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23,092 species have research-grade observations in Germany on iNaturalist. KnowKi turns the most recorded into short lessons with real photos, so you can learn a country's wildlife from home.

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Most recorded here

The species with the most research-grade observations on iNaturalist, and how many each has. Most recorded doesn't mean native.

Birds

  1. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos32,113
  2. Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula27,194
  3. Grey Heron Ardea cinerea24,373
  4. Great Tit Parus major21,933
  5. Common Buzzard Buteo buteo21,814
  6. Common Wood-Pigeon Columba palumbus19,476
  7. Greylag Goose Anser anser19,286
  8. European Robin Erithacus rubecula18,908
  9. Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus18,217
  10. Carrion Crow Corvus corone17,697

Plants

  1. Great stinging nettle Urtica dioica13,686
  2. Wood anemone Anemonoides nemorosa11,917
  3. Lesser celandine Ficaria verna11,537
  4. Garlic mustard Alliaria petiolata11,456
  5. Lawn daisy Bellis perennis11,071
  6. European black elderberry Sambucus nigra10,804
  7. Ground-ivy Glechoma hederacea10,214
  8. Viper's-bugloss Echium vulgare9,823
  9. Red deadnettle Lamium purpureum9,494
  10. Greater celandine Chelidonium majus9,491

Mammals

  1. Eurasian Red Squirrel Sciurus vulgaris13,660
  2. Western Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus13,209
  3. Brown Hare Lepus europaeus7,982
  4. Common Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus5,025
  5. Red Fox Vulpes vulpes4,950
  6. Coypu Myocastor coypus4,909
  7. Eurasian Beaver Castor fiber4,730
  8. European Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus3,313
  9. European Mole Talpa europaea2,796

Insects

  1. Asian Lady Beetle Harmonia axyridis35,372
  2. Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera24,761
  3. European Peacock Butterfly Aglais io22,251
  4. European Firebug Pyrrhocoris apterus18,377
  5. Seven-spotted Lady Beetle Coccinella septempunctata17,967
  6. Common Carder Bumble Bee Bombus pascuorum16,622
  7. Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta16,143
  8. Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina14,516
  9. Common Blue Polyommatus icarus12,725
  10. Green-veined White Pieris napi12,200

Spiders and kin

  1. Cross Orbweaver Araneus diadematus14,567
  2. Wasp Spider Argiope bruennichi10,091
  3. European Nursery Web spider Pisaura mirabilis10,029
  4. Goldenrod Crab Spider Misumena vatia6,327
  5. Fencepost jumping spider Marpissa muscosa5,014
  6. Mediterranean Spiny False Wolf Spider Zoropsis spinimana4,695
  7. Walnut Orbweaver Nuctenea umbratica4,625
  8. Canestrini's Harvestman Opilio canestrinii4,114
  9. European Harvestman Phalangium opilio3,427
  10. Long-bodied Cellar Spider Pholcus phalangioides2,978

Reptiles

  1. Common Wall Lizard Podarcis muralis11,663
  2. Sand Lizard Lacerta agilis10,355
  3. Common Slowworm Anguis fragilis10,256
  4. Viviparous Lizard Zootoca vivipara4,765
  5. Grass snake Natrix natrix4,575

Amphibians

  1. European Toad Bufo bufo18,240
  2. European Common Frog Rana temporaria8,582
  3. Fire Salamander Salamandra salamandra7,049
  4. Alpine Newt Mesotriton alpestris5,352
  5. Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris3,694
  6. Yellow-bellied Toad Bombina variegata2,560

Mollusks

  1. Roman Snail Helix pomatia14,921
  2. Brown-lipped Snail Cepaea nemoralis12,703
  3. Garden Snail Cornu aspersum6,172
  4. Leopard Slug Limax maximus5,827
  5. Copse Snail Arianta arbustorum3,320
  6. Girdled Snail Hygromia cinctella3,083
  7. White-lipped Snail Cepaea hortensis2,756
  8. Ash-black Slug Limax cinereoniger2,660

How a trip works

A trip has its own trail of lessons: meet six species, match them to new photos, then practice with four choices. Species you learn go into your Fieldbook, and starting a trip earns its Passport stamp. Your home place stays as it is.

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Species lists and counts from research-grade observations on iNaturalist, as of October 2026. Free, with no ads, no account and no purchases.