Germany Special Protection Area for birds
Wiesenweihe Taubergrund
81 bird species recorded; the most in May.
Wittighäuser123 · CC BY-SA 3.0
This month here
37 species in January.4 species in February.9 species in March.18 species in April.61 species in May.28 species in June.7 species in July.16 species in August.21 species in September.21 species in October.6 species in November.11 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
81 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).
- 81Speciesrecorded more than once
- 26Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 0ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 937Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 345 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 11Raptors
- 1Owls
- 2Waders
- 1Ducks & geese
- 2Herons, ibises & grebes
- 2Storks & cranes
- 50Songbirds
- 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 81 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
- Red KiteMilvus milvus
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Eurasian GoshawkAccipiter gentilis
- Saker FalconFalco cherrug
Owls1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Northern Eagle OwlBubo bubo
Waders2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Little ringed ploverCharadrius dubius
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
Ducks & geese1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Herons, ibises & grebes2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great White EgretArdea alba
Storks & cranes2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black storkCiconia nigra
- Common CraneGrus grus
Songbirds50 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great titParus major
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- European Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
- Ortolan buntingEmberiza hortulana
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- WhitethroatSylvia communis
- Lesser whitethroatSylvia curruca
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- White-throated DipperCinclus cinclus
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
Other birds12 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- European SwiftApus apus
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- 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°/-3°55 mm
- Feb4°/-3°43 mm
- Mar9°/0°48 mm
- Apr14°/3°40 mm
- May19°/8°75 mm
- Jun23°/12°59 mm
- Jul26°/14°73 mm
- Aug25°/14°69 mm
- Sep20°/9°51 mm
- Oct14°/5°53 mm
- Nov7°/1°57 mm
- Dec3°/-2°61 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Wiesenweihe Taubergrund.
Special protection area in the EU defined by the birds directive in Main-Tauber-Kreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Wiesenweihe Taubergrund is a Special Protection Area under the EU Birds Directive in Germany, 345 m above the sea.
81 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 937 open records.
The most recorded are the Common Buzzard, the Eurasian Blackbird and the Eurasian Blue Tit.
13 species come for the summer, 10 for the winter and 3 only pass through.
The most species are recorded in May.
Get there and watch
- Jugendzeltplatz Aubcampsite · 2.5 km · 8 within 10 km
- Landhaus an den Schlosswiesenplace to stay · 0.9 km · 37 within 10 km
- Aubnearest town · 3.1 km in a straight line
- Nuremberg Airport (NUE)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 73 km in a straight lineCar hire at NUE airport (Nuremberg)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
- 12marked trails within 4 kmJakobsweg Würzburg-Rothenburg o.d. Tauber, Panoramaweg Taubertal, Kunigundenweg Aub - Bamberg and 9 more
- 3viewpoints within 5 kmAlter Berg
- 13car parks within 3 km
- 4restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 8campsites within 10 kmJugendzeltplatz Aub, Camping Paradies Franken, Parkplatz am Sportplatz and 5 more
- 37places to stay within 10 kmLandhaus an den Schlosswiesen, Ferienhaus Zweikreuzhof, Kraemer Ökologischer Wein- & Landbau 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 Wiesenweihe Taubergrund.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas122 mountains within 25 kmHoher Landsberg498 m · 18 kmScheinberg498 m · 18 kmIffigheimer Berg482 m · 21 kmEichbuck509 m · 22 kmErnstberg500 m · 22 kmPetersberg504 m · 24 kmLaubersberg517 m · 25 kmBüttelberg530 m · 25 km
Darkskyas1 dark-sky places within 30 kmSternwarte WeikersheimBortle 3 · 12 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.
Wiesenweihe Taubergrund
Germany
- 43Birdyas Score
- 81Species
- 26Migrants
- 0Threatened
Altmühltal mit Brunst-Schwaigau und Altmühlsee
Germany · 60 km
- 87Birdyas Score
- 262Species
- 158Migrants
- 12Threatened
Maintal zwischen Schweinfurt und Dettelbach
Germany · 48 km
- 80Birdyas Score
- 228Species
- 141Migrants
- 7Threatened
Schweinfurter Becken und nördliches Steigerwaldvorland
Germany · 50 km
- 80Birdyas Score
- 231Species
- 145Migrants
- 7Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q24175547) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 937 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 |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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