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Learn the wildlife of Dwingelderveld National Park

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454 species have research-grade observations inside Dwingelderveld 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. European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola21
  2. Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio20
  3. Common Crane Grus grus18
  4. Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis16
  5. Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula14
  6. Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs14
  7. Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia13
  8. Greylag Goose Anser anser12
  9. Common Buzzard Buteo buteo12
  10. Carrion Crow Corvus corone12

Plants

  1. Cross-leaved Heath Erica tetralix14
  2. Purple foxglove Digitalis purpurea9
  3. Black crowberry Empetrum nigrum9
  4. Common heather Calluna vulgaris9
  5. Spoonleaf sundew Drosera intermedia8
  6. Climbing Corydalis Ceratocapnos claviculata6
  7. Bank Haircap Moss Polytrichum formosum5
  8. Coral-necklace Illecebrum verticillatum5
  9. Small balsam Impatiens parviflora4
  10. European holly Ilex aquifolium4

Mammals

  1. Western Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus6
  2. Brown Hare Lepus europaeus4
  3. Eurasian Red Squirrel Sciurus vulgaris3
  4. European Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus1
  5. European Wood Mouse Apodemus sylvaticus1
  6. Domestic Water Buffalo Bubalus bubalis1
  7. European Badger Meles meles1

Insects

  1. Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum22
  2. Silver-studded Blue Plebejus argus21
  3. Black-tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum12
  4. Small Heath Coenonympha pamphilus11
  5. Small Spreadwing Lestes virens9
  6. Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria8
  7. Common Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni8
  8. Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum8
  9. Four-spotted Skimmer Libellula quadrimaculata8
  10. Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus8

Spiders and kin

  1. Wasp Spider Argiope bruennichi5
  2. Cross Orbweaver Araneus diadematus2
  3. Fencepost jumping spider Marpissa muscosa2
  4. Woodland Jumping Spider Evarcha falcata1
  5. Four-spot Orbweaver Araneus quadratus1
  6. Sand Bear Spider Arctosa perita1
  7. Common sheetweb spider Linyphia triangularis1
  8. Cricket-bat Orbweaver Mangora acalypha1
  9. Invisible Spider Drapetisca socialis1
  10. Zilla Orbweaver Zilla diodia1

Amphibians

  1. Natterjack Toad Epidalea calamita9
  2. European Toad Bufo bufo9
  3. Moor Frog Rana arvalis6
  4. European Common Frog Rana temporaria5
  5. Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris1

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.