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Learn the wildlife of Veluwezoom National Park

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800 species have research-grade observations inside Veluwezoom 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 coelebs37
  2. Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major31
  3. European Robin Erithacus rubecula28
  4. Great Tit Parus major28
  5. Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea27
  6. Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus24
  7. Common Buzzard Buteo buteo22
  8. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos20
  9. European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola20
  10. Middle Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocoptes medius19

Plants

  1. Common heather Calluna vulgaris35
  2. Gorse Ulex europaeus33
  3. Purple foxglove Digitalis purpurea22
  4. European beech Fagus sylvatica18
  5. Woodland germander Teucrium scorodonia15
  6. Scotch Broom Cytisus scoparius14
  7. Common bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus10
  8. Common Cow-wheat Melampyrum pratense9
  9. Common selfheal Prunella vulgaris8
  10. European holly Ilex aquifolium8

Mammals

  1. Western Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus74
  2. Red Deer Cervus elaphus52
  3. Wild Boar Sus scrofa49
  4. Domestic Cattle Bos taurus19
  5. European Fallow Deer Dama dama17
  6. Domestic Horse Equus caballus11
  7. Red Fox Vulpes vulpes7
  8. Brown Hare Lepus europaeus5
  9. European Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus3
  10. Eurasian Red Squirrel Sciurus vulgaris3

Insects

  1. Woodland Dor Beetle Anoplotrupes stercorosus73
  2. Fox Moth Macrothylacia rubi32
  3. Small Copper Lycaena phlaeas22
  4. Springtime Dung Beetle Trypocopris vernalis17
  5. Seven-spotted Lady Beetle Coccinella septempunctata16
  6. Green Shield Bug Palomena prasina15
  7. Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta14
  8. Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina13
  9. Common Drone Fly Eristalis tenax11
  10. Asian Lady Beetle Harmonia axyridis9

Spiders and kin

  1. Cross Orbweaver Araneus diadematus13
  2. Wasp Spider Argiope bruennichi5
  3. European Nursery Web spider Pisaura mirabilis5
  4. Gorse Orbweaver Agalenatea redii5
  5. Fencepost jumping spider Marpissa muscosa5
  6. Cricket-bat Orbweaver Mangora acalypha5
  7. Canestrini's Harvestman Opilio canestrinii5
  8. Walnut Orbweaver Nuctenea umbratica4
  9. Conical Trashline Orbweaver Cyclosa conica4
  10. Lichen Running Spider Philodromus margaritatus4

Reptiles

  1. Sand Lizard Lacerta agilis19
  2. Common Slowworm Anguis fragilis10
  3. Barred Grass Snake Natrix helvetica8
  4. Pond Slider Trachemys scripta6

Mollusks

  1. Ash-black Slug Limax cinereoniger7
  2. Tree slug Lehmannia marginata7
  3. Leopard Slug Limax maximus6
  4. Rounded Snail Gonyodiscus rotundatus5
  5. Great Pond Snail Lymnaea stagnalis1

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.