Germany Special Protection Area for birds
Senne mit Teutoburger Wald
106 bird species recorded; the most in May.
Tsungam · CC BY-SA 4.0
This month here
70 species in January.43 species in February.58 species in March.60 species in April.93 species in May.39 species in June.19 species in July.16 species in August.40 species in September.27 species in October.35 species in November.39 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
106 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).
- 106Speciesrecorded more than once
- 54Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 1ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 3,132Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 204 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 8Raptors
- 1Owls
- 2Waders
- 8Ducks & geese
- 5Herons, ibises & grebes
- 1Storks & cranes
- 63Songbirds
- 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 106 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors8 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Red KiteMilvus milvus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Eurasian GoshawkAccipiter gentilis
- European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorus
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
Owls1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
Waders2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Ducks & geese8 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- GoosanderMergus merganser
Herons, ibises & grebes5 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Storks & cranes1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common CraneGrus grus
Songbirds63 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great titParus major
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- European Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Short-toed treecreeperCerthia brachydactyla
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Northern NutcrackerNucifraga caryocatactes
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibillatrix
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Common crossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Common RedpollAcanthis flammea
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
Other birds18 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- CootFulica atra
- European SwiftApus apus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Middle Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocoptes medius
- Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Grey-headed WoodpeckerPicus canus
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- European NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- WryneckJynx torquilla
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°/-2°80 mm
- Feb4°/-2°58 mm
- Mar8°/0°56 mm
- Apr14°/4°44 mm
- May18°/8°66 mm
- Jun21°/11°69 mm
- Jul23°/13°78 mm
- Aug23°/13°74 mm
- Sep19°/10°59 mm
- Oct14°/6°63 mm
- Nov8°/2°70 mm
- Dec4°/0°78 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Senne mit Teutoburger Wald.
Special protection area in the EU defined by the birds directive in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Senne mit Teutoburger Wald is a Special Protection Area under the EU Birds Directive in Germany, 204 m above the sea.
106 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 3,132 open records.
The most recorded are the Eurasian Blackbird, the Great tit and the Eurasian Chaffinch.
23 species come for the summer, 27 for the winter and 4 only pass through.
1 are threatened worldwide, including Common Pochard.
The most species are recorded in May.
Get there and watch
- Augustdorf Wohnmobilstellplatzcampsite · 5.3 km · 18 within 10 km
- Berg-Cafeplace to stay · 6.0 km · 130 within 10 km
- Augustdorfnearest town · 6.1 km in a straight line
- Paderborn Lippstadt Airport (PAD)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 31 km in a straight lineCar hire at PAD airport (Büren)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 kmAussichtsturm auf dem Königsberg
- 21marked trails within 4 kmX7 Runenweg, Residenzweg [Detmold], X6 Niedersachsenweg and 18 more
- 2visitor centres within 6 kmWALK, Haus des Gastes
- 8viewpoints within 5 kmHohe Warte and 7 more
- 18campsites within 10 kmAugustdorf Wohnmobilstellplatz, Trekkingplattform Schlangen-Oesterholz, Campingplatz Quellental and 15 more
- 130places to stay within 10 kmBerg-Cafe, Haodu, Landhotel Haus Weber and 127 more
- bird hides within 6 km
- 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 Senne mit Teutoburger Wald.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas139 mountains within 25 kmGrotenburg386 m · 5.7 kmStemberg402 m · 6.7 kmBarnacken446 m · 7.6 kmHermannsberg364 m · 7.9 kmVelmerstot464 m · 12 kmLippische Velmerstot441 m · 12 kmPreußische Velmerstot468 m · 12 kmHausheide441 m · 20 km
Lakeyas1 lakes within 15 kmLippesee0.8 km² · 14 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.
Senne mit Teutoburger Wald
Germany
- 52Birdyas Score
- 106Species
- 54Migrants
- 1Threatened
Vogelschutzgebiet 'Rieselfelder Münster'
Germany · 81 km
- 86Birdyas Score
- 253Species
- 141Migrants
- 8Threatened
Vogelschutzgebiet 'Rietberger Emsnied. mit Steinhorster Becken'
Germany · 19 km
- 64Birdyas Score
- 165Species
- 77Migrants
- 3Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q60893273) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 3,132 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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