¶ Sciurus vulgaris
¶ Eekhoorn (Eurasian red squirrel)
Mammals
¶ Why this species, in the context of the Amsterdamse Bos
1,405 Bos observations — the 3rd most-recorded species overall, behind only Buteo buteo and Sitta europaea. One of the 'Big Five' of the Bos (with otter, raven, badger, and kingfisher per various counts). Red squirrel: native, not displaced here by grey squirrel (which has never colonised mainland NL).
¶ Facts from the graph
| Total observations in the Bos | 1,405 |
| First recorded | 1967-12-15 |
| Last recorded | 2026-05-22 |
| Max rarity tier | 2 — uncommon |
¶ Top sub-locations within the Bos
- Amsterdamse Bos - Heuvel / Manege — 210 observations
- Amsterdamse Bos — 206 observations
- Amsterdamse Bos - Zonneweide / Verlengde Oude Karselaan — 168 observations
- Amsterdamse Bos - Radarterrein — 164 observations
- Amsterdamse Bos - Schotse Hooglanders / Camping — 141 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.