Lauwersmeer

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Overview

Groningen province (Holland).

Birds

Notable Species

The Lauwersmeer area is of particular interest in migration and in winter for its number and variety of geese. Lesser White-fronted Goose (of the recently established still small western population)are regular in migration west of the Lauwersmeer, mainly in the area south of Anjum. Snow Goose and other rarities can be observed at times all around the Lauwersmeer.

Check-list

Birds you can see here include:

1 Red-throated Loon - Gavia stellata

2 Black-throated Loon - Gavia arctica

3 Great Northern Loon - Gavia immer

4 Little Grebe - Tachybaptus ruficollis

5 Great Crested Grebe - Podiceps cristatus

6 Red-necked Grebe - Podiceps grisegena

7 Horned Grebe - Podiceps auritus

8 Black-necked Grebe - Podiceps nigricollis

9 Northern Fulmar - Fulmarus glacialis

10 European Storm-Petrel - Hydrobates pelagicus

11 Leach's Storm-petrel - Oceanodroma leucorhoa

12 Northern Gannet - Morus bassanus

13 Great Cormorant - Phalacrocorax carbo

14 Eurasian Bittern - Botaurus stellaris

15 Little Bittern - Ixobrychus minutus

16 Black-crowned Night Heron - Nycticorax nycticorax

17 Squacco Heron - Ardeola ralloides

18 Cattle Egret - Bubulcus ibis

19 Little Egret - Egretta garzetta

20 Great Egret - Casmerodius albus

21 Grey Heron - Ardea cinerea

22 Purple Heron - Ardea purpurea

23 Black Stork - Ciconia nigra

24 White Stork - Ciconia ciconia

25 Glossy Ibis - Plegadis falcinellus

26 Eurasian Spoonbill - Platalea leucorodia

27 Greater Flamingo - Phoenicopterus roseus

28 Mute Swan - Cygnus olor

29 Bewick's Swan - Cygnus bewickii

30 Whooper Swan - Cygnus cygnus

31 Taiga Bean Goose - Anser fabalis

32 Tundra Bean Goose - Anser serrirostris

33 Pink-footed Goose - Anser brachyrhynchus

34 Greater White-fronted Goose - Anser albifrons

35 Lesser White-fronted Goose - Anser erythropus

36 Greylag Goose - Anser anser

37 Snow Goose - Anser caerulescens

38 Ross's Goose - Anser rossii

39 Lesser Canada Goose - Branta hutchinsii hutchinsii

40 Greater Canada Goose - Branta canadensis

41 Barnacle Goose - Branta leucopsis

42 Dark-bellied Brent Goose - Branta bernicla

43 Pale-Bellied Brent Goose - Branta hrota

44 Black Brant - Branta nigricans

45 Red-breasted Goose - Branta ruficollis

46 Ruddy Shelduck - Tadorna ferruginea

47 Common Shelduck - Tadorna tadorna

48 Eurasian Wigeon - Anas penelope

49 American Wigeon - Anas americana

50 Gadwall - Anas strepera

51 Common Teal - Anas crecca

52 Green-Winged Teal - Anas carolinensis

53 Mallard - Anas platyrhynchos

54 Northern Pintail - Anas acuta

55 Garganey - Anas querquedula

56 Northern Shoveler - Anas clypeata

57 Red-crested Pochard - Netta rufina

58 Common Pochard - Aythya ferina

59 Ring-necked Duck - Aythya collaris

60 Ferruginous Duck - Aythya nyroca

61 Tufted Duck - Aythya fuligula

62 Greater Scaup - Aythya marila

63 Common Eider - Somateria mollissima

64 Long-tailed Duck - Clangula hyemalis

65 Common Scoter - Melanitta nigra

66 Velvet Scoter - Melanitta fusca

67 Bufflehead - Bucephala albeola

68 Common Goldeneye - Bucephala clangula

69 Smew - Mergellus albellus

70 Red-breasted Merganser - Mergus serrator

71 Goosander - Mergus merganser

72 European Honey Buzzard - Pernis apivorus

73 Black Kite - Milvus migrans

74 Red Kite - Milvus milvus

75 White-tailed Eagle - Haliaeetus albicilla

76 Western Marsh Harrier - Circus aeruginosus

77 Hen Harrier - Circus cyaneus

78 Montagu's Harrier - Circus pygargus

79 Northern Goshawk - Accipiter gentilis

80 Eurasian Sparrowhawk - Accipiter nisus

81 Common Buzzard - Buteo buteo

82 Long-legged Buzzard - Buteo rufinus

83 Rough-legged Buzzard - Buteo lagopus

84 Greater Spotted Eagle - Aquila clanga

85 Osprey - Pandion haliaetus

86 Common Kestrel - Falco tinnunculus

87 Red-footed Falcon - Falco vespertinus

88 Merlin - Falco columbarius

89 Eurasian Hobby - Falco subbuteo

90 Peregrine Falcon - Falco peregrinus

91 Grey Partridge - Perdix perdix

92 Common Quail - Coturnix coturnix

93 Water Rail - Rallus aquaticus

94 Spotted Crake - Porzana porzana

95 Corn Crake - Crex crex

96 Common Moorhen - Gallinula chloropus

97 Eurasian Coot - Fulica atra

98 Common Crane - Grus grus

99 Eurasian Oystercatcher - Haematopus ostralegus

100 Black-winged Stilt - Himantopus himantopus

101 Pied Avocet - Recurvirostra avosetta

102 Collared Pratincole - Glareola pratincola

103 Little Ringed Plover - Charadrius dubius

104 Common Ringed Plover - Charadrius hiaticula

105 Kentish Plover - Charadrius alexandrinus

106 Eurasian Dotterel - Charadrius morinellus

107 Pacific Golden Plover - Pluvialis fulva

108 European Golden Plover - Pluvialis apricaria

109 Grey Plover - Pluvialis squatarola

110 Northern Lapwing - Vanellus vanellus

111 Red Knot - Calidris canutus

112 Sanderling - Calidris alba

113 Little Stint - Calidris minuta

114 Temminck's Stint - Calidris temminckii

115 White-rumped Sandpiper - Calidris fuscicollis

116 Pectoral Sandpiper - Calidris melanotos

117 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper - Calidris acuminata

118 Curlew Sandpiper - Calidris ferruginea

119 Purple Sandpiper - Calidris maritima

120 Dunlin - Calidris alpina

121 Stilt Sandpiper - Calidris himantopus

122 Broad-billed Sandpiper - Limicola falcinellus

123 Buff-breasted Sandpiper - Tryngites subruficollis

124 Ruff - Philomachus pugnax

125 Jack Snipe - Lymnocryptes minimus

126 Common Snipe - Gallinago gallinago

127 Long-billed Dowitcher - Limnodromus scolopaceus

128 Eurasian Woodcock - Scolopax rusticola

129 Black-tailed Godwit - Limosa limosa

130 Bar-tailed Godwit - Limosa lapponica

131 Eurasian Whimbrel - Numenius phaeopus

132 Eurasian Curlew - Numenius arquata

133 Spotted Redshank - Tringa erythropus

134 Common Redshank - Tringa totanus

135 Marsh Sandpiper - Tringa stagnatilis

136 Common Greenshank - Tringa nebularia

137 Lesser Yellowlegs - Tringa flavipes

138 Green Sandpiper - Tringa ochropus

139 Wood Sandpiper - Tringa glareola

140 Terek Sandpiper - Xenus cinereus

141 Common Sandpiper - Actitis hypoleucos

142 Ruddy Turnstone - Arenaria interpres

143 Wilson's Phalarope - Phalaropus tricolor

144 Red-necked Phalarope - Phalaropus lobatus

145 Red Phalarope - Phalaropus fulicaria

146 Pomarine Jaeger - Stercorarius pomarinus

147 Parasitic Jaeger - Stercorarius parasiticus

148 Long-tailed Jaeger - Stercorarius longicaudus

149 Great Skua - Stercorarius skua

150 Mediterranean Gull - Larus melanocephalus

151 Little Gull - Hydrocoloeus minutus

152 Sabine's Gull - Xema sabini

153 Black-headed Gull - Chroicocephalus ridibundus

154 Mew Gull - Larus canus

155 Lesser Black-backed Gull - Larus fuscus

156 European Herring Gull - Larus argentatus

157 Yellow-Legged Gull - Larus michahellis

158 Caspian Gull - Larus cachinnans

159 Glaucous Gull - Larus hyperboreus

160 Great Black-backed Gull - Larus marinus

161 Black-legged Kittiwake - Rissa tridactyla

162 Gull-billed Tern - Gelochelidon nilotica

163 Caspian Tern - Hydroprogne caspia

164 Sandwich Tern - Sterna sandvicensis

165 Common Tern - Sterna hirundo

166 Arctic Tern - Sterna paradisaea

167 Little Tern - Sternula albifrons

168 Whiskered Tern - Chlidonias hybrida

169 Black Tern - Chlidonias niger

170 White-winged Tern - Chlidonias leucopterus

171 Atlantic Murre - Uria aalge

172 Razorbill - Alca torda

173 Little Auk - Alle alle

174 Stock Dove - Columba oenas

175 Common Wood Pigeon - Columba palumbus

176 Eurasian Collared Dove - Streptopelia decaocto

177 European Turtle Dove - Streptopelia turtur

178 Common Cuckoo - Cuculus canorus

179 Barn Owl - Tyto alba

180 Little Owl - Athene noctua

181 Long-eared Owl - Asio otus

182 Short-eared Owl - Asio flammeus

183 European Nightjar - Caprimulgus europaeus

184 Common Swift - Apus apus

185 Common Kingfisher - Alcedo atthis

186 European Bee-eater - Merops apiaster

187 Eurasian Hoopoe - Upupa epops

188 Eurasian Wryneck - Jynx torquilla

189 European Green Woodpecker - Picus viridis

190 Great Spotted Woodpecker - Dendrocopos major

191 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker - Dendrocopos minor

192 Greater Short-toed Lark - Calandrella brachydactyla

193 Crested Lark - Galerida cristata

194 Wood Lark - Lullula arborea

195 Eurasian Skylark - Alauda arvensis

196 Horned Lark - Eremophila alpestris

197 Sand Martin - Riparia riparia

198 Barn Swallow - Hirundo rustica

199 Red-rumped Swallow - Cecropis daurica

200 Common House Martin - Delichon urbicum

201 Richard's Pipit - Anthus richardi

202 Tawny Pipit - Anthus campestris

203 Tree Pipit - Anthus trivialis

204 Meadow Pipit - Anthus pratensis

205 Red-throated Pipit - Anthus cervinus

206 Water Pipit - Anthus spinoletta

207 Rock Pipit - Anthus petrosus

208 Blue-Headed Wagtail - Motacilla flava

209 Yellow Wagtail - Motacilla flavissima

210 Grey-Headed Wagtail - Motacilla thunbergi

211 Grey Wagtail - Motacilla cinerea

212 White Wagtail - Motacilla alba

213 Pied Wagtail - Motacilla yarrellii

214 Bohemian Waxwing - Bombycilla garrulus

215 Winter Wren - Troglodytes troglodytes

216 Dunnock - Prunella modularis

217 European Robin - Erithacus rubecula

218 Common Nightingale - Luscinia megarhynchos

219 Bluethroat - Luscinia svecica

220 Black Redstart - Phoenicurus ochruros

221 Common Redstart - Phoenicurus phoenicurus

222 Whinchat - Saxicola rubetra

223 European Stonechat - Saxicola rubicola

224 Northern Wheatear - Oenanthe oenanthe

225 Ring Ouzel - Turdus torquatus

226 Common Blackbird - Turdus merula

227 Fieldfare - Turdus pilaris

228 Song Thrush - Turdus philomelos

229 Redwing - Turdus iliacus

230 Mistle Thrush - Turdus viscivorus

231 Cetti's Warbler - Cettia cetti

232 Common Grasshopper Warbler - Locustella naevia

233 River Warbler - Locustella fluviatilis

234 Savi's Warbler - Locustella luscinioides

235 Aquatic Warbler - Acrocephalus paludicola

236 Sedge Warbler - Acrocephalus schoenobaenus

237 Marsh Warbler - Acrocephalus palustris

238 European Reed Warbler - Acrocephalus scirpaceus

239 Great Reed Warbler - Acrocephalus arundinaceus

240 Icterine Warbler - Hippolais icterina

241 Subalpine Warbler - Sylvia cantillans

242 Barred Warbler - Sylvia nisoria

243 Lesser Whitethroat - Sylvia curruca

244 Common Whitethroat - Sylvia communis

245 Garden Warbler - Sylvia borin

246 Blackcap - Sylvia atricapilla

247 Greenish Warbler - Phylloscopus trochiloides

248 Pallas's Leaf Warbler - Phylloscopus proregulus

249 Yellow-browed Warbler - Phylloscopus inornatus

250 Wood Warbler - Phylloscopus sibilatrix

251 Common Chiffchaff - Phylloscopus collybita

252 Willow Warbler - Phylloscopus trochilus

253 Goldcrest - Regulus regulus

254 Firecrest - Regulus ignicapilla

255 Spotted Flycatcher - Muscicapa striata

256 Red-breasted Flycatcher - Ficedula parva

257 European Pied Flycatcher - Ficedula hypoleuca

258 Bearded Reedling - Panurus biarmicus

259 Long-tailed Tit - Aegithalos caudatus

260 Marsh Tit - Poecile palustris

261 Willow Tit - Poecile montanus

262 Coal Tit - Periparus ater

263 Blue Tit - Cyanistes caeruleus

264 Great Tit - Parus major

265 Eurasian Nuthatch - Sitta europaea

266 Eurasian Treecreeper - Certhia familiaris

267 Short-toed Treecreeper - Certhia brachydactyla

268 Eurasian Penduline Tit - Remiz pendulinus

269 Eurasian Golden Oriole - Oriolus oriolus

270 Red-backed Shrike - Lanius collurio

271 Great Grey Shrike - Lanius excubitor

272 Woodchat Shrike - Lanius senator

273 Eurasian Jay - Garrulus glandarius

274 Eurasian Magpie - Pica pica

275 Western Jackdaw - Corvus monedula

276 Rook - Corvus frugilegus

277 Carrion Crow - Corvus corone

278 Hooded Crow - Corvus cornix

279 Common Raven - Corvus corax

280 Common Starling - Sturnus vulgaris

281 Rose-coloured Starling - Sturnus roseus

282 House Sparrow - Passer domesticus

283 Eurasian Tree Sparrow - Passer montanus

284 Common Chaffinch - Fringilla coelebs

285 Brambling - Fringilla montifringilla

286 European Greenfinch - Carduelis chloris

287 European Goldfinch - Carduelis carduelis

288 Eurasian Siskin - Carduelis spinus

289 Common Linnet - Carduelis cannabina

290 Twite - Carduelis flavirostris

291 Mealy Redpoll - Carduelis flammea

292 Lesser Redpoll - Carduelis cabaret

293 Common Crossbill - Loxia curvirostra

294 Common Rosefinch - Carpodacus erythrinus

295 Eurasian Bullfinch - Pyrrhula pyrrhula

296 Hawfinch - Coccothraustes coccothraustes

297 Lapland Longspur - Calcarius lapponicus

298 Snow Bunting - Plectrophenax nivalis

299 Yellowhammer - Emberiza citrinella

300 Ortolan Bunting - Emberiza hortulana

301 Common Reed Bunting - Emberiza schoeniclus

302 Corn Bunting - Emberiza calandra

Source: www.waarneming.nl

Other Wildlife

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Site Information

History and Use

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Areas of Interest

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Access and Facilities

Lauwersmeer is about half way between Leeuwarden and Groningen where there are a number of hotels. The area can be reached on secondary roads going north towards the Wadden Sea coast.

Contact Details

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External Links

• Birds in the Lauwersmeer
• Welcome to Groningen: Lauwersmeer National Park

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