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Learn the wildlife of Drents-Friese Wold National Park

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533 species have research-grade observations inside Drents-Friese Wold National Park on iNaturalist. KnowKi turns the most recorded into short lessons with real photos, so you know what you're looking at before you go.

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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. Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella9
  2. European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola8
  3. Common Buzzard Buteo buteo6
  4. Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs5
  5. Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus5
  6. Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio5
  7. Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major4
  8. Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus4
  9. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos3
  10. Woodlark Lullula arborea3

Plants

  1. Common heather Calluna vulgaris16
  2. European holly Ilex aquifolium10
  3. Black crowberry Empetrum nigrum9
  4. Spoonleaf sundew Drosera intermedia7
  5. Bank Haircap Moss Polytrichum formosum7
  6. Purple foxglove Digitalis purpurea5
  7. Sheep's-bit Jasione montana5
  8. Scots pine Pinus sylvestris5
  9. Gray Hairgrass Corynephorus canescens5
  10. Climbing Corydalis Ceratocapnos claviculata5

Mammals

  1. Western Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus6
  2. European Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus3
  3. Domestic Cattle Bos taurus3
  4. Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2
  5. European Mole Talpa europaea2
  6. Domestic Horse Equus caballus2
  7. European Badger Meles meles2
  8. Brown Hare Lepus europaeus1
  9. Domestic Dog Canis familiaris1
  10. Domestic Sheep Ovis aries1

Insects

  1. Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum10
  2. Woodland Dor Beetle Anoplotrupes stercorosus10
  3. Small Copper Lycaena phlaeas9
  4. Springtime Dung Beetle Trypocopris vernalis7
  5. Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria6
  6. Cinnabar moth Tyria jacobaeae5
  7. Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus5
  8. Ruby Whiteface Leucorrhinia rubicunda5
  9. Pale Tussock Moth Calliteara pudibunda5
  10. The Lackey Malacosoma neustria5

Spiders and kin

  1. Wasp Spider Argiope bruennichi4
  2. Gorse Orbweaver Agalenatea redii2
  3. Cross Orbweaver Araneus diadematus1
  4. European Nursery Web spider Pisaura mirabilis1
  5. Fork-palped Harvestman Dicranopalpus ramosus1
  6. Four-spot Orbweaver Araneus quadratus1
  7. Sand Bear Spider Arctosa perita1
  8. Fencepost jumping spider Marpissa muscosa1
  9. Bordered Orbweaver Neoscona adianta1
  10. Pellenes tripunctatus1

Reptiles

  1. Viviparous Lizard Zootoca vivipara8
  2. Barred Grass Snake Natrix helvetica5
  3. Common Slowworm Anguis fragilis3

Amphibians

  1. European Toad Bufo bufo5
  2. Moor Frog Rana arvalis2
  3. European Common Frog Rana temporaria1

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. Parks outside the U.S. are from the World Database on Protected Areas (UNEP-WCMC and IUCN, Protected Planet). KnowKi is not affiliated with the National Park Service or any park's managers. Free, with no ads, no account, and no purchases.