Switzerland Ramsar wetland
Niederriedsee
185 bird species recorded; the most in April and in August.
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This month here
87 species in January.91 species in February.93 species in March.114 species in April.88 species in May.78 species in June.58 species in July.105 species in August.104 species in September.90 species in October.78 species in November.76 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.
VU
VU
VU
- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
185 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).
- 185Speciesrecorded more than once
- 83Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 5ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 5,850Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 458 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 18Raptors
- 4Owls
- 20Waders
- 7Gulls & seabirds
- 18Ducks & geese
- 10Herons, ibises & grebes
- 3Storks & cranes
- 82Songbirds
- 23Other 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 185 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
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Red KiteMilvus milvus
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- European HobbyFalco subbuteo
- European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorus
- Greater spotted eagleAquila clanga
- Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
- Eurasian GoshawkAccipiter gentilis
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
- Pallid HarrierCircus macrourusNT
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
Owls4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Western Barn OwlTyto alba
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Little OwlAthene noctua
Waders20 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquataNT
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- Eurasian DotterelCharadrius morinellus
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Sociable PloverVanellus gregariusCR
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNT
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaVU
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Gulls & seabirds7 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Pontic gullLarus cachinnans
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- European Herring GullLarus argentatus
Ducks & geese18 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Red-crested pochardNetta rufina
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
Herons, ibises & grebes10 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Little BitternIxobrychus minutus
- WaldrappGeronticus eremita
- Purple heronArdea purpurea
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
Storks & cranes3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common CraneGrus grus
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Black storkCiconia nigra
Songbirds82 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great titParus major
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Short-toed treecreeperCerthia brachydactyla
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Eurasian Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- White-throated DipperCinclus cinclus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- WhitethroatSylvia communis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Lanius excubitorLanius excubitor
- Lesser whitethroatSylvia curruca
- Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- European Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- Marsh warblerAcrocephalus palustris
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Common crossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Eurasian Penduline TitRemiz pendulinus
- Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioides
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- African StonechatSaxicola torquatus
- Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minor
- Common Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibillatrix
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
- Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
- Melodious WarblerHippolais polyglotta
- Eurasian Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestris
Other birds23 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- CootFulica atra
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- European Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- European SwiftApus apus
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turturVU
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Grey-headed WoodpeckerPicus canus
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- WryneckJynx torquilla
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Middle Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocoptes medius
- Spotted CrakePorzana porzana
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 April and in August.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan2°/-4°77 mm
- Feb4°/-4°62 mm
- Mar8°/-1°80 mm
- Apr13°/3°83 mm
- May17°/7°130 mm
- Jun21°/12°117 mm
- Jul23°/13°121 mm
- Aug22°/13°126 mm
- Sep18°/9°83 mm
- Oct14°/5°94 mm
- Nov8°/0°82 mm
- Dec3°/-3°87 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Niederriedsee.
Body of water
Niederriedsee is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Switzerland, 458 m above the sea.
185 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 5,850 open records.
The most recorded are the Carrion Crow, the Yellow-legged Gull and the Grey Heron.
43 species come for the summer, 39 for the winter and 1 only pass through.
5 are threatened worldwide, including Common Pochard, European Turtle Dove and Sociable Plover.
The most species are recorded in April and in August.
Get there and watch
- UNIA Gerolfingencampsite · 9.8 km · 11 within 10 km
- Happy Guesthouseplace to stay · 2.7 km · 44 within 10 km
- Kallnachnearest town · 2.5 km in a straight line
- Bern Airport (BRN)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 22 km in a straight lineCar hire at BRN airport (Bern)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
- 2observation towers within 6 kmDr. Harry Borer Turm
- 56marked trails within 4 kmFuchsenried - Jaggisbachau, Steinisweg - Wickacker, Illiswil - Wickacher and 53 more
- 1visitor centres within 6 kmAarberg Tourismus
- 2viewpoints within 5 km
- 30car parks within 3 km
- 7restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 11campsites within 10 kmUNIA Gerolfingen, Camping Muntelier, Praz Novy and 8 more
- 44places to stay within 10 kmHappy Guesthouse, Jura, Solarhaus Müller and 41 more
- bird hides 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 Niederriedsee.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas33 mountains within 25 kmMont Sujet1,382 m · 17 kmChasseral1,607 m · 20 kmChasseral Ouest1,552 m · 21 kmPetit Chasseral1,557 m · 21 kmLe Houbel1,503 m · 21 kmLa Cornette1,474 m · 22 kmL'Egasse1,437 m · 22 kmMontoz1,328 m · 24 km
Darkskyas5 dark-sky places within 30 kmZimmerwald ObservatoryBortle 4 · 22 km↗Cantonal observatory of NeuchâtelBortle 5 · 22 kmUecht ObservatoryBortle 4 · 23 kmObservatoire Astronomique de Mont-SoleilBortle 3 · 26 kmÉpendes ObservatoryBortle 5 · 27 km
Cavernyas1 caves within 20 kmLobsigen sandstone caves · 5.7 km
Riveryasthe river nearbyAare295 km · 560 m³/s↗Saane/Sarine126 km · 54 m³/s↗Lower RhineMahlbergbachHeglachDie WildKermisdahlGiesbach
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.
Niederriedsee
Switzerland
- 72Birdyas Score
- 185Species
- 83Migrants
- 5Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q5821829) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 5,850 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, Darkskyas, Canyonyas, 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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