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Learn the wildlife of Duinen van Texel National Park

Netherlands

1,222 species have research-grade observations inside Duinen van Texel 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. Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus127
  2. Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata112
  3. Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna108
  4. Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus105
  5. European Herring Gull Larus argentatus100
  6. Common Eider Somateria mollissima97
  7. Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus94
  8. Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia88
  9. Common Redshank Tringa totanus83
  10. Greylag Goose Anser anser82

Plants

  1. Burnet Rose Rosa spinosissima80
  2. Sea-buckthorn Hippophae rhamnoides69
  3. Common heather Calluna vulgaris51
  4. European Searocket Cakile maritima44
  5. Rugosa rose Rosa rugosa38
  6. Common Honeysuckle Lonicera periclymenum36
  7. Black crowberry Empetrum nigrum30
  8. Sea Holly Eryngium maritimum29
  9. Sea Thrift Armeria maritima28
  10. Fireweed Chamaenerion angustifolium27

Mammals

  1. European Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus54
  2. Brown Hare Lepus europaeus17
  3. Harbor Seal Phoca vitulina9
  4. Domestic Horse Equus caballus7
  5. Grey Seal Halichoerus grypus6
  6. Common Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus5
  7. Harbour Porpoise Phocoena phocoena3
  8. Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus3

Insects

  1. Cinnabar moth Tyria jacobaeae61
  2. Brown-tail Moth Euproctis chrysorrhoea57
  3. Common Blue Polyommatus icarus47
  4. Small Copper Lycaena phlaeas29
  5. Grayling Hipparchia semele29
  6. Small Heath Coenonympha pamphilus26
  7. Garden Tiger Arctia caja22
  8. Philopedon plagiatum17
  9. Dock Bug Coreus marginatus15
  10. Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum14

Spiders and kin

  1. Canestrini's Harvestman Opilio canestrinii8
  2. Leiobunum rotundum7
  3. Cross Orbweaver Araneus diadematus6
  4. European Nursery Web spider Pisaura mirabilis6
  5. Bordered Orbweaver Neoscona adianta4
  6. Wasp Spider Argiope bruennichi3
  7. Four-spot Orbweaver Araneus quadratus3
  8. Grey Cross Spider Larinioides sclopetarius3

Mollusks

  1. Common Cockle Cerastoderma edule30
  2. Garden Snail Cornu aspersum20
  3. European Common Cuttlefish Sepia officinalis19
  4. Brown-lipped Snail Cepaea nemoralis16
  5. Soft-shelled Clam Mya arenaria12
  6. Common Whelk Buccinum undatum12
  7. Blue Mussel Mytilus edulis8
  8. Cut Trough Shell Spisula subtruncata8
  9. European Flat Oyster Ostrea edulis6
  10. Otter shell Lutraria lutraria4

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.