Germany Special Protection Area for birds
Hardtwald nördlich von Karlsruhe
173 bird species recorded; the most in May.
Stephan Sprinz · CC BY 4.0
This month here
100 species in January.84 species in February.108 species in March.118 species in April.146 species in May.106 species in June.83 species in July.84 species in August.78 species in September.77 species in October.67 species in November.76 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
NT
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VU
VU
VUVU
- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
173 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).
- 173Speciesrecorded more than once
- 76Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 5ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 13,559Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 130 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 10Raptors
- 4Owls
- 10Waders
- 4Gulls & seabirds
- 24Ducks & geese
- 14Herons, ibises & grebes
- 3Storks & cranes
- 80Songbirds
- 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 173 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
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Red KiteMilvus milvus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- European HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Eurasian GoshawkAccipiter gentilis
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
Owls4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Western Barn OwlTyto alba
Waders10 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- Little ringed ploverCharadrius dubius
- Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Gulls & seabirds4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- European Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Common TernSterna hirundo
Ducks & geese24 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Red-crested pochardNetta rufina
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Bar-headed GooseAnser indicus
- Black swanCygnus atratus
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Long-tailed duckClangula hyemalisVU
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Velvet scoterMelanitta fuscaVU
- SmewMergellus albellus
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
Herons, ibises & grebes14 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritusVU
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Microcarbo pygmaeusMicrocarbo pygmaeus
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
- Little BitternIxobrychus minutus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
- Purple heronArdea purpurea
Storks & cranes3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Common CraneGrus grus
- Black storkCiconia nigra
Songbirds80 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great titParus major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Short-toed treecreeperCerthia brachydactyla
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- European Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Eurasian Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- WhitethroatSylvia communis
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Crested larkGalerida cristata
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Marsh warblerAcrocephalus palustris
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibillatrix
- African StonechatSaxicola torquatus
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Lesser whitethroatSylvia curruca
- Common RedpollAcanthis flammea
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Icterine warblerHippolais icterina
- Collared FlycatcherFicedula albicollis
- Common Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Ortolan buntingEmberiza hortulana
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- White-throated DipperCinclus cinclus
- Eurasian Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestris
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
Other birds24 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- CootFulica atra
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Middle Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocoptes medius
- European SwiftApus apus
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- European NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus
- Grey-headed WoodpeckerPicus canus
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- European Water RailRallus aquaticus
- WryneckJynx torquilla
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turturVU
- Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
- Greater RheaRhea americanaNT
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species in May.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan3°/-3°76 mm
- Feb4°/-3°58 mm
- Mar9°/0°64 mm
- Apr15°/4°50 mm
- May19°/8°86 mm
- Jun23°/12°72 mm
- Jul26°/14°81 mm
- Aug25°/14°81 mm
- Sep20°/9°58 mm
- Oct15°/6°70 mm
- Nov8°/2°70 mm
- Dec4°/-2°83 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Hardtwald nördlich von Karlsruhe.
Special protection area in the EU defined by the birds directive in Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Hardtwald nördlich von Karlsruhe is a Special Protection Area under the EU Birds Directive in Germany.
173 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 13,559 open records.
The most recorded are the Eurasian Blackbird, the Great tit and the Mallard.
50 species come for the summer, 24 for the winter and 2 only pass through.
5 are threatened worldwide, including Common Pochard, Long-tailed duck and Horned Grebe.
The most species are recorded in May.
Get there and watch
- Lichtbund Karlsruhecampsite · 5.7 km · 6 within 10 km
- Sporthotel First Serviceplace to stay · 2.6 km · 95 within 10 km
- Eggenstein-Leopoldshafennearest town · 3.3 km in a straight line
- Karlsruhe Baden-Baden Airport (FKB)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 43 km in a straight lineCar hire at FKB airport (Rheinmünster)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
- 8marked trails within 4 kmOdenwaldklub HW 52, Rhein-Kraichgau-Weg, Leimersheimer Fähre - Weingarten - Groß, Graf von Wiser-Weg, Karlsruhe - Friedrichstal, Karl-Knierer-Weg, Karlsruhe - Graben (-Oberhausen) and 5 more
- 367car parks within 3 km
- 25restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 6campsites within 10 kmLichtbund Karlsruhe, Stellplatz Leimersheim, Camping Durlach and 3 more
- 95places to stay within 10 kmSporthotel First Service, Hotel Leo, Deutscher Kaiser and 92 more
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- viewpoints within 5 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 Hardtwald nördlich von Karlsruhe.
The lakes, beaches, rivers, mountains, forests and viewpoints around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas67 mountains within 25 kmMichaelsberg269 m · 8.6 kmTurmberg256 m · 10 kmLauterberg154 m · 10 kmWindmühlenberg · 11 kmWattkopf338 m · 16 kmNiemandsberg · 19 kmStäudich · 19 kmAmeisenberg · 23 km
Lakeyas2 lakes within 15 kmBodensee0.3 km² · 6.9 kmAltrhein0.2 km² · 9.1 km
Darkskyas1 dark-sky places within 30 kmKarlsruhe ObservatoryBortle 6 · 12 km
Forestya5 forests and trees within 15 kmComing soonHardtwald · 1.2 km↗Botanical Garden of the KIT · 8.4 kmSchlossgarten Karlsruhe · 8.5 kmBotanischer Garten Karlsruhe · 8.8 kmOberwald · 12 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Other places nearby.
Hardtwald nördlich von Karlsruhe
Germany
- 69Birdyas Score
- 173Species
- 76Migrants
- 5Threatened
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- 78Birdyas Score
- 223Species
- 118Migrants
- 6Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q60998988) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 13,559 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, Forestya |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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