Germany Special Protection Area for birds
Bong'sche Grube und Mainflinger Mainufer
163 bird species recorded; the most from March to May.
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This month here
104 species in January.102 species in February.114 species in March.115 species in April.121 species in May.104 species in June.91 species in July.95 species in August.79 species in September.89 species in October.83 species in November.104 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- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
163 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).
- 163Speciesrecorded more than once
- 81Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 4ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 23,719Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 103 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 12Raptors
- 4Owls
- 3Waders
- 7Gulls & seabirds
- 26Ducks & geese
- 9Herons, ibises & grebes
- 2Storks & cranes
- 76Songbirds
- 24Other 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 163 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors12 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Red KiteMilvus milvus
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Eurasian GoshawkAccipiter gentilis
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- European HobbyFalco subbuteo
- European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorus
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Rough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopus
Owls4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Western Barn OwlTyto alba
Waders3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola
Gulls & seabirds7 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- European Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Pontic gullLarus cachinnans
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Black-throated DiverGavia arctica
Ducks & geese26 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- GadwallMareca strepera
- SmewMergellus albellus
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- White-cheeked PintailAnas bahamensis
- Black swanCygnus atratus
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Velvet scoterMelanitta fuscaVU
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
- Common EiderSomateria mollissimaNT
- Ringed TealCallonetta leucophrys
Herons, ibises & grebes9 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
- Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritusVU
Storks & cranes2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common CraneGrus grus
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
Songbirds76 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great titParus major
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Short-toed treecreeperCerthia brachydactyla
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- European Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Eurasian Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- WhitethroatSylvia communis
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Common RedpollAcanthis flammea
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibillatrix
- Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- White-throated DipperCinclus cinclus
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Common crossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Lesser whitethroatSylvia curruca
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Common Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Marsh warblerAcrocephalus palustris
- Lanius excubitorLanius excubitor
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- African StonechatSaxicola torquatus
- Atlantic CanarySerinus canaria
Other birds24 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- CootFulica atra
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- European SwiftApus apus
- Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Middle Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocoptes medius
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Grey-headed WoodpeckerPicus canus
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turturVU
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- European Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Red JunglefowlGallus gallus
- Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatus
- WryneckJynx torquilla
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 March to May.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan3°/-3°57 mm
- Feb5°/-2°46 mm
- Mar10°/0°47 mm
- Apr16°/4°41 mm
- May20°/9°71 mm
- Jun24°/13°58 mm
- Jul27°/15°66 mm
- Aug26°/14°64 mm
- Sep21°/10°46 mm
- Oct15°/6°54 mm
- Nov8°/2°56 mm
- Dec4°/-1°64 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Bong'sche Grube und Mainflinger Mainufer.
Special protection area in the EU defined by the birds directive in Hesse, Germany
Bong'sche Grube und Mainflinger Mainufer is a Special Protection Area under the EU Birds Directive in Germany.
163 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 23,719 open records.
The most recorded are the Great tit, the Eurasian Blackbird and the Carrion Crow.
46 species come for the summer, 34 for the winter and 1 only pass through.
4 are threatened worldwide, including Common Pochard, European Turtle Dove and Velvet scoter.
The most species are recorded from March to May.
Get there and watch
- Seecamping Mainflingencampsite · 1.1 km · 16 within 10 km
- Käfernbergplace to stay · 5.2 km · 98 within 10 km
- Kleinostheimnearest town · 3.3 km in a straight line
- Frankfurt Main Airport (FRA)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 34 km in a straight lineCar hire at FRA airport (Frankfurt am Main)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
- 31marked trails within 4 kmMainweg Teil 9, Gebietswanderweg Roter Schrägstrich: Hohl - Rückersbacher Schlucht, Mainweg Teil 10 and 28 more
- 1visitor centres within 6 kmTourist-Info
- 9viewpoints within 5 kmSchöne Aussicht, Aussichtspunkt Gustavsee and 7 more
- 248car parks within 3 km
- 35restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 16campsites within 10 kmSeecamping Mainflingen, Seecamping Mainflingen Jugendcamp, Wohnmobilstellplatz am Schwimmbad and 13 more
- 98places to stay within 10 kmKäfernberg, Landgasthof Neubauer, Dörfler and 95 more
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers 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 Bong'sche Grube und Mainflinger Mainufer.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas218 mountains within 25 kmHahnenkamm436 m · 8.7 kmPfaffenberg432 m · 18 kmSteigkoppe502 m · 20 kmFranzosenkopf481 m · 20 kmHohe Wart433 m · 20 kmSchindershöh522 m · 23 kmOtzberg368 m · volcano · 24 kmSchwarzkopf460 m · 24 km
Lakeyas6 lakes within 15 kmMainparksee0.2 km² · 4.4 kmHörsteiner See0.6 km² · 4.5 kmGustavsee0.2 km² · 4.8 kmNeufeldsee0.3 km² · 5.5 kmFreigericht-Ost0.3 km² · 7.6 kmBadesee Rodgau0.3 km² · 12 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.
Bong'sche Grube und Mainflinger Mainufer
Germany
- 67Birdyas Score
- 163Species
- 81Migrants
- 4Threatened
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- 123Migrants
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Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q61021195) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 23,719 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, Lakeyas, Riveryas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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