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.

Rarities

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Check-list

^[1]Birds you can see here include:

Red-throated Loon, Black-throated Loon, Great Northern Loon, Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe, Red-necked Grebe, Horned Grebe, Black-necked Grebe, Northern Fulmar, European Storm-Petrel, Leach's Storm-petrel, Northern Gannet, Great Cormorant, Great Bittern, Little Bittern, Black-crowned Night Heron, Squacco Heron, Cattle Egret, Little Egret, Great Egret, Grey Heron, Purple Heron, Black Stork, White Stork, Glossy Ibis, Eurasian Spoonbill, Greater Flamingo, Mute Swan, Bewick's Swan, Whooper Swan, Taiga Bean Goose, Tundra Bean Goose, Pink-footed Goose, Greater White-fronted Goose, Lesser White-fronted Goose, Greylag Goose, Snow Goose, Ross's Goose, Lesser Canada Goose, Greater Canada Goose, Barnacle Goose, Dark-bellied Brent Goose, Pale-Bellied Brent Goose, Black Brant, Red-breasted Goose, Ruddy Shelduck, Common Shelduck, Eurasian Wigeon, American Wigeon, Gadwall, Common Teal, Green-Winged Teal, Mallard, Northern Pintail, Garganey, Northern Shoveler, Red-crested Pochard, Common Pochard, Ring-necked Duck, Ferruginous Duck, Tufted Duck, Greater Scaup, Common Eider, Long-tailed Duck, Common Scoter, Velvet Scoter, Bufflehead, Common Goldeneye, Smew, Red-breasted Merganser, Goosander, European Honey Buzzard, Black Kite, Red Kite, White-tailed Eagle, Western Marsh Harrier, Hen Harrier, Montagu's Harrier, Northern Goshawk, Eurasian Sparrowhawk, Common Buzzard, Long-legged Buzzard, Rough-legged Buzzard, Greater Spotted Eagle, Osprey, Common Kestrel, Red-footed Falcon, Merlin, Eurasian Hobby, Peregrine Falcon, Grey Partridge, , Common Quail, Water Rail, Spotted Crake, Corn Crake, Common Moorhen, Eurasian Coot, Common Crane, Eurasian Oystercatcher, Black-winged Stilt, Pied Avocet, Collared Pratincole, Little Ringed Plover, Common Ringed Plover, Kentish Plover, Eurasian Dotterel, Pacific Golden Plover, European Golden Plover, Grey Plover, Northern Lapwing, Red Knot, Sanderling, Little Stint, Temminck's Stint, White-rumped Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, Curlew Sandpiper, Purple Sandpiper, Dunlin, Stilt Sandpiper, Broad-billed Sandpiper, Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Ruff, Jack Snipe, Common Snipe, Long-billed Dowitcher, Eurasian Woodcock, Black-tailed Godwit, Bar-tailed Godwit, Eurasian Whimbrel, Eurasian Curlew, Spotted Redshank, Common Redshank, Marsh Sandpiper, Common Greenshank, Lesser Yellowlegs, Green Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, Terek Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Ruddy Turnstone, Wilson's Phalarope, Red-necked Phalarope, Red Phalarope, Pomarine Jaeger, Parasitic Jaeger, Long-tailed Jaeger, Great Skua, Mediterranean Gull, Little Gull, Sabine's Gull, Black-headed Gull, Mew Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, European Herring Gull, Yellow-legged Gull, Caspian Gull, Glaucous Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Black-legged Kittiwake, Gull-billed Tern, Caspian Tern, Sandwich Tern, Common Tern, Arctic Tern, Little Tern, Whiskered Tern, Black Tern, White-winged Tern, Atlantic Murre,Razorbill, Little Auk, Stock Dove, Common Wood Pigeon, Eurasian Collared Dove, European Turtle Dove, Common Cuckoo, Barn Owl, Little Owl, Long-eared Owl, Short-eared Owl, European Nightjar, Common Swift, Common Kingfisher, European Bee-eater, Eurasian Hoopoe, Eurasian Wryneck, European Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Greater Short-toed Lark, Crested Lark, Wood Lark, Eurasian Skylark, Horned Lark, Sand Martin, Barn Swallow, Red-rumped Swallow, Northern House Martin, Richard's Pipit, Tawny Pipit, Tree Pipit, Meadow Pipit, Red-throated Pipit, Water Pipit, Rock Pipit, Blue-headed Wagtail, Yellow Wagtail, Grey-Headed Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, White Wagtail, Pied Wagtail, Bohemian Waxwing, Winter Wren, Dunnock, European Robin, Common Nightingale, Bluethroat, Black Redstart, Common Redstart, Whinchat, European Stonechat, Northern Wheatear, Ring Ouzel, Common Blackbird, Fieldfare, Song Thrush, Redwing, Mistle Thrush, Cetti's Warbler, Common Grasshopper Warbler, River Warbler, Savi's Warbler, Aquatic Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Marsh Warbler, European Reed Warbler, Great Reed Warbler, Icterine Warbler, Subalpine Warbler, Barred Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, Common Whitethroat, Garden Warbler, Blackcap, Greenish Warbler, Pallas's Leaf Warbler, Yellow-browed Warbler, Wood Warbler,Common Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, Goldcrest, Firecrest, Spotted Flycatcher, Red-breasted Flycatcher, European Pied Flycatcher, Bearded Reedling, Long-tailed Tit, Marsh Tit, Willow Tit, Coal Tit, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Eurasian Nuthatch, Eurasian Treecreeper, Short-toed Treecreeper, Eurasian Penduline Tit, Eurasian Golden Oriole,Red-backed Shrike, Great Grey Shrike, Woodchat Shrike, Eurasian Jay, Eurasian Magpie, Western Jackdaw, Rook, Carrion Crow, Hooded Crow, Common Raven, Common Starling, Rose-coloured Starling, House Sparrow, Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Common Chaffinch, Brambling, European Greenfinch, European Goldfinch, Eurasian Siskin, Common Linnet, Twite, Mealy Redpoll, Lesser Redpoll, Common Crossbill, Common Rosefinch, Eurasian Bullfinch, Hawfinch, Lapland Longspur, Snow Bunting, Yellowhammer, Ortolan Bunting, [Common Reed Bunting]], Corn Bunting

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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References

1. Waarneming (English translation)

External Links

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

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