¶ Garrulus glandarius
¶ Vlaamse gaai (Eurasian jay)
Birds
¶ Why this species, in the context of the Amsterdamse Bos
The unpaid oak forester. Buries acorns in autumn caches across the Bos and forgets a fraction — those become the next generation's oaks. Without jays, the Bos's Quercus regeneration would slow dramatically.
¶ Facts from the graph
| Total observations in the Bos | 616 |
| First recorded | 1969-03-07 |
| Last recorded | 2026-05-13 |
| Max rarity tier | 1 — common |
¶ Top sub-locations within the Bos
- Amsterdamse Bos - Zonneweide / Verlengde Oude Karselaan — 64 observations
- Amsterdamse Bos — 60 observations
- Amsterdamse Bos - Bosbaan / Duizendmeterweg — 59 observations
- Amsterdamse Bos - Heuvel / Manege — 48 observations
- Amsterdamse Bos - Koenenbos — 43 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.