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Learn the wildlife of Oosterschelde National Park

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748 species have research-grade observations inside Oosterschelde 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 Redshank Tringa totanus76
  2. Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata66
  3. Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus63
  4. Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia60
  5. Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta58
  6. Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus49
  7. Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna46
  8. Brant Branta bernicla41
  9. Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis40
  10. Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus34

Plants

  1. Bee Orchid Ophrys apifera37
  2. Rock samphire Crithmum maritimum22
  3. Yellow Horned Poppy Glaucium flavum11
  4. Field Eryngo Eryngium campestre11
  5. Sea kale Crambe maritima9
  6. Field bindweed Convolvulus arvensis6
  7. Sea Milkwort Lysimachia maritima6
  8. Ribwort plantain Plantago lanceolata5
  9. Lawn daisy Bellis perennis5
  10. Biting Stonecrop Sedum acre5

Mammals

  1. Harbor Seal Phoca vitulina71
  2. Harbour Porpoise Phocoena phocoena19
  3. Grey Seal Halichoerus grypus12
  4. Brown Hare Lepus europaeus12
  5. European Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus2
  6. European Mole Talpa europaea2
  7. Western Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus1

Insects

  1. Brown Argus Aricia agestis7
  2. Burnet Companion Euclidia glyphica6
  3. Seven-spotted Lady Beetle Coccinella septempunctata5
  4. Common Blue Polyommatus icarus5
  5. Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina5
  6. Mallow Skipper Carcharodus alceae4
  7. Star-wort Cucullia asteris4
  8. Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta3
  9. Cinnabar moth Tyria jacobaeae3
  10. Small Heath Coenonympha pamphilus3

Fish

  1. Longspined Bullhead Taurulus bubalis71
  2. Rock Gunnel Pholis gunnellus54
  3. Greater Pipefish Syngnathus acus49
  4. Black Goby Gobius niger47
  5. Shorthorn Sculpin Myoxocephalus scorpius33
  6. Lumpfish Cyclopterus lumpus32
  7. Two-spotted Goby Pomatoschistus flavescens30
  8. Tompot Blenny Parablennius gattorugine27
  9. Shanny Lipophrys pholis15
  10. European Plaice Pleuronectes platessa13

Mollusks

  1. European Common Cuttlefish Sepia officinalis335
  2. Four-lined Polycera Polycera quadrilineata275
  3. Citrine nudibranch Pelagella castanea190
  4. Crested aeolis Antiopella cristata161
  5. Winged Thecacera Thecacera pennigera155
  6. Sap-sucking Slug Elysia viridis137
  7. Warty Doris Doris verrucosa111
  8. Boston Facelina Facelina bostoniensis108
  9. Doris berghi89
  10. Geitodoris planata65

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.