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Learn the wildlife of Wielkopolski National Park

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700 species have research-grade observations inside Wielkopolski 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 Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major11
  2. Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs9
  3. Common Crane Grus grus5
  4. Greylag Goose Anser anser5
  5. Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita5
  6. Great Tit Parus major5
  7. Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus4
  8. Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus4
  9. Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo4
  10. Grey Heron Ardea cinerea4

Plants

  1. Small balsam Impatiens parviflora18
  2. European lily of the valley Convallaria majalis11
  3. European beech Fagus sylvatica11
  4. Cypress spurge Euphorbia cyparissias10
  5. Common bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus10
  6. Herb Robert Geranium robertianum9
  7. Black locust Robinia pseudoacacia9
  8. Male fern Dryopteris filix-mas9
  9. Black cherry Prunus serotina8
  10. Sycamore maple Acer pseudoplatanus8

Mammals

  1. Western Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus3
  2. Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2
  3. Eurasian Beaver Castor fiber2
  4. Brown Hare Lepus europaeus1

Insects

  1. Springtime Dung Beetle Trypocopris vernalis12
  2. Asian Lady Beetle Harmonia axyridis9
  3. Silver-washed Fritillary Argynnis paphia9
  4. European Peacock Butterfly Aglais io9
  5. Seven-spotted Lady Beetle Coccinella septempunctata8
  6. Blue Featherleg Platycnemis pennipes8
  7. Woodland Dor Beetle Anoplotrupes stercorosus8
  8. Common Cockchafer Melolontha melolontha7
  9. Western Conifer Seed Bug Leptoglossus occidentalis7
  10. Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima7

Spiders and kin

  1. European Nursery Web spider Pisaura mirabilis6
  2. Cross Orbweaver Araneus diadematus4
  3. Buzzing Spider Anyphaena accentuata4
  4. Wasp Spider Argiope bruennichi3
  5. Labyrinth spider Agelena labyrinthica3
  6. Common sheetweb spider Linyphia triangularis3
  7. Conical Trashline Orbweaver Cyclosa conica3
  8. Eurasian Running Crab Spider Philodromus dispar3
  9. Tetragnatha nigrita2
  10. Diaea livens2

Reptiles

  1. Sand Lizard Lacerta agilis14
  2. Common Slowworm Anguis fragilis7
  3. Grass snake Natrix natrix2
  4. Viviparous Lizard Zootoca vivipara1

Fish

  1. Common Rudd Scardinius erythrophthalmus2
  2. Common Roach Rutilus rutilus1
  3. Common Bream Abramis brama1
  4. European Perch Perca fluviatilis1

Mollusks

  1. Great Pond Snail Lymnaea stagnalis4
  2. Lesser Bulin Merdigera obscura3
  3. Roman Snail Helix pomatia2
  4. Brown-lipped Snail Cepaea nemoralis1
  5. Leopard Slug Limax maximus1
  6. Plaited Door-snail Cochlodina laminata1
  7. Carthusian Nun Snail Monacha cartusiana1
  8. Zebra Mussel Dreissena polymorpha1
  9. Common European Ambersnail Succinea putris1

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.