Germany Special Protection Area for birds
Salenberg
72 bird species recorded; the most in May.
Bernd Willer · CC BY-SA 4.0
This month here
45 species in January.8 species in February.22 species in March.36 species in April.64 species in May.9 species in June.1 species in July.12 species in August.12 species in September.15 species in October.16 species in November.13 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
72 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).
- 72Speciesrecorded more than once
- 27Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 0ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 1,776Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 639 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 6Raptors
- 4Ducks & geese
- 1Herons, ibises & grebes
- 1Storks & cranes
- 48Songbirds
- 12Other 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 72 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors6 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Red KiteMilvus milvus
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
Ducks & geese4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
Herons, ibises & grebes1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Storks & cranes1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common CraneGrus grus
Songbirds48 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great titParus major
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- European Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Short-toed treecreeperCerthia brachydactyla
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- WhitethroatSylvia communis
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
Other birds12 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- European SwiftApus apus
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- CootFulica atra
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Middle Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocoptes medius
- Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
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°67 mm
- Feb3°/-4°50 mm
- Mar8°/-1°58 mm
- Apr14°/3°55 mm
- May18°/7°100 mm
- Jun22°/11°92 mm
- Jul23°/13°104 mm
- Aug23°/13°99 mm
- Sep18°/8°65 mm
- Oct13°/4°65 mm
- Nov7°/0°62 mm
- Dec2°/-3°68 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Salenberg.
Special Protection Area in Lonsee, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Salenberg is a Special Protection Area under the EU Birds Directive in Germany, 639 m above the sea.
72 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 1,776 open records.
The most recorded are the Great tit, the Eurasian Blue Tit and the Eurasian Blackbird.
10 species come for the summer, 12 for the winter and 5 only pass through.
The most species are recorded in May.
Get there and watch
- Wohnmobilstellplatz Lonetalstraße - Amstettencampsite · 4.4 km · 3 within 10 km
- Gesunde Luftplace to stay · 3.6 km · 24 within 10 km
- Lonseenearest town · 1.1 km in a straight line
- Stuttgart Airport (STR)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 53 km in a straight lineCar hire at STR airport (Stuttgart)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
- 1observation towers within 6 kmVogelbeobachtungsturm
- 14marked trails within 4 kmRundweg Westerstetten Nr.3, SAV Verbindungsweg Gelbe Raute: Laichingen - Urspring, Amstetten (B10) - Schalkstetten and 11 more
- 4viewpoints within 5 kmSalachberg, Mühltalfels and 2 more
- 71car parks within 3 km
- 8restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 3campsites within 10 kmWohnmobilstellplatz Lonetalstraße - Amstetten, Wohnmobil-Stellplatz Thermalbad, 5 Täler Camping Längental
- 24places to stay within 10 kmGesunde Luft, Stubersheimer Hof, Schneelaufverein Geislingen, Skihütte and 21 more
- visitor centres 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 Salenberg.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas132 mountains within 25 kmMesselberg749 m · 16 kmWasserberg751 m · 18 kmFuchseck761 m · 19 kmKornberg779 m · 22 kmStuifen757 m · 22 kmBoßler800 m · 24 kmRechberg708 m · 24 kmWestenberg848 m · 25 km
Cavernyas8 caves within 20 kmHaldensteinhöhle · 1.7 kmBockstein cave · 18 kmSteebschacht · 18 kmBlauhöhle · 18 kmLaichinger Tiefenhöhle · 18 kmFetzershaldenhöhle · 18 kmHohlenstein-Stadel · 19 kmBrillenhöhle · 19 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.
Salenberg
Germany
- 42Birdyas Score
- 72Species
- 27Migrants
- 0Threatened
Altmühltal mit Brunst-Schwaigau und Altmühlsee
Germany · 88 km
- 87Birdyas Score
- 262Species
- 158Migrants
- 12Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q22675224) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 1,776 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, Cavernyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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