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Learn the wildlife of Hoge Veluwe National Park

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735 species have research-grade observations inside Hoge Veluwe 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. Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs57
  2. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos25
  3. European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola21
  4. European Robin Erithacus rubecula19
  5. Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis16
  6. Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea16
  7. Common Buzzard Buteo buteo16
  8. Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula14
  9. Common Raven Corvus corax14
  10. White Wagtail Motacilla alba14

Plants

  1. Common heather Calluna vulgaris44
  2. Purple foxglove Digitalis purpurea39
  3. Common bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus25
  4. Cross-leaved Heath Erica tetralix21
  5. European beech Fagus sylvatica14
  6. Spoonleaf sundew Drosera intermedia13
  7. Marsh gentian Gentiana pneumonanthe13
  8. Bank Haircap Moss Polytrichum formosum10
  9. Common toadflax Linaria vulgaris9
  10. Climbing Corydalis Ceratocapnos claviculata9

Mammals

  1. Red Deer Cervus elaphus84
  2. Wild Boar Sus scrofa29
  3. Western Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus24
  4. Domestic Sheep Ovis aries12
  5. Red Fox Vulpes vulpes5
  6. Bank Vole Clethrionomys glareolus4
  7. Eurasian Red Squirrel Sciurus vulgaris3
  8. Gray Wolf Canis lupus2
  9. European Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus2
  10. Brown Hare Lepus europaeus1

Insects

  1. Small Copper Lycaena phlaeas56
  2. Grayling Hipparchia semele50
  3. Sooty Copper Lycaena tityrus33
  4. Northern Dune Tiger Beetle Cicindela hybrida31
  5. Springtime Dung Beetle Trypocopris vernalis25
  6. Cinnabar moth Tyria jacobaeae22
  7. Small Heath Coenonympha pamphilus20
  8. Woodland Dor Beetle Anoplotrupes stercorosus20
  9. Mottled Grasshopper Myrmeleotettix maculatus20
  10. Black-tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum18

Spiders and kin

  1. Eresus sandaliatus23
  2. Wasp Spider Argiope bruennichi13
  3. V-Signed Jumping Spider Aelurillus v-insignitus11
  4. European Nursery Web spider Pisaura mirabilis10
  5. Cross Orbweaver Araneus diadematus5
  6. Talavera petrensis5
  7. Gorse Orbweaver Agalenatea redii4
  8. Conical Trashline Orbweaver Cyclosa conica4
  9. Cricket-bat Orbweaver Mangora acalypha4
  10. Bordered Orbweaver Neoscona adianta4

Reptiles

  1. Sand Lizard Lacerta agilis26
  2. Viviparous Lizard Zootoca vivipara15
  3. Common Slowworm Anguis fragilis14
  4. Barred Grass Snake Natrix helvetica3

Amphibians

  1. European Toad Bufo bufo11
  2. Natterjack Toad Epidalea calamita7
  3. European Common Frog Rana temporaria6
  4. Moor Frog Rana arvalis1

Mollusks

  1. Rounded Snail Gonyodiscus rotundatus4
  2. Leopard Slug Limax maximus2
  3. Ash-black Slug Limax cinereoniger2
  4. Roman Snail Helix pomatia1

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.