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Learn the wildlife of Zuid-Kennemerland National Park

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1,623 species have research-grade observations inside Zuid-Kennemerland 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 carbo86
  2. Common Coot Fulica atra56
  3. Greylag Goose Anser anser56
  4. Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus53
  5. Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula50
  6. Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis43
  7. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos43
  8. Mute Swan Cygnus olor38
  9. White Wagtail Motacilla alba38
  10. Common Buzzard Buteo buteo38

Plants

  1. Sea-buckthorn Hippophae rhamnoides84
  2. Wild Pansy Viola tricolor59
  3. Marsh grass-of-Parnassus Parnassia palustris52
  4. Burnet Rose Rosa spinosissima50
  5. Viper's-bugloss Echium vulgare42
  6. Narrow-leaved Ragwort Senecio inaequidens35
  7. Common alkanet Anchusa officinalis35
  8. Purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria33
  9. Common soapwort Saponaria officinalis29
  10. Sea Holly Eryngium maritimum28

Mammals

  1. European Fallow Deer Dama dama55
  2. Domestic Cattle Bos taurus41
  3. Domestic Horse Equus caballus38
  4. Red Fox Vulpes vulpes15
  5. Western Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus11
  6. European Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus11
  7. Brown Hare Lepus europaeus6
  8. Eurasian Red Squirrel Sciurus vulgaris3

Insects

  1. Cinnabar moth Tyria jacobaeae74
  2. Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum45
  3. Queen of Spain Fritillary Issoria lathonia43
  4. Garden Tiger Arctia caja35
  5. Silver-washed Fritillary Argynnis paphia35
  6. Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum34
  7. Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina31
  8. Northern Dune Tiger Beetle Cicindela hybrida31
  9. Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria22
  10. Black-tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum22

Spiders and kin

  1. European Nursery Web spider Pisaura mirabilis15
  2. V-Signed Jumping Spider Aelurillus v-insignitus10
  3. Wasp Spider Argiope bruennichi6
  4. Spring Harvestman Rilaena triangularis5
  5. Cross Orbweaver Araneus diadematus4
  6. Paroligolophus agrestis4
  7. Canestrini's Harvestman Opilio canestrinii4

Reptiles

  1. Common Slowworm Anguis fragilis37
  2. Sand Lizard Lacerta agilis36
  3. Pond Slider Trachemys scripta3

Amphibians

  1. European Toad Bufo bufo50
  2. Natterjack Toad Epidalea calamita27
  3. Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris26
  4. European Common Frog Rana temporaria18

Mollusks

  1. Roman Snail Helix pomatia134
  2. White Italian Snail Theba pisana39
  3. Brown-lipped Snail Cepaea nemoralis16
  4. Common Door-snail Clausilia bidentata11
  5. Copse Snail Arianta arbustorum10
  6. Garden Snail Cornu aspersum10
  7. Vineyard Snail Cernuella virgata7
  8. Great Pond Snail Lymnaea stagnalis5
  9. Girdled Snail Hygromia cinctella5
  10. Rounded Snail Gonyodiscus rotundatus5

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.