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Learn the wildlife of Schiermonnikoog National Park

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1,095 species have research-grade observations inside Schiermonnikoog 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. Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia47
  2. Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus37
  3. Sanderling Calidris alba33
  4. Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo32
  5. Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna32
  6. Common Redshank Tringa totanus26
  7. Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus26
  8. Greylag Goose Anser anser26
  9. Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus25
  10. Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus22

Plants

  1. European Searocket Cakile maritima43
  2. Sea-buckthorn Hippophae rhamnoides39
  3. Marsh grass-of-Parnassus Parnassia palustris35
  4. Common toadflax Linaria vulgaris29
  5. Fireweed Chamaenerion angustifolium28
  6. Sea Thrift Armeria maritima25
  7. Marsh Helleborine Epipactis palustris22
  8. Purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria22
  9. Common Sea-lavender Limonium vulgare21
  10. Viper's-bugloss Echium vulgare20

Mammals

  1. Harbor Seal Phoca vitulina25
  2. Brown Hare Lepus europaeus14
  3. Grey Seal Halichoerus grypus7

Insects

  1. The Lackey Malacosoma neustria69
  2. Knot Grass Moth Acronicta rumicis62
  3. Brown-tail Moth Euproctis chrysorrhoea55
  4. Riband Wave Idaea aversata51
  5. Archer's Dart Agrotis vestigialis50
  6. Eyed Hawkmoth Smerinthus ocellata49
  7. Cloaked Minor Mesoligia furuncula47
  8. Ruby Tiger Moth Phragmatobia fuliginosa46
  9. Dark Arches Apamea monoglypha44
  10. Small Engrailed Ectropis crepuscularia43

Mollusks

  1. Soft-shelled Clam Mya arenaria33
  2. Rayed Trough Shell Mactra stultorum20
  3. Common Cockle Cerastoderma edule19
  4. Garden Snail Cornu aspersum15
  5. False Angelwing Petricolaria pholadiformis13
  6. Banded Wedge Shell Donax vittatus11
  7. Baltic Macoma Macoma balthica10
  8. European Common Cuttlefish Sepia officinalis9
  9. Pacific Oyster Magallana gigas9
  10. Brown-lipped Snail Cepaea nemoralis8

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.