Germany Special Protection Area for birds
Elbaue Jerichow
116 bird species recorded; the most from May to June.
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This month here
58 species in January.8 species in February.28 species in March.65 species in April.75 species in May.71 species in June.38 species in July.43 species in August.34 species in September.41 species in October.20 species in November.27 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
116 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).
- 116Speciesrecorded more than once
- 56Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 0ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 2,293Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 11Raptors
- 7Waders
- 4Gulls & seabirds
- 12Ducks & geese
- 4Herons, ibises & grebes
- 3Storks & cranes
- 62Songbirds
- 13Other 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 116 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors11 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Red KiteMilvus milvus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Eurasian GoshawkAccipiter gentilis
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Waders7 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusNT
- Little ringed ploverCharadrius dubius
Gulls & seabirds4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- European Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Common TernSterna hirundo
Ducks & geese12 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Herons, ibises & grebes4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Storks & cranes3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Common CraneGrus grus
- Black storkCiconia nigra
Songbirds62 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great titParus major
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Lesser whitethroatSylvia curruca
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Lanius excubitorLanius excubitor
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- Icterine warblerHippolais icterina
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Common crossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Marsh warblerAcrocephalus palustris
Other birds13 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- European SwiftApus apus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- CootFulica atra
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
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 May to June.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan2°/-3°58 mm
- Feb4°/-3°40 mm
- Mar8°/0°43 mm
- Apr15°/4°31 mm
- May19°/8°55 mm
- Jun23°/12°55 mm
- Jul25°/14°83 mm
- Aug25°/14°61 mm
- Sep20°/10°52 mm
- Oct14°/5°51 mm
- Nov8°/2°51 mm
- Dec4°/-1°54 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Elbaue Jerichow.
Special protection area in the EU defined by the birds directive in Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany
Elbaue Jerichow is a Special Protection Area under the EU Birds Directive in Germany.
116 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 2,293 open records.
The most recorded are the Great tit, the House Sparrow and the Eurasian Blackbird.
36 species come for the summer, 16 for the winter and 4 only pass through.
The most species are recorded from May to June.
Get there and watch
- Radfahrer-Zeltplatzcampsite · 5.9 km · 5 within 10 km
- Stadt Braunschweigplace to stay · 4.0 km · 89 within 10 km
- Schönhausennearest town · 2.9 km in a straight line
- Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 105 km in a straight lineCar hire at BER airport (Berlin)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
- 2marked trails within 4 kmSt. Jakobus Pilgerweg (Bad Wilsnack - Tangermünde), Sankt Jakobus Pilgerweg (Sachsen-Anhalt 1)
- 3visitor centres within 6 kmTouristinformation Tangermünde
- 2viewpoints within 5 km
- 18car parks within 3 km
- 3restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 5campsites within 10 kmRadfahrer-Zeltplatz, Wohnmobilstellplatz Tangermünde, Waldbad-Campingplatz-Wischer and 2 more
- 89places to stay within 10 kmStadt Braunschweig, Schulzens Hotel, Markt 1 am Rathaus and 86 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 Elbaue Jerichow.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas57 mountains within 25 kmGrütz Berg · 4.4 kmJungfern Berg · 9.0 kmWeinberg Klietznick48 m · 13 kmHarkenberg · 18 kmWein Berg53 m · 19 kmPappert Berg60 m · 19 kmHüsel-Berge · 24 kmKesselberge · 25 km
Lakeyas1 lakes within 15 kmBölsdorfer Haken0.4 km² · 9.5 km
Riveryasthe river nearbySüderelbeFlottbekKöhlbrandDalbekLadenbekNorderelbeBallerbekLüttkampgraben
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.
Elbaue Jerichow
Germany
- 52Birdyas Score
- 116Species
- 56Migrants
- 0Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q60976743) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 2,293 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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