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Learn the wildlife of Meinweg National Park

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531 species have research-grade observations inside Meinweg 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 rubicola56
  2. European Robin Erithacus rubecula18
  3. Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major17
  4. Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs16
  5. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos15
  6. Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis11
  7. Grey Heron Ardea cinerea10
  8. Great Tit Parus major10
  9. Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla9
  10. Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea9

Plants

  1. Common heather Calluna vulgaris15
  2. Purple foxglove Digitalis purpurea9
  3. European mountain ash Sorbus aucuparia7
  4. Bog myrtle Myrica gale6
  5. Common toadflax Linaria vulgaris5
  6. Black cherry Prunus serotina5
  7. European White Waterlily Nymphaea alba5
  8. Sheep's-bit Jasione montana4
  9. Viper's-bugloss Echium vulgare4
  10. Heath Star-moss Campylopus introflexus4

Mammals

  1. Western Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus7
  2. Wild Boar Sus scrofa4
  3. Brown Hare Lepus europaeus4
  4. Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2
  5. Eurasian Beaver Castor fiber1
  6. Eurasian Red Squirrel Sciurus vulgaris1

Insects

  1. Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum23
  2. Woodland Dor Beetle Anoplotrupes stercorosus23
  3. Small Spreadwing Lestes virens22
  4. Four-spotted Skimmer Libellula quadrimaculata18
  5. Ruddy Darter Sympetrum sanguineum17
  6. Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria14
  7. Small Copper Lycaena phlaeas14
  8. Northern Dune Tiger Beetle Cicindela hybrida13
  9. Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella12
  10. Seven-spotted Lady Beetle Coccinella septempunctata12

Spiders and kin

  1. Wasp Spider Argiope bruennichi26
  2. Cross Orbweaver Araneus diadematus14
  3. Goldenrod Crab Spider Misumena vatia8
  4. European Nursery Web spider Pisaura mirabilis7
  5. Two-tubercled Orb-web Gibbaranea bituberculata6
  6. Triangle Crab Spider Ebrechtella tricuspidata4
  7. Labyrinth spider Agelena labyrinthica3
  8. Cricket-bat Orbweaver Mangora acalypha3
  9. Bordered Orbweaver Neoscona adianta3
  10. Evarcha arcuata3

Reptiles

  1. Sand Lizard Lacerta agilis34
  2. Common Slowworm Anguis fragilis8
  3. Viviparous Lizard Zootoca vivipara3

Amphibians

  1. European Toad Bufo bufo4
  2. European Common Frog Rana temporaria2
  3. Palmate Newt Lissotriton helveticus1
  4. Natterjack Toad Epidalea calamita1
  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.