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Learn the wildlife of Vorpommersche Boddenlandschaft National Park

Germany

970 species have research-grade observations inside Vorpommersche Boddenlandschaft 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. Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo109
  2. White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla96
  3. Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus96
  4. Common Crane Grus grus84
  5. European Herring Gull Larus argentatus72
  6. Mute Swan Cygnus olor68
  7. Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica56
  8. Grey Heron Ardea cinerea51
  9. Hooded Crow Corvus cornix46
  10. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos44

Plants

  1. European Searocket Cakile maritima54
  2. Sheep's-bit Jasione montana35
  3. Sea Thrift Armeria maritima33
  4. Sea Sandwort Honckenya peploides25
  5. Common toadflax Linaria vulgaris22
  6. Common heather Calluna vulgaris22
  7. Common alkanet Anchusa officinalis21
  8. Wild Pansy Viola tricolor20
  9. Common Tansy Tanacetum vulgare20
  10. Scots pine Pinus sylvestris20

Mammals

  1. Red Deer Cervus elaphus149
  2. Wild Boar Sus scrofa68
  3. European Fallow Deer Dama dama27
  4. Red Fox Vulpes vulpes26
  5. Western Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus18
  6. Mainland Raccoon Dog Nyctereutes procyonoides16
  7. Eurasian Otter Lutra lutra10
  8. Harbour Porpoise Phocoena phocoena7
  9. Brown Hare Lepus europaeus6
  10. Harbor Seal Phoca vitulina5

Insects

  1. Springtime Dung Beetle Trypocopris vernalis48
  2. Small Copper Lycaena phlaeas35
  3. Woodland Dor Beetle Anoplotrupes stercorosus22
  4. Fox Moth Macrothylacia rubi21
  5. Ruddy Darter Sympetrum sanguineum18
  6. Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta16
  7. Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum16
  8. Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta16
  9. European Peacock Butterfly Aglais io16
  10. Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria14

Spiders and kin

  1. Cross Orbweaver Araneus diadematus18
  2. Wasp Spider Argiope bruennichi6
  3. Invisible Spider Drapetisca socialis4
  4. Distinguished Jumping Spider Attulus distinguendus4
  5. Northern Bear Spider Arctosa cinerea3
  6. Grey Cross Spider Larinioides sclopetarius3
  7. Dune Jumper Marpissa nivoyi3
  8. Zebra Jumping Spider Salticus scenicus2
  9. Four-spot Orbweaver Araneus quadratus2
  10. Furrow Orbweaver Larinioides cornutus2

Reptiles

  1. Adder Vipera berus33
  2. Grass snake Natrix natrix22
  3. Viviparous Lizard Zootoca vivipara12
  4. Common Slowworm Anguis fragilis11

Amphibians

  1. European Toad Bufo bufo9
  2. Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris7
  3. European Common Frog Rana temporaria3
  4. European Tree Frog Hyla arborea3
  5. Moor Frog Rana arvalis2

Fish

  1. Common Bream Abramis brama3
  2. Garfish Belone belone3
  3. Threespine Stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus2
  4. Atlantic Herring Clupea harengus2

Mollusks

  1. Soft-shelled Clam Mya arenaria11
  2. Baltic Macoma Macoma balthica7
  3. Copse Snail Arianta arbustorum4
  4. Lagoon Cockle Cerastoderma glaucum4
  5. Common Cockle Cerastoderma edule3
  6. Brown-lipped Snail Cepaea nemoralis2
  7. Blue Mussel Mytilus edulis2

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.