Checklist Birding in the Netherlands
NatuurBeleven
020-4720777
mark@natuurbeleven.nl

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legenda
I, II etc. = Month
L=Local
R=Rare
C=Common
B=Breeder

Red-throated Diver
IX-V; L -Sea and Coastal area

Black-throated Diver
X-IV; L - Sea and Coastal area

Great Northern Diver
XI-III; R - Sea and Coastal area, mostly juvenile.

Great Crested Grebe
I-XII; C B (10.000)

Red-necked Grebe
IX-IV; L -Coast; very rare breeder in recent years

Little Grebe
I-XII; C in winter. LB -small waters (1000)


Black-necked Grebe
I-XII; L -In winter in coastal area's (Texel, Zeeland); LB in dunes and in Drente (dozens only)

Slavonian Grebe
X-IV; L -Zealand; Texel/Dutch Shallows

Fulmar
III-IV and IX-X; L -at sea; numbers vary from 100-10.000 in a season

Sooty Shearwater
VIII-XII; L -Sea; numbers vary from 50-1000 in a season

Manx Shearwater
VI-XI; L -Sea; numbers vary from 30-360 in a season

Northern Gennet
I-XII; peaks in VIII-XI; L -Sea

Great Cormorant
I-XII; C any place with fish; B (>10.000)

Great Bittern
I-XII; L B -Flevo, Great Rivers, Frisian Lakes; in cold winters more common

Night Heron
IV-IX; R B -Flevo, Biesbos; also escaped.

Cattle Egret
IV-IX; R

Little Egret
V-IX; L R B -Zeeland

Great White Egret
V-IX; L R B -Flevo, is seen reguraly from Knardijk

Grey Heron
I-XII; C B (8000)

Purple Heron
IV-X; L B -Nieuwkoop, North-West Overijssel. In decline. (If you need this bird, we have a good chance!)

White Stork
I-XII; L B -Regaining ground, wintering not uncommon; Great Rivers area.

Black Stork
III-V; VII-X; R

Eurasian Spoonbill
II-X; L B -Breeds on all Fresian isles;

Greater Flamingo
I-XII; L -Grevelingen, Flevo etc; escaped

Whooper Swan
X-III; L -in the North and the West;

Tundra Swan
X-III; L -North, Zeeland, Great rivers; in large groups.

Mute Swan
I-XII; C

Pink-footed Goose
X-III; L -Friesland and Zeeland (20.000)

Bean Goose
X-III; C (50-80.000)

Lesser White-fronted Goose
XI-III; R (If you need this bird, we have a reasoble chance!)

White-fronted Goose
X-IV; C (>200.000)

Greylag Goose
I-XII; C B

Snow Goose
XI-II; R

Red-breasted Goose
X-III; R (If you need this bird, we have a reasoble chance!)

Brent Goose
IX-V; L -Wadden and Zeeland (>30.000)

Barnacle Goose
X-IV; L -Wadden, Friesland and Zeeland (>50.000)

Common Shelduck
I-XII; C B West. (10.000)

Ruddy Shelduck
I-XII; R

Egyptian Goose
I-XII; C B escaped

Eurasian Wigeon
VIII-V; C West (>300.000)

Mallard
I-XII; C B (>300.000)

Gadwall
I-XII; C B West (3000)

Northern Pintail
VIII-IV; C in Waddenzee, Flevo, Zeeland(>10.000) ; Breeds in Flevo. (50-150)

Northern Shoveler
I-XII; C B (>12.000) (VIII concentrates in Flevo)

Common Teal
I-XII; C B (3000) In some years large concentrations in Flevo (50.000)

Garganey
III-IX; L B (<1000) Friesland, Holland and Zeeland.

Ruddy Duck
R -Texel

Red-crested Pochard
III-X; L B (Botshol area, Markermeer)

Common Pochard
I-XII; C (100.000) B (several thousands; expanding)

Tufted Duck
I-XII; C (>200.000) B (10.000); In winter concentrations on IJsselmeer

Greater Scaup
IX-V; L -IJsselmeer, Waddenzee, Zeeland. Often far from main land, (>100.000)

Common Eider
I-XII; L B -Waddenzee en Zeeland; In winter 100-200.000. Only thousands breeding

Long-tailed Duck
X-IV; L -Western part of the Waddenzee, Zeeland (Brouwersdam!). Far from the land (1000)

Common Scoter
I-XII; L -Sea, Waddenzee; Far from the land

Velvet Scoter
IX-V; L -Sea, -Western part of the Waddenzee; Far from the land (200.000)

Common Goldeneye
X-IV; C -particular IJsselmeer.

Smew
XI-III C -particular IJsselmeer.

Red-breasted Merganser
X-IV; L -Waddenzee and Zeeland

Goosander
X-IV; C -particular IJsselmeer.

Black Kite
IV-V and VIII-IX; R

Red Kite
III-V and VIII-X; R

Montagu's Harrier
IV-IX; L B -Groningen, Flevo (If you need this bird, we have a reasoble chance!)

Hen Harrier
I-XII; C B -Breeds on the Fresian Isles

Marsh Harrier
III-XI; C B -Highest concentrations in Flevo

Eurasian Sparrowhawk
I-XII; C B expanding

Northern Goshawk
I-XII; C B expanding

Honey-Buzzard
IV-X; L B -East

Common Buzzard
I-XII; C B expanding

Rough-legged Buzzard
X-IV; L -Highest concentration in Flevo

White-tailed Eagle
X-III; L Flevo and Great Rivers (If you need this bird, we have a reasoble chance!)

Osprey

IV-V, IX-X; Can be seen at any place with good fishing opportunities. Breeding atempt 2002.

Red-footed Falcon
V, VIII-IX; R irregular

Common Kestrel
I-XII; C B (>5000)

Hobby
IV-X; C B (>1000)

Peregrine
I-XII; L -in winter good chances; rare breeder.

Merlin
IX-V; C (>1000)

Black Grouse
I-XII; L -Only one group surviving in Salland (Overijssel), not hard to find.

Grey Partridge
I-XII; C B

Common Pheasant
I-XII; C B

Common Quail
V-VII; L B -Irregular breeder 500-5000.
Crex crex

Corn crake
V-VII; L B Highest concentration in East Groningen

Spotted crake
IV-VII; L B Rare; Great Rivers and North-West Overijssel

Water Rail
I-XII; C B (>3000)

Moorhen
I-XII; C B (40.000)

Common Coot
I-XII; C B (>75.000)

Common Crane
III-IV, X-XII; Irregular migrant (200-20.000); Breeds in Drente

Oystercatcher
I-XII; C B (100.000)

Avocet
I-XII; L B -West, including Flevo (several 1000's)

Great Ringed Plover
I-XII; L B -Wadden and Zeeland (>500)

Little Ringed Plover
IV-IX; L B -In Land (>600)

Kentish Plover
IV-IX; L B -Wadden and Zeeland (<300)

Dotterel
IV-V, VIII-IX; R -Flevo, Maasvlakte

European Golden Plover
VII-V, C (400.000) In the West and the North

Grey Plover
I-XII; L -Waddenzee and Zeeland; not breeding (30.000)

Northern Lapwing
I-XII; C B (>200.000)

Turnstone
I-XII; L -Coast; dikes and dams (not breeding) (>5000)
Sanderling
I-XII; L -Coast; beeches (not breeding) (>10.000

Red Knot
I-XII; L -Waddenzee and Zeeland. (>100.000)
Species seems to be introuble, caused by legal (!) fishing of shells in the Waddenzee.

Curlew Sandpiper
V, VII-X ; L -Waddenzee and Zeeland (1000)

Dunlin
I-XII; L -Coast, but not uncommon in land (300.000)

Purple Sandpiper
IX-V; L -Coast, dikes (Brouwersdam) (<500)

Little Stint
V, VII-X; L -Coast, but not uncommon in land

Temminck's Stint
V, VII-IX; R

Ruff
I-XII; C migrant L B -Waterland, Friesland, Lauwersmeer

Eurasian Curlew
I-XII; C B (7000) Concentrates at the Wadden (70.000)

Whimbrel
IV-IX; C Drente and Wadden

Black-tailed Godwit
II-IX; CB (X-I small numbers in Zeeland)

Bar-tailed Godwit
I-XII; L Wadden/Zeeland

Common Redshank
I-XII; CB (25.000)

Spotted Redshank
IV-IX; C wetlands

Common Greenshank
IV-X; C wetlands

Wood Sandpiper
IV-X; (V and VIII) C wetland

Common Sandpiper
IV-X; (V and VIII) C wetlands

Green Sandpiper
I-XII; (VII-IX) C wetlands

Woodcock
I-XII; CB (4000)

Common Snipe
I-XII; CB (4000)

Jack Snipe
X-IV; R hard to find

Red-necked Phalarope
VII-IX; R wetlands

Great Skua
VIII-X; (but also in other months) R -Sea

Pomarine Skua
VIII-X; (but also in other months) R -Sea

Arctic Skua
VIII-X; (but also in other months) C -Sea

Long-tailed Skua (Parasitic)
VIII-X; (but also in other months) R -Sea

Little Gull
I-XII; (VIII-V) C IJsselmeer, Waddenzee; rare breeder

Black-headed Gull
I-XII; CB (200.000)

Common Gull
I-XII; C

Kitywake
VII-IV; L -Sea

Herring Gull
I-XII; CB (90.000)

Great Black-backed Gull
I-XII (IX-IV) C

Lesser Black-backed Gull
I-XII CB

Sandwich Tern
III-X; LB -Wadden, Zeeland

Common Tern
IV-X; CB (>15.000) -wetlands

Arctic Tern
IV-X
IV-X; LB (1500) -Wadden, Zeeland

Little Tern
IV-X; LB -(300) -Wadden Zeeland

Black Tern
IV-X; CB (1000) -wetlands; VIII concentrates at IJsselmeer

Common Guillemot
X-III; L Sea

Razorbill
X-III; L Sea

Wood Pigeon
I-XII; CB

Stock dove
I-XII; CB

Collared Dove
I-XII; CB In gardens.

Turtle dove
IV-X; CB in decline

Common Cuckoo
IV-X; C"B"

Rose-ringed Parakeet
I-XII; CB Amsterdam, The Hague

Barn Owl
I-XII; CB

Short-eared Owl
I-XII; LB Fresian Isles (<100)

Long-eared Owl
I-XII; CB (10.000)

Tawny Owl
I-XII; CB but rare in the North

Little Owl
I-XII; CB

European Nightjar
IV-IX; LB Veluwe, Brabant, Drente (500)

Common Swift
IV-IX; CB Cities

Common Kingfischer
I-XII; LB

Wryneck
IV-IX; L B -Veluwe; migrators in coastal area's

Black Woodpecker
I-XII; CB in old trees (2500-3000)

Green Woodpecker
I-XII; CB (3000-3500)

Great Spotted Woodpecker
I-XII; CB (50.000)

Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
I-XII; LB in old trees (2500-3000)

Sky Lark
I-XII; CB but stark declline (100.000)

Wood Lark
II-IX; LB -Veluwe, Brabant, Dunes (1500)

Horned Lark
X-IV; L coast

Sand Martin
IV-X; CB (2000)

Barn Swallow
IV-X; CB Farms

House Martin
IV-X; CB Farms

Water Pipit
X-IV; L Wetlands

Rockpipet
X-IV; L Coast

Tree Pipit
IV-X; CB Heath, dunes

Meadow Pipit
I-XII; CB (100.000)

Tawny Pipet
IV-X; RB Veluwe

Pied Wagtail
I-XII; CB rare in cold weeks

Grey Wagtail
I-XII; LB Twente, Limburg; winters in cities

Yellow Wagtail
IV-X; CB (50.000)

Wren
I-XII; CB (400.000)

Hedge Accentor
I-XII; CB (150.000)

Robin
I-XII; CB (300.000)

Rufous Nightingale
IV-VIII; C B (8000)

Bluethroat
III-VIII LB -Flevo, Biesbos

Common Redstart
IV-X; CB (30.000)

Black Redstart
III-X; CB (25.000)

Whinchat
IV-X; LB -Dunes, Drente (hundreds)

Common Stonechat
IV-X; LB -Dunes, Drente ( 1500)

Northern Wheatear
IV-X; LB -Dunes, Drente ( 2000)

Ring Ouzel
IV-V, IX-X; Uncommon migrant

Blackbird
I-XII; CB (1.500.000)

Fieldfare
I-XII Common migrant; breeds in the South and East

Redwing
IX-V; Common migrant

Song Thrush
I-XII; CB (150.000)

Mistle Thrush
I-XII CB (25.000)

Savi's Warbler
IV-VIII; LB -wetlands (2000)

Grasshopper Warbler
IV-VIII; LB -Dunes, Drente

Great reed Warbler
IV-VIII; LB -large wetlands; in decline

Sedge Warbler
IV-VIII; CB -wetlands (>20.000)

Marsh Warbler
IV-VIII; CB (40.000)

Reed Warbler
IV-VIII; CB -wetlands (>100.000)

Icterine Warbler
IV-VIII; CB (50.000)

Garden Warbler
IV-VIII; CB (200.000)

Lesser Whitethroat
IV-VIII; CB (25.000)

Common Whitethroat
IV-VIII; CB (90.000)

Blackcap
III-X; CB (100.000); winters in small numbers

Wood Warbler
IV-VII; LB (5000); In woodlands, e.g. Veluwe

Willow Warbler
III-X; CB (400.000)

Chiffchaff
III-X; CB (200.00)

Goldcrest
I-XII; CB (50.000)

Firecrest
I-XII; LB (6000) Veluwe and Drente

Pied Flycatcher
IV-IX; CB (20.000) Uncommon in the west

Spotted Flycatcher
IV-IX; CB (75.000)

Bearded tit
I-XII; LB (1000) In large reedbeds, e.g. Oostvaardersplassen

Penduline Tit
IV-X; LB (dozens ) Reedbeds and willows; e .g. Oostvaardersplassen

Marsh Tit
I-XII; CB (20.000) Uncommon in the western part of the country

Willow Tit
I-XII; CB (50.000)

Crested Tit
I-XII; CB (45.000) Uncommon in the western part of the country

Blue Tit
I-XII; CB (200.000)

Great Tit
I-XII; CB (400.000)

Coal Tit
I-XII; CB (70.000)

Longtailed Tit
I-XII; CB (30.000)

European Nuthatch
I-XII; CB (15.000)

Short-toed Treecreeper
I-XII; CB (100.000)

Red-backed Shrike
V-X; LB (150) main population in Bargerveen

Great Grey Shrike
IX-III; In winter on large fields

Common Starling
I-XII; CB (hundred thousants; in fall estimated at 10.000.000

Golden Oriole
IV-IX; LB (8000) May/June in woodlands is best opportunity

Eurasian Jay
I-XII; CB (60.000)

Magpie
I-XII; CB (100.000)

Eurasian Jackdaw
I-XII; CB (120.000)

Common Raven
I-XII; LB (100) Veluwe, Utrecht

Carrion Crow
I-XII; CB (100.000)

Pied Crow
X-III;

Rook
I-XII; CB (50.000)

Tree Sparrow
I-XII; CB (ten thousands)

House Sparrow
I-XII; CB (hundred thousands)

Chaffinch
I-XII; CB (hundred thousands)

Brambling
IX-IV; C; rare breeder

Hawfinch
I-XII; L e.g. Flevopolder, Veluwe

European Serin
IV-IX; LB (100)

Siskin
IX-III: C Local Breeder (Veluwe)

Greenfinch
I-XII; C (80.000)

Goldfinch
I-XII; C (100.000)

Bullfinch
I-XII; CB (20.000) Woodland area's

Common redpoll
I-XII; LB Breeds on Fresian islands; more common in winter

Twite
X-III; L typcial on coastal dikes

Linnet
I-XII; CB (100.000)

Common Rosefinch
V-IX; LB a few birds in wetland area's

Common Crossbill
I-XII; LB more common in winter

Corn Bunting
III-X; LB Limburg

Yellow Hammer
I-XII; CB (30.000) Rare in the western part of the country

Reed bunting
I-XII; CB (60.000)

Lapland Longspur
(X-III) L coast

Snow bunting
(X-III) L coast