Germany Special Protection Area for birds
Vogelschutzgebiet Weseraue
131 bird species recorded; the most in January and in May.
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This month here
92 species in January.75 species in February.45 species in March.73 species in April.100 species in May.14 species in June.45 species in July.32 species in August.28 species in September.43 species in October.26 species in November.73 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
131 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).
- 131Speciesrecorded more than once
- 54Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 2ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 4,360Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 63 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 10Raptors
- 6Waders
- 7Gulls & seabirds
- 24Ducks & geese
- 6Herons, ibises & grebes
- 2Storks & cranes
- 60Songbirds
- 16Other 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 131 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
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Red KiteMilvus milvus
- White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Rough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopus
Waders6 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusNT
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
Gulls & seabirds7 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- European Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Black TernChlidonias niger
Ducks & geese24 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- SmewMergellus albellus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostris
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Bewick's SwanCygnus columbianus
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- Long-tailed duckClangula hyemalisVU
- Black swanCygnus atratus
Herons, ibises & grebes6 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
Storks & cranes2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Common CraneGrus grus
Songbirds60 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great titParus major
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- WhitethroatSylvia communis
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Short-toed treecreeperCerthia brachydactyla
- European Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Lesser whitethroatSylvia curruca
- Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibillatrix
Other birds16 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- CootFulica atra
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- European SwiftApus apus
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Middle Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocoptes medius
- European Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
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 January and in May.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan3°/-2°69 mm
- Feb5°/-2°50 mm
- Mar9°/0°50 mm
- Apr14°/4°38 mm
- May18°/8°60 mm
- Jun22°/12°62 mm
- Jul24°/14°78 mm
- Aug23°/13°68 mm
- Sep19°/10°55 mm
- Oct14°/6°59 mm
- Nov8°/3°62 mm
- Dec4°/0°68 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Vogelschutzgebiet Weseraue.
Special protection area in the EU defined by the birds directive in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Vogelschutzgebiet Weseraue is a Special Protection Area under the EU Birds Directive in Germany.
131 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 4,360 open records.
The most recorded are the Eurasian Blackbird, the Great tit and the Eurasian Blue Tit.
21 species come for the summer, 32 for the winter and 1 only pass through.
2 are threatened worldwide, including Common Pochard and Long-tailed duck.
The most species are recorded in January and in May.
Get there and watch
- Camping Lieblingsgrüncampsite · 8.4 km · 8 within 10 km
- Landhotel Gästehaus Langeplace to stay · 3.3 km · 37 within 10 km
- Wiedensahlnearest town · 5.6 km in a straight line
- Hannover Airport (HAJ)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 41 km in a straight lineCar hire at HAJ airport (Hannover)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
- 4marked trails within 4 kmSigwardsweg, Jakobusweg Kloster Mariensee -Minden, Kleiner Klosterlandschaftweg and 1 more
- 1viewpoints within 5 kmKönigs Blick
- 12car parks within 3 km
- 2restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 8campsites within 10 kmCamping Lieblingsgrün, Wohnmobilstellplatz Leeser See, Wohnmobilstellplatz Stolzenau and 5 more
- 37places to stay within 10 kmLandhotel Gästehaus Lange, Rodes Hotel, Pilgerhaus and 34 more
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers 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 Vogelschutzgebiet Weseraue.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas42 mountains within 25 kmBrunnenberg161 m · 8.8 kmHaar-Berg · 10 kmBückeberg375 m · 20 kmKnick Berg85 m · 23 kmJakobsberg235 m · 23 kmPapenbrink303 m · 23 kmWittekindsberg282 m · 24 kmHäverstädter Berg270 m · 24 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Other places nearby.
Vogelschutzgebiet Weseraue
Germany
- 56Birdyas Score
- 131Species
- 54Migrants
- 2Threatened
Vogelschutzgebiet Bastauniederung
Germany · 23 km
- 62Birdyas Score
- 134Species
- 90Migrants
- 1Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q61040452) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 4,360 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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