Germany Special Protection Area for birds
Mittlerer Schwarzwald
74 bird species recorded; the most in May.
Mondberg · CC BY-SA 3.0
This month here
47 species in January.22 species in February.35 species in March.40 species in April.61 species in May.46 species in June.33 species in July.37 species in August.25 species in September.24 species in October.32 species in November.28 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
74 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).
- 74Speciesrecorded more than once
- 32Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 0ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 1,870Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 1,117 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 5Raptors
- 3Ducks & geese
- 2Herons, ibises & grebes
- 1Storks & cranes
- 53Songbirds
- 10Other 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 74 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
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Red KiteMilvus milvus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
Ducks & geese3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Herons, ibises & grebes2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great White EgretArdea alba
Storks & cranes1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
Songbirds53 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great titParus major
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- European Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Common crossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Northern NutcrackerNucifraga caryocatactes
- Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- White-throated DipperCinclus cinclus
- Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Short-toed treecreeperCerthia brachydactyla
Other birds10 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- European SwiftApus apus
- Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
- CootFulica atra
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Hazel GrouseTetrastes bonasia
- Grey-headed WoodpeckerPicus canus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
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.
- Jan1°/-4°110 mm
- Feb2°/-4°83 mm
- Mar7°/-1°94 mm
- Apr13°/2°80 mm
- May17°/7°131 mm
- Jun21°/10°110 mm
- Jul22°/12°117 mm
- Aug22°/12°114 mm
- Sep18°/8°88 mm
- Oct13°/4°111 mm
- Nov7°/0°97 mm
- Dec2°/-3°122 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Mittlerer Schwarzwald.
Special Protection Area in Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Mittlerer Schwarzwald is a Special Protection Area under the EU Birds Directive in Germany, 1,117 m above the sea.
74 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 1,870 open records.
The most recorded are the Eurasian Blackbird, the European Robin and the Great tit.
23 species come for the summer, 9 for the winter and 0 only pass through.
The most species are recorded in May.
Get there and watch
- Trekking-Camp Fischbachcampsite · 2.2 km · 24 within 10 km
- Gasthaus Wilhelmshöheplace to stay · 3.6 km · 127 within 10 km
- Schonach im Schwarzwaldnearest town · 5.6 km in a straight line
- Strasbourg Airport (SXB)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 58 km in a straight lineCar hire at SXB airport (Strasbourg)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
- 139marked trails within 4 kmWestweg [07. Hausach→Wilhelmshöhe], Westweg [08. Wilhelmshöhe→Kalte Herberge], Rundweg Goldener Kopf and 136 more
- 3visitor centres within 6 kmTourist Information
- 24viewpoints within 5 kmHohenstein, Braunhörnle, Yacher Höhe and 21 more
- 14car parks within 3 km
- 6restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 24campsites within 10 kmTrekking-Camp Fischbach, Trekking-Camp Herrenwald, Entschleunigte Schwarzwald Idylle and 21 more
- 127places to stay within 10 kmGasthaus Wilhelmshöhe, Vesperstube Silberberg, Kolmenhof and 124 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 Mittlerer Schwarzwald.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas186 mountains within 25 kmRohrhardsberg1,153 m · 0.5 kmObereck1,178 m · 2.5 kmBrend1,149 m · 6.5 kmSattelhöhe1,216 m · 11 kmKandel1,241 m · 12 kmRoßberg1,125 m · 21 kmWeißtannenhöhe1,190 m · 22 kmBrandenkopf945 m · 23 km
Darkskyas2 dark-sky places within 30 kmPlanetarium FreiburgBortle 7 · 26 kmBlack Forest ObservatoryBortle 3 · 26 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Other places nearby.
Mittlerer Schwarzwald
Germany
- 43Birdyas Score
- 74Species
- 32Migrants
- 0Threatened
Elzniederung zwischen Kenzingen und Rust
Germany · 31 km
- 74Birdyas Score
- 185Species
- 102Migrants
- 5Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q23794244) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 1,870 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, Cascadyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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