Germany Special Protection Area for birds
Kochhartgraben und Ammertalhänge
223 bird species recorded; the most from April to May.
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This month here
108 species in January.104 species in February.128 species in March.176 species in April.180 species in May.135 species in June.123 species in July.141 species in August.142 species in September.121 species in October.101 species in November.110 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
223 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).
- 223Speciesrecorded more than once
- 118Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 6ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 47,319Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 382 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 17Raptors
- 4Owls
- 30Waders
- 14Gulls & seabirds
- 30Ducks & geese
- 10Herons, ibises & grebes
- 3Storks & cranes
- 88Songbirds
- 27Other 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 223 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors17 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Red KiteMilvus milvus
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- European HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorus
- Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinusVU
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
- Eurasian GoshawkAccipiter gentilis
- Pallid HarrierCircus macrourusNT
- Rough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopus
- MerlinFalco columbarius
Owls4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Northern Eagle OwlBubo bubo
Waders30 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNT
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquataNT
- Little ringed ploverCharadrius dubius
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaVU
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- European Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Bar-tailed godwitLimosa lapponicaNT
- Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Red KnotCalidris canutusNT
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinus
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusNT
Gulls & seabirds14 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Common GullLarus canus
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Pontic gullLarus cachinnans
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
Ducks & geese30 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Red-crested pochardNetta rufina
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Bar-headed GooseAnser indicus
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostris
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyrocaNT
- SmewMergellus albellus
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalis
- Long-tailed duckClangula hyemalisVU
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
Herons, ibises & grebes10 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
Storks & cranes3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Common CraneGrus grus
- Black storkCiconia nigra
Songbirds88 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great titParus major
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- WhitethroatSylvia communis
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Short-toed treecreeperCerthia brachydactyla
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Lesser whitethroatSylvia curruca
- Eurasian Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Marsh warblerAcrocephalus palustris
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- European Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Eurasian Penduline TitRemiz pendulinus
- Collared FlycatcherFicedula albicollis
- Calandra larkMelanocorypha calandra
- Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Lanius excubitorLanius excubitor
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- Common Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibillatrix
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
- Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minor
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- Black-headed buntingEmberiza melanocephala
- Common crossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorNT
- Common RedpollAcanthis flammea
- Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulus
- Ortolan buntingEmberiza hortulana
- Western Bonelli's WarblerPhylloscopus bonelli
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
Other birds27 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- CootFulica atra
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- European SwiftApus apus
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- WryneckJynx torquilla
- Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
- Grey-headed WoodpeckerPicus canus
- Middle Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocoptes medius
- European Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- European RollerCoracias garrulus
- Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- Corncrake, corn crakeCrex crex
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Spotted CrakePorzana porzana
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turturVU
- European NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus
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.
- Jan2°/-4°80 mm
- Feb3°/-4°60 mm
- Mar8°/-1°68 mm
- Apr14°/3°59 mm
- May18°/7°100 mm
- Jun22°/11°87 mm
- Jul24°/13°96 mm
- Aug23°/13°92 mm
- Sep19°/8°66 mm
- Oct14°/5°77 mm
- Nov7°/1°72 mm
- Dec3°/-3°85 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Kochhartgraben und Ammertalhänge.
Special Protection Area in Tübingen district, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Kochhartgraben und Ammertalhänge is a Special Protection Area under the EU Birds Directive in Germany, 382 m above the sea.
223 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 47,319 open records.
The most recorded are the Eurasian Blackbird, the Carrion Crow and the Great tit.
75 species come for the summer, 39 for the winter and 4 only pass through.
6 are threatened worldwide, including Common Pochard, Curlew Sandpiper and Grey Plover.
The most species are recorded from April to May.
Get there and watch
- Wohnmobilhafen Herrenbergcampsite · 5.8 km · 7 within 10 km
- Römerhofplace to stay · 4.1 km · 42 within 10 km
- Bondorfnearest town · 5.6 km in a straight line
- Stuttgart Airport (STR)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 28 km in a straight lineCar hire at STR airport (Stuttgart)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
- 6marked trails within 4 kmWendelsheimer Naturlehrpfad, Via Sancti Martini HW-35-10a Rottenburg - Herrenberg, Breitenholz - HW5 and 3 more
- 31viewpoints within 5 kmGrafenberg, Kochhartgraben and 29 more
- 104car parks within 3 km
- 12restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 7campsites within 10 kmWohnmobilhafen Herrenberg, Wohnmobilstellplätzen Bondorf -4 Golfclub Domäne Niederreutin, Wohnmobilstellplatz Rottenburg and 4 more
- 42places to stay within 10 kmRömerhof, Talhof - Ferienhof Walker, OHO Rooms and 39 more
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- visitor centres 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 Kochhartgraben und Ammertalhänge.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas142 mountains within 25 kmFarrenberg821 m · 21 kmDreifürstenstein860 m · 21 kmFilsenberg805 m · 22 kmRoßberg870 m · 22 kmBolberg881 m · 24 kmHohenzollern855 m · 25 kmRuchberg826 m · 25 kmMonkberg884 m · 25 km
Darkskyas2 dark-sky places within 30 kmSternwarte TübingenBortle 5 · 11 kmUniversitätssternwarte PfaffenwaldBortle 8 · 27 km
Cavernyas2 caves within 20 kmPommerlesloch · 9.0 kmSieben-Täler-Höhle · 11 km
Riveryasthe river nearbyAmmer25 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.
Kochhartgraben und Ammertalhänge
Germany
- 78Birdyas Score
- 223Species
- 118Migrants
- 6Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q23787846) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 47,319 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, Darkskyas, Cavernyas, Riveryas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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