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Learn the wildlife of Müritz National Park

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1,435 species have research-grade observations inside Müritz 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. White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla53
  2. Common Crane Grus grus51
  3. Osprey Pandion haliaetus47
  4. White Wagtail Motacilla alba33
  5. Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo29
  6. Red Kite Milvus milvus25
  7. Great Egret Ardea alba25
  8. Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus24
  9. Mute Swan Cygnus olor24
  10. Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major24

Plants

  1. Cypress spurge Euphorbia cyparissias33
  2. Rabbitfoot clover Trifolium arvense28
  3. Viper's-bugloss Echium vulgare26
  4. Marsh calla Calla palustris25
  5. Marsh Labrador tea Rhododendron tomentosum23
  6. Common toadflax Linaria vulgaris22
  7. Hoary alyssum Berteroa incana22
  8. Round-leaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia21
  9. Common Cow-wheat Melampyrum pratense21
  10. Common alkanet Anchusa officinalis21

Mammals

  1. European Fallow Deer Dama dama16
  2. Red Fox Vulpes vulpes14
  3. Western Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus14
  4. Red Deer Cervus elaphus13
  5. Common Raccoon Procyon lotor7
  6. Eurasian Red Squirrel Sciurus vulgaris7
  7. Wild Boar Sus scrofa5
  8. Eurasian Beaver Castor fiber4
  9. European Mole Talpa europaea4
  10. European Badger Meles meles4

Insects

  1. Ruddy Darter Sympetrum sanguineum78
  2. Black-tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum40
  3. Seven-spotted Lady Beetle Coccinella septempunctata38
  4. Blue Featherleg Platycnemis pennipes27
  5. Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta25
  6. Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina25
  7. Woodland Dor Beetle Anoplotrupes stercorosus24
  8. Fox Moth Macrothylacia rubi23
  9. Eurasian White Admiral Limenitis camilla23
  10. Drinker Moth Euthrix potatoria22

Spiders and kin

  1. Cross Orbweaver Araneus diadematus44
  2. European Nursery Web spider Pisaura mirabilis13
  3. Wasp Spider Argiope bruennichi9
  4. Marbled Orbweaver Araneus marmoreus8
  5. Four-spot Orbweaver Araneus quadratus7
  6. Labyrinth spider Agelena labyrinthica7
  7. Ornamental Orbweaver Larinioides patagiatus5
  8. Bordered Orbweaver Neoscona adianta5
  9. Goldenrod Crab Spider Misumena vatia4
  10. Blueweed gall mite Aceria echii4

Reptiles

  1. Sand Lizard Lacerta agilis33
  2. Grass snake Natrix natrix32
  3. Common Slowworm Anguis fragilis18
  4. Viviparous Lizard Zootoca vivipara8

Amphibians

  1. Moor Frog Rana arvalis71
  2. European Toad Bufo bufo47
  3. Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris5

Mollusks

  1. Brown-lipped Snail Cepaea nemoralis8
  2. Zebra Mussel Dreissena polymorpha5
  3. Ash-black Slug Limax cinereoniger5
  4. White-lipped Snail Cepaea hortensis3
  5. Black Slug Arion ater3

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.