Germany Special Protection Area for birds
Hessische Altneckarschlingen
209 bird species recorded; the most from April to May.
Andreas Bub · CC BY-SA 4.0
This month here
119 species in January.116 species in February.138 species in March.169 species in April.169 species in May.139 species in June.130 species in July.136 species in August.137 species in September.136 species in October.111 species in November.113 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
209 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).
- 209Speciesrecorded more than once
- 123Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 3ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 42,129Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 92 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 14Raptors
- 5Owls
- 21Waders
- 8Gulls & seabirds
- 30Ducks & geese
- 13Herons, ibises & grebes
- 3Storks & cranes
- 89Songbirds
- 26Other 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 209 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors14 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Red KiteMilvus milvus
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Eurasian GoshawkAccipiter gentilis
- European HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorus
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Pallid HarrierCircus macrourusNT
Owls5 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Northern Eagle OwlBubo bubo
- Western Barn OwlTyto alba
Waders21 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Little ringed ploverCharadrius dubius
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- RedshankTringa totanus
- European Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNT
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaVU
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquataNT
- Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Gulls & seabirds8 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Common GullLarus canus
- Pontic gullLarus cachinnans
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- European Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Black-throated DiverGavia arctica
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
Ducks & geese30 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostris
- Swan GooseAnser cygnoides
- Bar-headed GooseAnser indicus
- Red-crested pochardNetta rufina
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- Ringed TealCallonetta leucophrys
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Bewick's SwanCygnus columbianus
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Brent GooseBranta bernicla
- Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalis
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
Herons, ibises & grebes13 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- Purple heronArdea purpurea
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
Storks & cranes3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Common CraneGrus grus
- Black storkCiconia nigra
Songbirds89 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Great titParus major
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Short-toed treecreeperCerthia brachydactyla
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- WhitethroatSylvia communis
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Eurasian Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- European Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Marsh warblerAcrocephalus palustris
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Common Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Lesser whitethroatSylvia curruca
- Icterine warblerHippolais icterina
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- Crested larkGalerida cristata
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibillatrix
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- African StonechatSaxicola torquatus
- Common RedpollAcanthis flammea
- Rock BuntingEmberiza cia
- Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioides
- Lanius excubitorLanius excubitor
- Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulus
- Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- White-throated DipperCinclus cinclus
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Eurasian Penduline TitRemiz pendulinus
- Melodious WarblerHippolais polyglotta
- Bearded ReedlingPanurus biarmicus
Other birds26 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- CootFulica atra
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- European SwiftApus apus
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
- Middle Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocoptes medius
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- European Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Grey-headed WoodpeckerPicus canus
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
- WryneckJynx torquilla
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turturVU
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- Spotted CrakePorzana porzana
- Red JunglefowlGallus gallus
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.
- 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
Hessische Altneckarschlingen.
Special protection area in the EU defined by the birds directive in Hesse, Germany
Hessische Altneckarschlingen is a Special Protection Area under the EU Birds Directive in Germany.
209 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 42,129 open records.
The most recorded are the Carrion Crow, the Common Buzzard and the Common Wood Pigeon.
73 species come for the summer, 48 for the winter and 2 only pass through.
3 are threatened worldwide, including Common Pochard, European Turtle Dove and Curlew Sandpiper.
The most species are recorded from April to May.
Get there and watch
- Kuralpe Kreuzhofcampsite · 8.1 km · 3 within 10 km
- Naturfreundehaus Moorhausplace to stay · 1.2 km · 67 within 10 km
- Bickenbachnearest town · 2.7 km in a straight line
- Frankfurt Main Airport (FRA)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 28 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
- 2observation towers within 6 kmAlsbacher Schloss Burgturm, Aussichtsturm Melibokus
- 27marked trails within 4 kmOrtsrundwanderweg Seeheim-Jugenheim 2, Jugenheim–Laudenbach (OWK HW 16), Saar-Rhein-Main-Weg Teil 2 and 24 more
- 2visitor centres within 6 kmOdenwälder Metzgerei;Unesco-Geopark-Infozentrum, Touristikbüro der Stadt Zwingenberg / Geopark
- 7viewpoints within 5 kmBlick nach Pfungstadt, Projekt WRied und Sand“, Alsbacher Schloss Burgturm and 4 more
- 183car parks within 3 km
- 17restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 3campsites within 10 kmKuralpe Kreuzhof, TSV Pfungstadt - Paddelabteilung, Freizeit- und Bildungsstätte Kreisjugendheim Ernsthofen
- 67places to stay within 10 kmNaturfreundehaus Moorhaus, Hotel-Restaurant Rheinischer Hof, Hotel Jugenheim and 64 more
- bird hides 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 Hessische Altneckarschlingen.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas139 mountains within 25 kmMelibokus517 m · 6.6 kmFelsberg514 m · 8.4 kmNeunkircher Höhe605 m · 14 kmKrehberg576 m · 14 kmRoß-Berg285 m · volcano · 15 kmForst Berg235 m · volcano · 18 kmOtzberg368 m · volcano · 23 kmTromm577 m · 24 km
Lakeyas1 lakes within 15 kmEicher See0.5 km² · 11 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.
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- 209Species
- 123Migrants
- 3Threatened
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Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q61021212) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 42,129 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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