Germany Special Protection Area for birds
Höwenegg
59 bird species recorded; the most in January and in May.
Dietrich Krieger · CC BY-SA 3.0
This month here
41 species in January.21 species in February.10 species in March.22 species in April.43 species in May.29 species in June.10 species in July.28 species in August.17 species in September.7 species in October.10 species in November.1 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.
- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
59 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).
- 59Speciesrecorded more than once
- 22Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 0ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 649Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 818 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 5Raptors
- 2Ducks & geese
- 1Herons, ibises & grebes
- 1Storks & cranes
- 43Songbirds
- 7Other 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 59 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors5 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Red KiteMilvus milvus
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Ducks & geese2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Herons, ibises & grebes1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Storks & cranes1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
Songbirds43 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great titParus major
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- European Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Short-toed treecreeperCerthia brachydactyla
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Western Bonelli's WarblerPhylloscopus bonelli
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Common crossbillLoxia curvirostra
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
Other birds7 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- European SwiftApus apus
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 January and in May.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan1°/-5°68 mm
- Feb3°/-5°54 mm
- Mar8°/-1°66 mm
- Apr13°/2°67 mm
- May17°/7°109 mm
- Jun21°/11°108 mm
- Jul22°/12°108 mm
- Aug22°/12°106 mm
- Sep18°/8°76 mm
- Oct13°/4°80 mm
- Nov7°/0°68 mm
- Dec2°/-4°77 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Höwenegg.
Special Protection Area in Immendingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Höwenegg is a Special Protection Area under the EU Birds Directive in Germany, 818 m above the sea.
59 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 649 open records.
The most recorded are the Great tit, the Eurasian Chaffinch and the Eurasian Blackbird.
15 species come for the summer, 6 for the winter and 1 only pass through.
The most species are recorded in January and in May.
Get there and watch
- Radlerzeltplatzcampsite · 2.0 km · 8 within 10 km
- Kreuzplace to stay · 4.9 km · 41 within 10 km
- Immendingennearest town · 2.2 km in a straight line
- Zürich Airport (ZRH)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 53 km in a straight lineCar hire at ZRH airport (Zurich)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
- 112marked trails within 4 kmDonauWellen: Donauversinkung, Donau-Randen-Pilgerweg, Sportplatz Stetten - Hühnerbühl and 109 more
- 1visitor centres within 6 kmTourist Information - Vier Länder Region Bodensee
- 14viewpoints within 5 kmBlick auf Bodensee/Hegau, Hegaublick and 12 more
- 104car parks within 3 km
- 15restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 8campsites within 10 kmRadlerzeltplatz, Camping Sonnental, Pfarrer Bruno-Hettich Jugendcamp and 5 more
- 41places to stay within 10 kmKreuz, Hotel Gasthof Sternen, Donau Pension and 38 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 Höwenegg.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas67 mountains within 25 kmHöwenegg803 m · volcano · 0.3 kmNeuhewen867 m · volcano · 4.3 kmHegau867 m · 14 kmHohentwiel696 m · 18 kmDreifaltigkeitsberg988 m · 19 kmHoher Randen930 m · 20 kmKlippeneck980 m · 21 kmHummelsberg1,002 m · 23 km
Cavernyas1 caves within 20 kmKesslerloch · 19 km
Cascadyas1 waterfalls within 15 kmBlumenfelder-Wasserfall · 12 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Other places nearby.
Höwenegg
Germany
- 39Birdyas Score
- 59Species
- 22Migrants
- 0Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q23697726) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 649 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, Cavernyas, Cascadyas, Riveryas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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