Germany Special Protection Area for birds
Albuch
125 bird species recorded; the most from April to May.
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This month here
81 species in January.69 species in February.79 species in March.90 species in April.93 species in May.74 species in June.75 species in July.70 species in August.75 species in September.72 species in October.54 species in November.60 species in December.
The birds you are most likely to see in the month you choose, those that come for the season first. It opens on today's month.
VU
VUVUVU
VU
- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
125 species, counted.
Our own rating, from the records only: species (50 points), threatened species (20), migrants (20) and protected status — Ramsar, IBA, SPA, observatory (10).
- 125Speciesrecorded more than once
- 53Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 1ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 9,522Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 658 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 10Raptors
- 2Owls
- 3Waders
- 1Gulls & seabirds
- 23Ducks & geese
- 6Herons, ibises & grebes
- 2Storks & cranes
- 1Flamingos
- 60Songbirds
- 17Other birds
From open records (eBird and others, through GBIF, licensed for any use). More birdwatchers mean more records: a quiet place may have more birds than it shows.
The checklist
All 125 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors10 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Red KiteMilvus milvus
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- European HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Eurasian GoshawkAccipiter gentilis
Owls2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Tengmalm's OwlAegolius funereus
Waders3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola
Gulls & seabirds1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Ducks & geese23 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostris
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Ringed TealCallonetta leucophrys
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyrocaNT
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
- Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalis
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsii
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Herons, ibises & grebes6 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
Storks & cranes2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common CraneGrus grus
- Palaelodus crassipesPalaelodus crassipes
Flamingos1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Phoenicopterus croizetiPhoenicopterus croizeti
Songbirds60 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great titParus major
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- European Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- White-throated DipperCinclus cinclus
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- Short-toed treecreeperCerthia brachydactyla
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Northern NutcrackerNucifraga caryocatactes
- Lesser whitethroatSylvia curruca
- Common crossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Lanius excubitorLanius excubitor
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Marsh warblerAcrocephalus palustris
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
Other birds17 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- CootFulica atra
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- European SwiftApus apus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Middle Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocoptes medius
- Grey-headed WoodpeckerPicus canus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Red JunglefowlGallus gallus
- Phasianus altusPhasianus altus
- European Water RailRallus aquaticus
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species from April to May.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan2°/-4°67 mm
- Feb3°/-4°50 mm
- Mar8°/-1°58 mm
- Apr14°/3°55 mm
- May18°/7°100 mm
- Jun22°/11°92 mm
- Jul23°/13°104 mm
- Aug23°/13°99 mm
- Sep18°/8°65 mm
- Oct13°/4°65 mm
- Nov7°/0°62 mm
- Dec2°/-3°68 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Albuch.
Special protection area in the EU defined by the birds directive in Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Albuch is a Special Protection Area under the EU Birds Directive in Germany, 658 m above the sea.
125 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 9,522 open records.
The most recorded are the Mallard, the Great tit and the Eurasian Blue Tit.
30 species come for the summer, 23 for the winter and 0 only pass through.
1 are threatened worldwide, including Common Pochard.
The most species are recorded from April to May.
Get there and watch
- Minicamping Königsbronncampsite · 4.3 km · 8 within 10 km
- Widmann´s Alb.lebenplace to stay · 0.7 km · 47 within 10 km
- Königsbronnnearest town · 3.9 km in a straight line
- Stuttgart Airport (STR)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 62 km in a straight lineCar hire at STR airport (Stuttgart)Discover Cars · sponsored link↗
Plan the visit
A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.
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From above
The place and its surroundings.
The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the bird hides, towers and trails that OpenStreetMap shows.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- 28marked trails within 4 kmWental - Heidhöfe - Weißenstein (HW1), Karstquellenweg Oberkochen - Königsbronn, Wanderblume Nr.1 "Orchideenweg" and 25 more
- 14viewpoints within 5 kmSchmiedefelsen, Steinheimer Meteorkrater, Ruine Herwartstein and 11 more
- 32car parks within 3 km
- 4restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 8campsites within 10 kmMinicamping Königsbronn, Campingplatz Amalienhof, Wohnmobilstellplatz Königsbronn Itzelberger See and 5 more
- 47places to stay within 10 kmWidmann´s Alb.leben, Hirsch, Sport & Bildungszentrum and 44 more
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
Around Albuch.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas100 mountains within 25 kmVolkmarsberg744 m · 6.6 kmBärenberg756 m · 7.0 kmRosenstein735 m · 10 kmFalkenberg776 m · 11 kmBernhardus779 m · 13 kmMesselberg749 m · 18 kmStuifen757 m · 18 kmRechberg708 m · 20 km
Cavernyas4 caves within 20 kmFinsteres Loch · 9.6 kmBirkelhöhle · 11 kmIrpfelhöhle · 17 kmCharlottenhöhle · 20 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Photographs
The place, as people saw it.
Other places nearby.
Albuch
Germany
- 54Birdyas Score
- 125Species
- 53Migrants
- 1Threatened
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- 87Birdyas Score
- 262Species
- 158Migrants
- 12Threatened
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- 70Birdyas Score
- 184Species
- 105Migrants
- 3Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q23954719) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 9,522 open bird records within 6 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only; mostly eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology) |
| See these records | gbif.org |
| Species | GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikidata (CC0); Wikimedia Commons |
| Altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Temperature and rain | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Sister atlases | Peakyas, Cavernyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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