¶ Astur gentilis
¶ Havik (Northern goshawk)
Birds
¶ Why this species, in the context of the Amsterdamse Bos
1,102 Bos observations — remarkably high for an urban-fringe forest. The goshawk is an indicator of structurally mature woodland: it needs tall canopy with hunting flyways. Its abundance in a 92-year-old planted forest is one of the Bos's quiet successes.
¶ Facts from the graph
| Total observations in the Bos | 1,102 |
| First recorded | 1947-02-20 |
| Last recorded | 2026-05-09 |
| Max rarity tier | 1 — common |
¶ Top sub-locations within the Bos
- Amsterdamse Bos - Oeverlanden - Koenenkade — 282 observations
- Amsterdamse Bos - Heuvel / Manege — 152 observations
- Amsterdamse Bos - Koenenkade — 120 observations
- Amstelveen - Amstelveense Poel — 87 observations
- Amsterdamse Bos — 62 observations
¶ Explore
- View this species on the Bos map → (all observations, plotted geographically)
- Species page on waarneming.nl
- Bos-filtered observation list on waarneming.nl
- One example observation
Data derived from 136,107 waarneming.nl observations at location 5013 (Amsterdamse Bos), scraped May 2026. Bos-context text: manually composed from the Bosplan 2020–2030, amsterdamsebos.nl, and the existing Het Onzichtbare Zichtbaar dossiers.