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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.
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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
Check www.dutchbirding.nl for recent observations.
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