
- Common KnotCalidris canutus548,895 GBIF counts
- Pond birdArenaria interpres428,691 GBIF counts
- Domesticated GeeseAnser anser413,129 GBIF counts
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia321,145 GBIF counts
- Green PloverVanellus vanellus316,280 GBIF counts
- CORETringa totanus294,363 GBIF counts
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis262,443 GBIF counts
- AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta232,119 GBIF counts
- Black ShagPhalacrocorax carbo228,278 GBIF counts
- BTGOLimosa limosa183,832 GBIF counts
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata174,068 GBIF counts
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca165,028 GBIF counts
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos151,756 GBIF counts
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula138,140 GBIF counts
- Pond BirdCalidris alba136,271 GBIF counts
- Common PintailAnas acuta130,344 GBIF counts
- European Herring GullLarus argentatus121,782 GBIF counts
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris112,290 GBIF counts
- Common JackdawColoeus monedula111,817 GBIF counts
- RedwingTurdus iliacus111,424 GBIF counts
- Black-backed GullLarus fuscus109,849 GBIF counts
- MEPIAnthus pratensis103,766 GBIF counts
- Common TernSterna hirundo102,937 GBIF counts
- C FFringilla coelebs97,512 GBIF counts
- Common GullLarus canus85,530 GBIF counts
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons84,033 GBIF counts
- Black Bellied PloverPluvialis squatarola80,226 GBIF counts
- Big Black-headAythya marila75,383 GBIF counts
- Black CootFulica atra71,725 GBIF counts
- Common House SparrowPasser domesticus69,490 GBIF counts
- Brown LinnetLinaria cannabina68,287 GBIF counts
- Black ScoterMelanitta nigra67,600 GBIF counts
- SOTHTurdus philomelos65,617 GBIF counts
- BlackbirdTurdus merula64,895 GBIF counts
- GadwallMareca strepera63,869 GBIF counts
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula61,906 GBIF counts
- Eurasian GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis52,897 GBIF counts
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus46,645 GBIF counts
- COPOAythya ferina42,040 GBIF counts
- European WheatearOenanthe oenanthe40,356 GBIF counts
- Common Horned LarkEremophila alpestris39,888 GBIF counts
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone39,561 GBIF counts
- Common GoldcrestRegulus regulus38,679 GBIF counts
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla37,375 GBIF counts
- Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis36,630 GBIF counts
- BASWHirundo rustica34,659 GBIF counts
- Continental RobinErithacus rubecula34,522 GBIF counts
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus33,845 GBIF counts
- BuzzardButeo buteo31,566 GBIF counts
- Common GreenfinchChloris chloris27,300 GBIF counts
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita26,874 GBIF counts
- COSNGallinago gallinago26,092 GBIF counts
- Chota bokEgretta garzetta25,023 GBIF counts
- TwiteLinaria flavirostris24,959 GBIF counts
- Common SiskinSpinus spinus24,631 GBIF counts
- Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus24,615 GBIF counts
- GRTIParus major24,233 GBIF counts
- Pied Wagtail and White WagtailMotacilla alba23,790 GBIF counts
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla23,718 GBIF counts
- Japanese Snow FairyAegithalos caudatus22,825 GBIF counts
- Blue GooseAnser caerulescens21,371 GBIF counts
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca19,369 GBIF counts
- EUWRTroglodytes troglodytes18,300 GBIF counts
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola17,387 GBIF counts
- Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollis17,283 GBIF counts
- Fishing DuckMergus serrator16,902 GBIF counts
- Black-billed MagpiePica pica16,463 GBIF counts
- RuffCalidris pugnax16,275 GBIF counts
- EUMHCircus aeruginosus15,829 GBIF counts
- Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensis15,532 GBIF counts
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto15,088 GBIF counts
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus15,085 GBIF counts
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea14,556 GBIF counts
- ButterballBucephala clangula14,506 GBIF counts
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus13,473 GBIF counts
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus13,235 GBIF counts
- BASWRiparia riparia13,080 GBIF counts
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus12,673 GBIF counts
- BillyPrunella modularis12,251 GBIF counts
- Common House-MartinDelichon urbicum12,176 GBIF counts
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia11,644 GBIF counts
- Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis11,303 GBIF counts
- Common WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus11,026 GBIF counts
- Stock DoveColumba oenas10,814 GBIF counts
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus10,510 GBIF counts
- Black-throated WaxwingBombycilla garrulus9,919 GBIF counts
- Great EgretArdea alba9,543 GBIF counts
- Common GallinuleGallinula chloropus9,146 GBIF counts
- Eurasian Rock PipitAnthus petrosus9,129 GBIF counts
- (southern and northern) guillemotUria aalge8,396 GBIF counts
- SEWAAcrocephalus schoenobaenus7,553 GBIF counts
- LIGRTachybaptus ruficollis7,506 GBIF counts
- Mediterranean FlycatcherMuscicapa striata7,380 GBIF counts
- Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima7,286 GBIF counts
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus7,071 GBIF counts
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus6,968 GBIF counts
- Mute SwanCygnus olor6,954 GBIF counts
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis6,910 GBIF counts
- Common GannetMorus bassanus6,710 GBIF counts
- STTRCerthia brachydactyla6,566 GBIF counts
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus6,452 GBIF counts
- GSWODendrocopos major6,362 GBIF counts
- Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla6,071 GBIF counts
- Bearded ParrotbillPanurus biarmicus6,017 GBIF counts
- Duck HawkFalco peregrinus5,574 GBIF counts
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus5,218 GBIF counts
- European Water RailRallus aquaticus5,145 GBIF counts
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus5,054 GBIF counts
- Blue-headed WagtailMotacilla flava5,050 GBIF counts
- Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostris4,985 GBIF counts
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos4,739 GBIF counts
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin4,664 GBIF counts
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros4,638 GBIF counts
- Common SwiftApus apus4,436 GBIF counts
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica4,378 GBIF counts
- RIOUTurdus torquatus4,112 GBIF counts
- Black TernChlidonias niger4,018 GBIF counts
- Bewic's swanCygnus columbianus3,970 GBIF counts
- GRWAMotacilla cinerea3,487 GBIF counts
- Mouse HawkButeo lagopus3,479 GBIF counts
- LISTCalidris minuta3,321 GBIF counts
- Choto machrangaAlcedo atthis3,283 GBIF counts
- Black GuillemotCepphus grylle3,014 GBIF counts
- Common PigeonColumba livia2,902 GBIF counts
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2,805 GBIF counts
- Bog OwlAsio flammeus2,729 GBIF counts
- Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2,674 GBIF counts
- Eurasian Yellow BuntingEmberiza citrinella2,579 GBIF counts
- Acorn JayGarrulus glandarius2,552 GBIF counts
- SmewMergellus albellus2,221 GBIF counts
- HEHACircus cyaneus2,212 GBIF counts
- Cape-racerGavia stellata2,070 GBIF counts
- Eurasian SparrowPasser montanus1,980 GBIF counts
- Lesser WhitethroatSylvia curruca1,917 GBIF counts
- RookCorvus frugilegus1,752 GBIF counts
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus1,600 GBIF counts
- Arctic RedpollAcanthis flammea1,584 GBIF counts
- Cat OwlAsio otus1,553 GBIF counts
- European FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus1,545 GBIF counts
- Big fish-duckMergus merganser1,511 GBIF counts
- MEGUIchthyaetus melanocephalus1,503 GBIF counts
- Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis1,474 GBIF counts
- Razor-billed AukAlca torda1,338 GBIF counts
- HOCRCorvus cornix1,322 GBIF counts
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus1,321 GBIF counts
- Black-legged KittiwakeRissa tridactyla1,293 GBIF counts
- Grey (Red) PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius1,281 GBIF counts
- Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinus1,215 GBIF counts
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti1,169 GBIF counts
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula1,153 GBIF counts
- DotterelCharadrius morinellus1,131 GBIF counts
- WOLALullula arborea1,113 GBIF counts
- American CrossbillLoxia curvirostra1,060 GBIF counts
- Bullet HawkFalco columbarius1,055 GBIF counts
- Caspian GullLarus cachinnans1,019 GBIF counts
- JASNLymnocryptes minimus1,012 GBIF counts
- Barn OwlTyto alba947 GBIF counts
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus931 GBIF counts
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes930 GBIF counts
- Grey Sea EagleHaliaeetus albicilla885 GBIF counts
- Red-crested PochardNetta rufina837 GBIF counts
- Common PartridgePerdix perdix782 GBIF counts
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea775 GBIF counts
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena702 GBIF counts
- Richard's PipitAnthus richardi695 GBIF counts
- Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola686 GBIF counts
- COCRGrus grus484 GBIF counts
- COHOUpupa epops474 GBIF counts
- YLGULarus michahellis369 GBIF counts
- Red KiteMilvus milvus302 GBIF counts
- Great SkuaStercorarius skua284 GBIF counts
- Coal TitPeriparus ater264 GBIF counts
- Swan GooseAnser cygnoides235 GBIF counts
- BitternBotaurus stellaris210 GBIF counts
- Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus1,450 GBIF counts
- Burgomaster GullLarus hyperboreus528 GBIF counts
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus520 GBIF counts
- King DuckSomateria spectabilis686 GBIF counts
- European ShagPhalacrocorax aristotelis760 GBIF counts
- FulmarFulmarus glacialis163 GBIF counts
- Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis442 GBIF counts
- EUSESerinus serinus403 GBIF counts
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea36,354 GBIF counts
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus5,319 GBIF counts
- African Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus4,999 GBIF counts
- Little TernSternula albifrons4,364 GBIF counts
- Lapland BuntingCalcarius lapponicus646 GBIF counts
- GGSHLanius excubitor929 GBIF counts
- GarganeySpatula querquedula913 GBIF counts
- Icterine WarblerHippolais icterina1,497 GBIF counts
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritus192 GBIF counts
- Barbary DuckCairina moschata114 GBIF counts
- Common LoonGavia immer309 GBIF counts
- Velvet DuckMelanitta fusca272 GBIF counts
- DovekieAlle alle407 GBIF counts
- Sabine's GullXema sabini671 GBIF counts
- Brown Tree-PipitAnthus trivialis1,096 GBIF counts
- Common WhitethroatSylvia communis5,880 GBIF counts
- EPFLFicedula hypoleuca2,984 GBIF counts
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos1,933 GBIF counts
- Little BuntingEmberiza pusilla971 GBIF counts
- Bar-Headed GooseAnser indicus130 GBIF counts
- Fischer's eiderSomateria fischeri2,999 GBIF counts
- EUHOFalco subbuteo909 GBIF counts
- Lesser White-fronted GooseAnser erythropus520 GBIF counts
- Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticus493 GBIF counts
- Black SwanCygnus atratus107 GBIF counts
- American RavenCorvus corax174 GBIF counts
- BLSTCiconia nigra448 GBIF counts
- RBSHLanius collurio843 GBIF counts
- Common Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia612 GBIF counts
- Bee-eaterMerops apiaster609 GBIF counts
- BonmuragGallus gallus80 GBIF counts
- Snowy OwlBubo scandiacus675 GBIF counts
- Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinus568 GBIF counts
- Fish HawkPandion haliaetus562 GBIF counts
- PAHACircus macrourus294 GBIF counts
- Rock Pipit and Water PipitAnthus spinoletta166 GBIF counts
- MandarinAix galericulata99 GBIF counts
- Arctic DiverGavia arctica441 GBIF counts
- Common TreecreeperCerthia familiaris429 GBIF counts
- Inornate WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus13,801 GBIF counts
- Eurasian WryneckJynx torquilla661 GBIF counts
- WOSHLanius senator386 GBIF counts
- European White StorkCiconia ciconia220 GBIF counts
- Rose-Coloured StarlingPastor roseus509 GBIF counts
- African/Eurasian Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus305 GBIF counts
- Greenish WarblerPhylloscopus trochiloides491 GBIF counts
- RFFAFalco vespertinus473 GBIF counts
- Eurasian NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus426 GBIF counts
- Red-breasted FlycatcherFicedula parva693 GBIF counts
- EHBUPernis apivorus332 GBIF counts
- Broad-billed SandpiperCalidris falcinellus471 GBIF counts
- Greater Sand PloverCharadrius leschenaultii285 GBIF counts
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola279 GBIF counts
- American Golden PloverPluvialis dominica167 GBIF counts
- Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva161 GBIF counts
- MOHACircus pygargus258 GBIF counts
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus92 GBIF counts
- Parrot CrossbillLoxia pytyopsittacus652 GBIF counts
- Dusky WarblerPhylloscopus fuscatus623 GBIF counts
- American WidgeonMareca americana159 GBIF counts
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibillatrix211 GBIF counts
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii126 GBIF counts
- WWBTChlidonias leucopterus200 GBIF counts
- Indian Tree PipitAnthus hodgsoni870 GBIF counts
- Surf DuckMelanitta perspicillata70 GBIF counts
- Iceland GullLarus glaucoides76 GBIF counts
- Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustris171 GBIF counts
- Ortolan BuntingEmberiza hortulana279 GBIF counts
- Atlantic PuffinFratercula arctica99 GBIF counts
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus163 GBIF counts
- Horned Wary Ross’ GooseAnser rossii94 GBIF counts
- Two-barred CrossbillLoxia leucoptera121 GBIF counts
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia140 GBIF counts
- Lemon-rumped WarblerPhylloscopus proregulus371 GBIF counts
- Barred WarblerSylvia nisoria600 GBIF counts
- Rustic BuntingEmberiza rustica345 GBIF counts
- Bird of KingsFalco rusticolus119 GBIF counts
- Orange-flanked Bush-robinTarsiger cyanurus955 GBIF counts
- Hume's Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus humei104 GBIF counts
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus161 GBIF counts
- Blyth's Reed WarblerAcrocephalus dumetorum150 GBIF counts
- Arctic JagerStercorarius longicaudus144 GBIF counts
- Eurasian Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur86 GBIF counts
- Eurasian Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis18 GBIF counts
- Gull-hunterStercorarius pomarinus79 GBIF counts
- Isabelline WheatearOenanthe isabellina686 GBIF counts
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis139 GBIF counts
- COQUCoturnix coturnix64 GBIF counts
- Sooty Shear WaterPuffinus griseus157 GBIF counts
- Fan-Tailed WarblerCisticola juncidis85 GBIF counts
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra29 GBIF counts
- Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus154 GBIF counts
- Common Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica46 GBIF counts
- Spotted CrakePorzana porzana81 GBIF counts
- Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla150 GBIF counts
- PIWHOenanthe pleschanka241 GBIF counts
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos122 GBIF counts
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida119 GBIF counts
- Lesser FlamingoPhoeniconaias minor41 GBIF counts
- Common NuthatchSitta europaea46 GBIF counts
- Emperor GooseAnser canagicus17 GBIF counts
- Purple HeronArdea purpurea54 GBIF counts
- Bonelli's WarblerPhylloscopus bonelli85 GBIF counts
- DEWHOenanthe deserti220 GBIF counts
- Asian StonechatSaxicola maurus383 GBIF counts
- CIWAMotacilla citreola59 GBIF counts
- Common TealAnas carolinensis96 GBIF counts
- Iberian ChiffchaffPhylloscopus ibericus92 GBIF counts
- EUGOOriolus oriolus92 GBIF counts
- BLKIMilvus migrans51 GBIF counts
- Great SnipeGallinago media45 GBIF counts
- Australian ShelduckTadorna tadornoides22 GBIF counts
- Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus86 GBIF counts
- Tawny PipitAnthus campestris44 GBIF counts
- Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollis134 GBIF counts
- Western Subalpine WarblerCurruca iberiae33 GBIF counts
- Little PloverCharadrius dubius10 GBIF counts
- EUGRGyps fulvus17 GBIF counts
- BCNHNycticorax nycticorax44 GBIF counts
- DipperCinclus cinclus85 GBIF counts
- Common Penduline-TitRemiz pendulinus25 GBIF counts
- American Wood DuckAix sponsa14 GBIF counts
- Daurian ShrikeLanius isabellinus152 GBIF counts
- Eurasian GoshawkAccipiter gentilis27 GBIF counts
- Pond BirdCalidris fuscicollis72 GBIF counts
- Alaskan Arctic WarblerPhylloscopus borealis121 GBIF counts
- Leach's PetrelOceanodroma leucorhoa49 GBIF counts
- Crested LarkGalerida cristata14 GBIF counts
- BWKIElanus caeruleus75 GBIF counts
- LSWODryobates minor20 GBIF counts
- Bean GooseAnser fabalis43 GBIF counts
- LGSHLanius minor41 GBIF counts
- Dougall's TernSterna dougallii12 GBIF counts
- Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsii10 GBIF counts
- Chilean FlamingoPhoenicopterus chilensis14 GBIF counts
- Black-throated Dark-throated ThrushTurdus atrogularis63 GBIF counts
- Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioides14 GBIF counts
- ESCUBurhinus oedicnemus15 GBIF counts
- BOEAAquila fasciata49 GBIF counts
- Eastern Subalpine WarblerCurruca cantillans48 GBIF counts
- Eastern White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalus28 GBIF counts
- CockatielNymphicus hollandicus8 GBIF counts
- Thrush NightingaleLuscinia luscinia26 GBIF counts
- BEVUGypaetus barbatus10 GBIF counts
- British Storm PetrelHydrobates pelagicus20 GBIF counts
- Falcated DuckMareca falcata58 GBIF counts
- PICRCorvus albus33 GBIF counts
- Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis18 GBIF counts
- CucumiauAthene noctua18 GBIF counts
- Melodious WarblerHippolais polyglotta25 GBIF counts
- Common White-eyeAythya nyroca7 GBIF counts
- Black-Headed BuntingEmberiza melanocephala21 GBIF counts
- Balearic ShearwaterPuffinus mauretanicus9 GBIF counts
- Stellar's eiderPolysticta stelleri9 GBIF counts
- Black-necked SwanCygnus melancoryphus8 GBIF counts
- Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba5 GBIF counts
- Willow TitPoecile montanus10 GBIF counts
- Red-wattled LapwingVanellus indicus9 GBIF counts
- Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes6 GBIF counts
- Brunnich's GuillemotUria lomvia7 GBIF counts
- Atlantic CanarySerinus canaria6 GBIF counts
- BetcherrygahMelopsittacus undulatus7 GBIF counts
- Chiloe WigeonMareca sibilatrix6 GBIF counts
- Cape Barren GooseCereopsis novaehollandiae5 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.