Germany Special Protection Area for birds
Lübtheener Heide
67 bird species recorded; the most in May.
Matthias Bethke · CC BY-SA 4.0
This month here
42 species in January.0 species in February.15 species in March.6 species in April.54 species in May.9 species in June.14 species in July.4 species in August.16 species in September.1 species in October.1 species in November.24 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.
No records for this month.
- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
67 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).
- 67Speciesrecorded more than once
- 26Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 0ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 1,164Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 6Raptors
- 1Waders
- 4Ducks & geese
- 1Storks & cranes
- 48Songbirds
- 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 67 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors6 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Red KiteMilvus milvus
- White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Waders1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola
Ducks & geese4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Bewick's SwanCygnus columbianus
Storks & cranes1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common CraneGrus grus
Songbirds48 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great titParus major
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- European Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Lanius excubitorLanius excubitor
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- African StonechatSaxicola torquatus
- Lesser whitethroatSylvia curruca
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Short-toed treecreeperCerthia brachydactyla
Other birds7 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- European SwiftApus apus
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
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.
- Jan2°/-2°63 mm
- Feb4°/-2°48 mm
- Mar8°/0°47 mm
- Apr14°/4°38 mm
- May18°/8°53 mm
- Jun21°/12°64 mm
- Jul23°/14°82 mm
- Aug23°/14°65 mm
- Sep19°/10°53 mm
- Oct13°/6°56 mm
- Nov8°/2°54 mm
- Dec4°/0°63 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Lübtheener Heide.
Special protection area in the EU defined by the birds directive in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
Lübtheener Heide is a Special Protection Area under the EU Birds Directive in Germany.
67 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 1,164 open records.
The most recorded are the Great tit, the Eurasian Blackbird and the House Sparrow.
11 species come for the summer, 12 for the winter and 3 only pass through.
The most species are recorded in May.
Get there and watch
- Caravan Waldparkplatzcampsite · 5.0 km · 4 within 10 km
- Ferienwohnungen Helen Paulplace to stay · 4.6 km · 6 within 10 km
- Lübtheennearest town · 9.2 km in a straight line
- Lübeck Blankensee Airport (LBC)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 67 km in a straight lineCar hire at HAM airport (Hamburg)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
- 1observation towers within 6 km
- 1viewpoints within 5 km
- 4campsites within 10 kmCaravan Waldparkplatz, Campground OFCK, Am Wiesengrund and 1 more
- 6places to stay within 10 kmFerienwohnungen Helen Paul, Landgestüt Redefin, Vielanker Brauhaus and 3 more
- bird hides within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- car parks within 3 km
- restaurants and cafés within 3 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 Lübtheener Heide.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas44 mountains within 25 kmBöckberg · 9.0 kmWanzeberg · 11 kmGrinsen-Berg · 12 kmKarberg · 13 kmBreite Berg · 15 kmKarren-Berg · 19 kmGold-Berg · 19 kmWentorfer Berg · 23 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.
Lübtheener Heide
Germany
- 41Birdyas Score
- 67Species
- 26Migrants
- 0Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q61040204) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 1,164 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 |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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