Germany Special Protection Area for birds
Nordschwarzwald
92 bird species recorded; the most in May.
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This month here
40 species in January.29 species in February.35 species in March.70 species in April.78 species in May.59 species in June.58 species in July.58 species in August.43 species in September.27 species in October.17 species in November.27 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
92 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).
- 92Speciesrecorded more than once
- 47Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 0ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 2,723Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 731 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 10Raptors
- 3Owls
- 1Waders
- 1Ducks & geese
- 2Herons, ibises & grebes
- 2Storks & cranes
- 62Songbirds
- 11Other 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 92 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors10 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Red KiteMilvus milvus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorus
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- European HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Eurasian GoshawkAccipiter gentilis
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
Owls3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Eurasian Pygmy-OwlGlaucidium passerinum
- Tengmalm's OwlAegolius funereus
Waders1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola
Ducks & geese1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Herons, ibises & grebes2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Storks & cranes2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common CraneGrus grus
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
Songbirds62 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great titParus major
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- European Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
- Common crossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- White-throated DipperCinclus cinclus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- Citril FinchCarduelis citrinella
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Northern NutcrackerNucifraga caryocatactes
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Iberian ChiffchaffPhylloscopus ibericus
- Short-toed treecreeperCerthia brachydactyla
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibillatrix
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- WhitethroatSylvia communis
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
Other birds11 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
- European SwiftApus apus
- Western CapercaillieTetrao urogallus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- CootFulica atra
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- WryneckJynx torquilla
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- 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.
- Jan3°/-3°84 mm
- Feb4°/-3°63 mm
- Mar9°/0°70 mm
- Apr14°/4°58 mm
- May18°/8°99 mm
- Jun22°/12°83 mm
- Jul24°/14°92 mm
- Aug24°/13°89 mm
- Sep20°/9°65 mm
- Oct14°/5°81 mm
- Nov8°/1°74 mm
- Dec4°/-2°90 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Nordschwarzwald.
Special protection area in the EU defined by the birds directive in Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Nordschwarzwald is a Special Protection Area under the EU Birds Directive in Germany, 731 m above the sea.
92 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 2,723 open records.
The most recorded are the Eurasian Chaffinch, the Eurasian Blackbird and the Great tit.
37 species come for the summer, 9 for the winter and 1 only pass through.
The most species are recorded in May.
Get there and watch
- Trekking-Camp Bösellbachcampsite · 1.1 km · 19 within 10 km
- Gästehaus Haistplace to stay · 2.9 km · 165 within 10 km
- Baiersbronnnearest town · 6.3 km in a straight line
- Karlsruhe Baden-Baden Airport (FKB)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 34 km in a straight lineCar hire at FKB airport (Rheinmünster)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 kmBuchkopfturm, Rinkenturm
- 285marked trails within 4 kmTerrainkurweg, Westweg [04. Unterstmatt→Alexanderschanze], Westweg [05. Alexanderschanze→Hark] and 282 more
- 6visitor centres within 6 kmTourist-Information, Tourist-Information Obertal, Besucherzentrum Schwarzwaldhochstraße and 3 more
- 34viewpoints within 5 kmPudelstein, Sprungschanze, Blick auf Lotharpfad and 31 more
- 49car parks within 3 km
- 11restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 19campsites within 10 kmTrekking-Camp Bösellbach, Trekking-Camp Gutellbach, Natur-Camp Tannenfels and 16 more
- 165places to stay within 10 kmGästehaus Haist, Haus Wurster, Murg Café and 162 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 Nordschwarzwald.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas208 mountains within 25 kmSchliffkopf1,056 m · 6.6 kmSeekopf1,055 m · 8.5 kmHornisgrinde1,164 m · 13 kmHoher Ochsenkopf1,054 m · 15 kmHochkopf1,038 m · 16 kmMehliskopf1,008 m · 16 kmBrandenkopf945 m · 21 kmHohloh989 m · 24 km
Darkskyas1 dark-sky places within 30 kmBlack Forest ObservatoryBortle 3 · 20 km
Cascadyas6 waterfalls within 15 kmSankenbachwasserfälle · 3.7 kmSankenbach Waterfalls · 3.8 km↗All Saints Waterfalls · 8.1 km↗Kammerloch Waterfall · 8.6 kmEdelfrauengrab waterfall · 11 kmBurgbach Waterfall · 11 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.
Nordschwarzwald
Germany
- 48Birdyas Score
- 92Species
- 47Migrants
- 0Threatened
Kochhartgraben und Ammertalhänge
Germany · 45 km
- 78Birdyas Score
- 223Species
- 118Migrants
- 6Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q23908740) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 2,723 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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