Germany Special Protection Area for birds
Nördlinger Ries und Wörnitztal
107 bird species recorded; the most in May.
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This month here
63 species in January.61 species in February.63 species in March.47 species in April.76 species in May.36 species in June.56 species in July.50 species in August.60 species in September.60 species in October.52 species in November.52 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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VU
VU
VU
NT
- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
107 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).
- 107Speciesrecorded more than once
- 55Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 2ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 4,550Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 458 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 9Raptors
- 2Owls
- 4Waders
- 1Gulls & seabirds
- 15Ducks & geese
- 5Herons, ibises & grebes
- 3Storks & cranes
- 50Songbirds
- 18Other 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 107 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors9 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Red KiteMilvus milvus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Eurasian GoshawkAccipiter gentilis
Owls2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Western Barn OwlTyto alba
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
Waders4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
Gulls & seabirds1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Ducks & geese15 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
- Red-crested pochardNetta rufina
- Black swanCygnus atratus
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Cairina moschataCairina moschata
Herons, ibises & grebes5 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Storks & cranes3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Common CraneGrus grus
- Black storkCiconia nigra
Songbirds50 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Great titParus major
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- European Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Lanius excubitorLanius excubitor
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Short-toed treecreeperCerthia brachydactyla
- WhitethroatSylvia communis
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- Common crossbillLoxia curvirostra
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Other birds18 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- CootFulica atra
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Middle Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocoptes medius
- European SwiftApus apus
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Red JunglefowlGallus gallus
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Grey-headed WoodpeckerPicus canus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turturVU
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
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°/-4°59 mm
- Feb4°/-4°43 mm
- Mar9°/-1°49 mm
- Apr14°/3°44 mm
- May18°/8°85 mm
- Jun22°/12°74 mm
- Jul24°/13°87 mm
- Aug24°/13°81 mm
- Sep19°/8°56 mm
- Oct14°/4°56 mm
- Nov7°/0°56 mm
- Dec3°/-3°60 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Nördlinger Ries und Wörnitztal.
Special protection area in the EU defined by the birds directive in Bavaria, Germany
Nördlinger Ries und Wörnitztal is a Special Protection Area under the EU Birds Directive in Germany, 458 m above the sea.
107 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 4,550 open records.
The most recorded are the Eurasian Blackbird, the Mallard and the Great White Egret.
26 species come for the summer, 27 for the winter and 2 only pass through.
2 are threatened worldwide, including Common Pochard and European Turtle Dove.
The most species are recorded in May.
Get there and watch
- Camping Aumühlecampsite · 3.6 km · 5 within 10 km
- Wellnesspension Horndasch - Haus Renateplace to stay · 4.1 km · 25 within 10 km
- Auhausennearest town · 3.8 km in a straight line
- Nuremberg Airport (NUE)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 67 km in a straight lineCar hire at NUE airport (Nuremberg)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
- 3marked trails within 4 kmOettinger Astrolehrpfad, Ries-Panoramaweg, Oettinger Fürstenweg
- 1visitor centres within 6 km
- 2viewpoints within 5 km
- 6car parks within 3 km
- 5campsites within 10 kmCamping Aumühle, Wörnitz-Flussbad Wohnmobilstellplatz, Stellplatz am Wörnitz-Ufer and 2 more
- 25places to stay within 10 kmWellnesspension Horndasch - Haus Renate, Wellnesspension Horndasch - Haus Alexandra, Pension Bühlhof and 22 more
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 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 Nördlinger Ries und Wörnitztal.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas119 mountains within 25 kmSpielberg645 m · 12 kmEfferaberg645 m · 13 kmHörlesbuck635 m · 14 kmDürrenberg656 m · 14 kmGelber Berg628 m · 15 kmUhlberg605 m · 19 kmIpf668 m · 21 kmHühnerberg570 m · 24 km
Lakeyas1 lakes within 15 kmHahnenkammsee0.2 km² · 11 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Other places nearby.
Nördlinger Ries und Wörnitztal
Germany
- 55Birdyas Score
- 107Species
- 55Migrants
- 2Threatened
Altmühltal mit Brunst-Schwaigau und Altmühlsee
Germany · 20 km
- 87Birdyas Score
- 262Species
- 158Migrants
- 12Threatened
Tierstein mit Hangwald und Egerquelle
Germany · 25 km
- 70Birdyas Score
- 184Species
- 105Migrants
- 3Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q61018152) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 4,550 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 |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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