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Netherlands

Birds, destinations and field guides for Netherlands.

Endemic species: 0
Bird species: 279
Destinations: 1
Field guides: 4

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Identify

Birds you are likely to see in Netherlands

Common Buzzard Buteo buteo

Common Reed Bunting

Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus

Little Tern Sternula albifrons

Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius

Black Stork Ciconia nigra

Black Tern Chlidonias niger

Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus

Grey Heron Ardea cinerea

Water Rail Rallus aquaticus

Sooty Shearwater

Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea

Long-tailed Tit

Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus

Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes

Plan

Where to go birding in Netherlands

Netherlands Wadden Sea A vast tidal sea shared by three countries: millions of shorebirds on passage.

JJanuary: Good
FFebruary: Good
MMarch: Best
AApril: Best
MMay: Best
JJune: Poor or no data
JJuly: Poor or no data
AAugust: Best
SSeptember: Best
OOctober: Best
NNovember: Good
DDecember: Good

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Field guides for Netherlands

RSPB Complete Birds of Britain and Europe

RSPB Complete Birds of Britain and Europe Rob Hume, 2010 Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina and more Beginners

Birds of the Netherlands Peter van der, 2022 Netherlands All levels

Collins Bird Guide

Collins Bird Guide Lars Svensson et al., 2000 Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina and more All levels

Advanced Bird ID Handbook: The Western Palearctic

Advanced Bird ID Handbook: The Western Palearctic Nils Van Duivendijk, 2011 Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina and more Experts and researchers