Germany Special Protection Area for birds
Aischgrund
184 bird species recorded; the most in May.
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This month here
90 species in January.69 species in February.100 species in March.121 species in April.150 species in May.121 species in June.118 species in July.110 species in August.102 species in September.87 species in October.54 species in November.62 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
184 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).
- 184Speciesrecorded more than once
- 105Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 3ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 10,682Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 335 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 13Raptors
- 2Owls
- 17Waders
- 9Gulls & seabirds
- 29Ducks & geese
- 9Herons, ibises & grebes
- 3Storks & cranes
- 81Songbirds
- 21Other 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 184 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors13 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Red KiteMilvus milvus
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- European HobbyFalco subbuteo
- European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Eurasian GoshawkAccipiter gentilis
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
Owls2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Eurasian Pygmy-OwlGlaucidium passerinum
Waders17 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquataNT
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNT
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- Little ringed ploverCharadrius dubius
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaVU
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- RedshankTringa totanus
Gulls & seabirds9 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Pontic gullLarus cachinnans
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
Ducks & geese29 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Red-crested pochardNetta rufina
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Black swanCygnus atratus
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyrocaNT
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Maned DuckChenonetta jubata
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- Bar-headed GooseAnser indicus
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
- Marbled TealMarmaronetta angustirostrisNT
- Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostris
- Chiloe WigeonMareca sibilatrix
Herons, ibises & grebes9 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Purple heronArdea purpurea
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
Storks & cranes3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Black storkCiconia nigra
- Common CraneGrus grus
Songbirds81 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great titParus major
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Eurasian Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Short-toed treecreeperCerthia brachydactyla
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- WhitethroatSylvia communis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- European Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Common Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Marsh warblerAcrocephalus palustris
- Icterine warblerHippolais icterina
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- Lesser whitethroatSylvia curruca
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioides
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Common crossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Eurasian Penduline TitRemiz pendulinus
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
- Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulus
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- Ortolan buntingEmberiza hortulana
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Common RedpollAcanthis flammea
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibillatrix
Other birds21 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- CootFulica atra
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- European SwiftApus apus
- Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
- Middle Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocoptes medius
- European Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- WryneckJynx torquilla
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turturVU
- 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 May.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan1°/-4°58 mm
- Feb3°/-4°44 mm
- Mar8°/-1°48 mm
- Apr14°/3°39 mm
- May18°/8°76 mm
- Jun23°/12°69 mm
- Jul25°/14°77 mm
- Aug25°/13°72 mm
- Sep20°/9°55 mm
- Oct14°/4°52 mm
- Nov7°/0°57 mm
- Dec2°/-3°60 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Aischgrund.
Special protection area in the EU defined by the birds directive in Bavaria, Germany
Aischgrund is a Special Protection Area under the EU Birds Directive in Germany, 335 m above the sea.
184 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 10,682 open records.
The most recorded are the Northern Lapwing, the Mallard and the Grey Heron.
68 species come for the summer, 30 for the winter and 7 only pass through.
3 are threatened worldwide, including Common Pochard, Curlew Sandpiper and European Turtle Dove.
The most species are recorded in May.
Get there and watch
- VCP Hemhofencampsite · 0.7 km · 11 within 10 km
- Ferienwohnung Karola Alkerplace to stay · 3.7 km · 55 within 10 km
- Hemhofennearest town · 2.0 km in a straight line
- Nuremberg Airport (NUE)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 24 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
- 1observation towers within 6 km
- 24marked trails within 4 kmMain-Donau-Weg (Rangau-Linie) Teil_2, Wanderweg Erlangen 1 grün, Erlangen 10 grün and 21 more
- 5viewpoints within 5 kmWildwasserbahn, Erlangen-Blick, Hemhofen-Blick and 2 more
- 42car parks within 3 km
- 11restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 11campsites within 10 kmVCP Hemhofen, Glamping Park, Campingplatz Rangau and 8 more
- 55places to stay within 10 kmFerienwohnung Karola Alker, Ferienwohnung Familie Wahl, Modern Living and 52 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 Aischgrund.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas110 mountains within 25 kmHetzleser Berg549 m · 16 kmLange Meile517 m · 18 kmFriesener Warte562 m · 18 kmLindenberg (Fränkische Schweiz)545 m · 20 kmP.579579 m · 20 kmLeitsberg572 m · 20 kmReckenberg550 m · 21 kmGeisberg585 m · 23 km
Lakeyas1 lakes within 15 kmGroßer Bischofsweiher0.3 km² · 7.7 km
Darkskyas2 dark-sky places within 30 kmDr.-Remeis-SternwarteBortle 7 · 21 kmNicolaus-Copernicus-PlanetariumBortle 8 · 29 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.
Aischgrund
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- 70Birdyas Score
- 184Species
- 105Migrants
- 3Threatened
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- 87Birdyas Score
- 262Species
- 158Migrants
- 12Threatened
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- 80Birdyas Score
- 228Species
- 141Migrants
- 7Threatened
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- 80Birdyas Score
- 231Species
- 145Migrants
- 7Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q61018071) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 10,682 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, Darkskyas, Canyonyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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