Germany Ramsar wetland
Dümmer
228 bird species recorded; the most from April to May.
Rüdiger Müller · CC BY-SA 4.0
This month here
121 species in January.117 species in February.147 species in March.181 species in April.186 species in May.163 species in June.141 species in July.131 species in August.131 species in September.131 species in October.113 species in November.121 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.
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- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
228 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).
- 228Speciesrecorded more than once
- 145Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 7ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 47,466Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 19Raptors
- 5Owls
- 29Waders
- 16Gulls & seabirds
- 38Ducks & geese
- 14Herons, ibises & grebes
- 3Storks & cranes
- 83Songbirds
- 21Other 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 228 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors19 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Red KiteMilvus milvus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- European HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Eurasian GoshawkAccipiter gentilis
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
- Rough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopus
- Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinusVU
- European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorus
- Pallid HarrierCircus macrourusNT
- Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
Owls5 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Western Barn OwlTyto alba
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
Waders29 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNT
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquataNT
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusNT
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- European Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Bar-tailed godwitLimosa lapponicaNT
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Little ringed ploverCharadrius dubius
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaVU
- Sociable PloverVanellus gregariusCR
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- Great SnipeGallinago mediaNT
Gulls & seabirds16 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- European Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Pontic gullLarus cachinnans
- Common GullLarus canus
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus
- Pomarine SkuaStercorarius pomarinus
Ducks & geese38 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
- Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostris
- SmewMergellus albellus
- Bar-headed GooseAnser indicus
- Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalis
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- Bewick's SwanCygnus columbianus
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Swan GooseAnser cygnoides
- Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisVU
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Ringed TealCallonetta leucophrys
- Chiloe WigeonMareca sibilatrix
- Black swanCygnus atratus
- Red-crested pochardNetta rufina
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
- Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
- American WigeonMareca americana
- Common ScoterMelanitta nigra
- Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
Herons, ibises & grebes14 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
- Ardea modestaArdea modesta
- Purple heronArdea purpurea
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
Storks & cranes3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Common CraneGrus grus
- Black storkCiconia nigra
Songbirds83 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Great titParus major
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Eurasian Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- WhitethroatSylvia communis
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Marsh warblerAcrocephalus palustris
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- Short-toed treecreeperCerthia brachydactyla
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioides
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Icterine warblerHippolais icterina
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Common Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- Lanius excubitorLanius excubitor
- Lesser whitethroatSylvia curruca
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Bearded ReedlingPanurus biarmicus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Citrine WagtailMotacilla citreola
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Eurasian Penduline TitRemiz pendulinus
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Common RedpollAcanthis flammea
- Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- TwiteLinaria flavirostris
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- African StonechatSaxicola torquatus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibillatrix
Other birds21 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- CootFulica atra
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- European Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- European SwiftApus apus
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Spotted CrakePorzana porzana
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
- Middle Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocoptes medius
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turturVU
- Corncrake, corn crakeCrex crex
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.
- Jan4°/-1°72 mm
- Feb5°/-1°53 mm
- Mar9°/0°50 mm
- Apr14°/4°38 mm
- May18°/8°56 mm
- Jun22°/12°61 mm
- Jul24°/14°72 mm
- Aug23°/13°73 mm
- Sep19°/10°55 mm
- Oct14°/6°60 mm
- Nov8°/3°63 mm
- Dec5°/0°71 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Dümmer.
Lake in Lower Saxony, Germany
Dümmer is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Germany.
228 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 47,466 open records.
The most recorded are the Greylag Goose, the Northern Lapwing and the Black-tailed Godwit.
80 species come for the summer, 61 for the winter and 4 only pass through.
7 are threatened worldwide, including Common Pochard, Red-breasted Goose and Red-footed Falcon.
The most species are recorded from April to May.
Get there and watch
- Campingplatz Rohrdommelcampsite · 0.4 km · 19 within 10 km
- Kleiner Storch - Seehotel Dümmerplace to stay · 0.7 km · 29 within 10 km
- Hüdenearest town · 0.8 km in a straight line
- Münster Osnabrück Airport (FMO)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 61 km in a straight lineCar hire at FMO airport (Greven)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
- 3bird hides within 6 kmAussichtsturm Südseite, Turm Ochsenmoor
- 5observation towers within 6 kmAussichtsturm Ostseite, Aussichtsturm Südseite, Aussichtsturm Westseite and 2 more
- 3marked trails within 4 kmDümmer-Rundweg, Ems-Hase-Hunte-Else-Weg, Rundweg Hohe Sieben
- 1visitor centres within 6 kmTourist Information Dümmerland
- 10viewpoints within 5 kmAussichtsturm Nordseite, Aussichtsturm Westseite, Aussichtsturm and 7 more
- 28car parks within 3 km
- 20restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 19campsites within 10 kmCampingplatz Rohrdommel, Camping Surfcenter Dümmersee, Leckermeyer-Hannker and 16 more
- 29places to stay within 10 kmKleiner Storch - Seehotel Dümmer, Ferienhaus Köster-Heitmann, Dümmerhotel Strandlust and 26 more
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
Around Dümmer.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas35 mountains within 25 kmDielinger Klei92 m · 6.9 kmKollwesshöh181 m · 9.2 kmSignalberg146 m · 11 kmKalkriese · 20 kmWester-Berg · 20 kmIcker Egge · 22 kmSchwarzer Brink211 m · 24 kmGroßer Kellenberg211 m · 24 km
Darkskyas1 dark-sky places within 30 kmDümmerBortle 3 · this place
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.
Dümmer
Germany
- 81Birdyas Score
- 228Species
- 145Migrants
- 7Threatened
Vogelschutzgebiet 'Rieselfelder Münster'
Germany · 71 km
- 86Birdyas Score
- 253Species
- 141Migrants
- 8Threatened
Vogelschutzgebiet Bastauniederung
Germany · 36 km
- 62Birdyas Score
- 134Species
- 90Migrants
- 1Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q688459) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 47,466 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, Darkskyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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