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Learn the wildlife of Hainich National Park

Germany

648 species have research-grade observations inside Hainich 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. Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio16
  2. Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs9
  3. Red Kite Milvus milvus7
  4. White Wagtail Motacilla alba7
  5. Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major7
  6. Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra7
  7. Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella6
  8. Marsh Tit Poecile palustris6
  9. Common Buzzard Buteo buteo6
  10. Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea5

Plants

  1. European beech Fagus sylvatica23
  2. Wood Cow-wheat Melampyrum nemorosum21
  3. European Hornbeam Carpinus betulus17
  4. Swallow-wort Vincetoxicum hirundinaria17
  5. Deadly Nightshade Atropa bella-donna14
  6. Spring vetch Lathyrus vernus13
  7. Brown Knapweed Centaurea jacea10
  8. Dog's Mercury Mercurialis perennis9
  9. Norway maple Acer platanoides8
  10. Marsh Crane's-bill Geranium palustre8

Mammals

  1. Wild Boar Sus scrofa7
  2. Western Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus3
  3. Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2
  4. Common Raccoon Procyon lotor1
  5. European Fallow Deer Dama dama1
  6. Eurasian Red Squirrel Sciurus vulgaris1
  7. Common Shrew Sorex araneus1
  8. European Mole Talpa europaea1
  9. Red Deer Cervus elaphus1

Insects

  1. Marbled White Melanargia galathea14
  2. Silver-washed Fritillary Argynnis paphia13
  3. Woodland Dor Beetle Anoplotrupes stercorosus12
  4. Green-veined White Pieris napi10
  5. Pearly Heath Coenonympha arcania10
  6. Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria9
  7. Silver-studded Blue Plebejus argus9
  8. High Brown Fritillary Argynnis adippe9
  9. Common Blue Polyommatus icarus8
  10. Six-spot Burnet Zygaena filipendulae8

Spiders and kin

  1. Wasp Spider Argiope bruennichi4
  2. European Nursery Web spider Pisaura mirabilis3
  3. Walnut Orbweaver Nuctenea umbratica2
  4. Labyrinth spider Agelena labyrinthica2
  5. Canestrini's Harvestman Opilio canestrinii2
  6. Castor Bean Tick Ixodes ricinus1
  7. Cross Orbweaver Araneus diadematus1
  8. Goldenrod Crab Spider Misumena vatia1
  9. Furrow Orbweaver Larinioides cornutus1
  10. Eurasian Green Crab Spider Diaea dorsata1

Reptiles

  1. Sand Lizard Lacerta agilis14
  2. Common Slowworm Anguis fragilis14
  3. Viviparous Lizard Zootoca vivipara7

Amphibians

  1. European Tree Frog Hyla arborea6
  2. European Common Frog Rana temporaria5
  3. Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris5
  4. Alpine Newt Mesotriton alpestris5
  5. European Toad Bufo bufo4
  6. Yellow-bellied Toad Bombina variegata3

Mollusks

  1. Cheese Snail Helicodonta obvoluta5
  2. Hairy Snail Trochulus hispidus5
  3. Ash-black Slug Limax cinereoniger5
  4. White-lipped Snail Cepaea hortensis3
  5. Roman Snail Helix pomatia3
  6. Leopard Slug Limax maximus3
  7. Incarnate Snail Perforatella incarnata3
  8. Copse Snail Arianta arbustorum2
  9. Plaited Door-snail Cochlodina laminata2
  10. Heath Snail Helicella itala1

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.