Germany Special Protection Area for birds
Stromberg
149 bird species recorded; the most from April to May.
S.Hamm · CC BY-SA 4.0
This month here
81 species in January.88 species in February.97 species in March.115 species in April.115 species in May.73 species in June.85 species in July.71 species in August.76 species in September.72 species in October.67 species in November.81 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
149 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).
- 149Speciesrecorded more than once
- 73Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 2ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 16,287Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 284 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 11Raptors
- 5Owls
- 6Waders
- 2Gulls & seabirds
- 18Ducks & geese
- 5Herons, ibises & grebes
- 3Storks & cranes
- 77Songbirds
- 22Other 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 149 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors11 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Red KiteMilvus milvus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Eurasian GoshawkAccipiter gentilis
- European HobbyFalco subbuteo
- European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
Owls5 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Northern Eagle OwlBubo bubo
- Western Barn OwlTyto alba
Waders6 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
Gulls & seabirds2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Black-throated DiverGavia arctica
Ducks & geese18 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Bar-headed GooseAnser indicus
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
Herons, ibises & grebes5 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Storks & cranes3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Common CraneGrus grus
- Black storkCiconia nigra
Songbirds77 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great titParus major
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Short-toed treecreeperCerthia brachydactyla
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Collared FlycatcherFicedula albicollis
- Common crossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Eurasian Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- European Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibillatrix
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- WhitethroatSylvia communis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Lesser whitethroatSylvia curruca
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- Common Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Common RedpollAcanthis flammea
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Marsh warblerAcrocephalus palustris
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Bearded ReedlingPanurus biarmicus
- Lanius excubitorLanius excubitor
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioides
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Other birds22 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- CootFulica atra
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Middle Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocoptes medius
- European SwiftApus apus
- WryneckJynx torquilla
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Grey-headed WoodpeckerPicus canus
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- European Water RailRallus aquaticus
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turturVU
- Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Red JunglefowlGallus gallus
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species from April to May.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan3°/-3°76 mm
- Feb4°/-3°58 mm
- Mar9°/0°64 mm
- Apr15°/4°50 mm
- May19°/8°86 mm
- Jun23°/12°72 mm
- Jul26°/14°81 mm
- Aug25°/14°81 mm
- Sep20°/9°58 mm
- Oct15°/6°70 mm
- Nov8°/2°70 mm
- Dec4°/-2°83 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Stromberg.
Special protection area in the EU defined by the birds directive in Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Stromberg is a Special Protection Area under the EU Birds Directive in Germany, 284 m above the sea.
149 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 16,287 open records.
The most recorded are the Great tit, the Eurasian Blackbird and the Eurasian Blue Tit.
38 species come for the summer, 30 for the winter and 5 only pass through.
2 are threatened worldwide, including Common Pochard and European Turtle Dove.
The most species are recorded from April to May.
Get there and watch
- Gruppen Zeltplatz SC Oberes Zabergäu e.V.campsite · 4.4 km · 12 within 10 km
- Kachelofaplace to stay · 3.2 km · 47 within 10 km
- Zaberfeldnearest town · 4.8 km in a straight line
- Stuttgart Airport (STR)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 41 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
- 3observation towers within 6 kmAussichtsturm Eselsburg, Aussichtspunkt Gehrn
- 31marked trails within 4 kmStromberg-Schwäbischer-Wald-Weg, Roter Punkt, Kürnbach - Ruine Blankenhorn, Rotes Kreuz, Stetten a. H. - Vaihingen (Enz) and 28 more
- 18viewpoints within 5 kmAussichtspunkt Weißer Steinbruch Pfaffenhofen, Aussichtspunkt Klosterberg and 16 more
- 37car parks within 3 km
- 5restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 12campsites within 10 kmGruppen Zeltplatz SC Oberes Zabergäu e.V., Wohnmobilstellplatz an der Ehmetsklinge, Güglingen am Schwimmbad and 9 more
- 47places to stay within 10 kmKachelofa, Lamm, Herzogskelter and 44 more
- bird hides within 6 km
- 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 Stromberg.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas121 mountains within 25 kmBaiselsberg477 m · 2.7 kmMichaelsberg394 m · 6.8 kmOttilienberg744 m · 11 kmHohenasperg356 m · 18 kmGeissberg509 m · 21 kmGrüner Heiner395 m · 23 kmWunnenstein394 m · 23 kmSchweinsberg373 m · 24 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.
Stromberg
Germany
- 61Birdyas Score
- 149Species
- 73Migrants
- 2Threatened
Pleidelsheimer Wiesental mit Altneckar
Germany · 18 km
- 70Birdyas Score
- 195Species
- 115Migrants
- 3Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q23906123) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 16,287 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 |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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