Hungary / Austria Ramsar wetland
Neusiedl Lake
238 bird species recorded; the most from April to May.
Lutz Fischer-Lamprecht · CC BY-SA 4.0
This month here
75 species in January.73 species in February.119 species in March.183 species in April.193 species in May.158 species in June.140 species in July.171 species in August.166 species in September.120 species in October.79 species in November.77 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
238 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).
- 238Speciesrecorded more than once
- 148Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 11ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 30,936Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 112 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 18Raptors
- 3Owls
- 35Waders
- 21Gulls & seabirds
- 26Ducks & geese
- 14Herons, ibises & grebes
- 3Storks & cranes
- 88Songbirds
- 30Other 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 238 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors18 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- European HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinusVU
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
- White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
- Eastern Imperial EagleAquila heliacaVU
- Red KiteMilvus milvus
- European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Pallid HarrierCircus macrourusNT
- Lesser spotted eagleAquila pomarina
Owls3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
Waders35 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquataNT
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNT
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinus
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Little ringed ploverCharadrius dubius
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaVU
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- Red KnotCalidris canutusNT
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisVU
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
- European Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Grey (Red) PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius
- Greater Sand PloverCharadrius leschenaultii
- Bar-tailed godwitLimosa lapponicaNT
- Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdii
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusNT
Gulls & seabirds21 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Common GullLarus canus
- Pontic gullLarus cachinnans
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- European Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
- Sabine's GullXema sabini
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Pallas's GullIchthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Pomarine SkuaStercorarius pomarinus
- Black-throated DiverGavia arctica
Ducks & geese26 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Red-crested pochardNetta rufina
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyrocaNT
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Lesser white-fronted gooseAnser erythropusVU
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- Brent GooseBranta bernicla
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
- Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostris
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Long-tailed duckClangula hyemalisVU
- Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisVU
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
Herons, ibises & grebes14 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Purple heronArdea purpurea
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Microcarbo pygmaeusMicrocarbo pygmaeus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
Storks & cranes3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Common CraneGrus grus
- Black storkCiconia nigra
Songbirds88 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Great titParus major
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Eurasian Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Barred WarblerSylvia nisoria
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioides
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- WhitethroatSylvia communis
- Icterine warblerHippolais icterina
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Lesser whitethroatSylvia curruca
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Eurasian Penduline TitRemiz pendulinus
- Bearded ReedlingPanurus biarmicus
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibillatrix
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Marsh warblerAcrocephalus palustris
- Crested larkGalerida cristata
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Lanius excubitorLanius excubitor
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Common Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogon
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Collared FlycatcherFicedula albicollis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Citrine WagtailMotacilla citreola
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minor
- Aquatic WarblerAcrocephalus paludicolaVU
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Eurasian River WarblerLocustella fluviatilis
- Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Ortolan buntingEmberiza hortulana
- Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- TwiteLinaria flavirostris
Other birds30 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- CootFulica atra
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turturVU
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Syrian WoodpeckerDendrocopos syriacus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- European SwiftApus apus
- Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- WryneckJynx torquilla
- European Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Spotted CrakePorzana porzana
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- Porzana parvaPorzana parva
- Middle Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocoptes medius
- Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus
- Great bustardOtis tarda
- European RollerCoracias garrulus
- Grey-headed WoodpeckerPicus canus
- 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°40 mm
- Feb5°/-3°36 mm
- Mar10°/0°41 mm
- Apr17°/5°35 mm
- May22°/10°71 mm
- Jun26°/15°73 mm
- Jul29°/17°69 mm
- Aug28°/16°69 mm
- Sep22°/11°69 mm
- Oct16°/6°49 mm
- Nov9°/2°43 mm
- Dec3°/-3°41 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Neusiedl Lake.
Steppe lake in Central Europe
Neusiedl Lake is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Hungary.
238 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 30,936 open records.
The most recorded are the Greylag Goose, the Northern Lapwing and the Black-headed Gull.
99 species come for the summer, 47 for the winter and 2 only pass through.
11 are threatened worldwide, including European Turtle Dove, Common Pochard and Curlew Sandpiper.
The most species are recorded from April to May.
Get there and watch
- Official informationAccess, hours and rules from those who manage the place.Official site↗
- Campingplatz Oggaucampsite · 4.7 km · 12 within 10 km
- Hotel am Seeplace to stay · 5.5 km · 109 within 10 km
- Oggaunearest town · 6.2 km in a straight line
- Vienna International Airport (VIE)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 34 km in a straight lineCar hire at VIE airport (Vienna)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
- 1bird hides within 6 kmVogelbeobachtungsturm
- 4observation towers within 6 kmAussichtswarte Hölle, Aussichtsturm and 2 more
- 1marked trails within 4 km24h Burgenland extrem
- 2visitor centres within 6 kmStorchencamp Rust
- 6viewpoints within 5 kmAussichtsturm, Aussichtswarte Hölle and 4 more
- 12campsites within 10 kmCampingplatz Oggau, Storchencamp Rust, Strandcamping Podersdorf am See and 9 more
- 109places to stay within 10 kmHotel am See, Gästehaus "Campingblick" Strudler, Sifkovits and 106 more
- 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 Neusiedl Lake.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas77 mountains within 25 kmRamsauberg390 m · 14 kmSteinerwegberg443 m · 14 kmStotzinger Berg410 m · 16 kmBuchkogel442 m · 16 kmSchweinberg456 m · 19 kmSonnenberg484 m · 21 kmFuchsberg411 m · 21 kmFöllik287 m · 22 km
Lakeyas11 lakes within 15 kmNeusiedl Lake142 km² · 4.9 km↗Ochsenbrunnlacke0.2 km² · 7.6 kmZicklacke0.5 km² · 7.8 kmBirnbaumlacke0.2 km² · 8.7 kmGroße Neubruchlacke0.3 km² · 8.7 kmDarscho0.4 km² · 9.7 kmLange Lacke1.7 km² · 12 kmZicksee1.2 km² · 13 km
Cavernyas1 caves within 20 kmBear Cave · 15 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.
Neusiedl Lake
Hungary
- 87Birdyas Score
- 238Species
- 148Migrants
- 11Threatened
Fertő-Hanság National Park
Hungary · 19 km
- 75Birdyas Score
- 183Species
- 108Migrants
- 5Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q6396) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 30,936 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, Cavernyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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