Germany Special Protection Area for birds
Albtrauf Heubach
105 bird species recorded; the most in May.
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This month here
70 species in January.50 species in February.56 species in March.73 species in April.84 species in May.46 species in June.47 species in July.41 species in August.41 species in September.49 species in October.22 species in November.42 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
105 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).
- 105Speciesrecorded more than once
- 36Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 1ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 5,586Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 688 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 9Raptors
- 3Owls
- 1Gulls & seabirds
- 7Ducks & geese
- 4Herons, ibises & grebes
- 2Storks & cranes
- 61Songbirds
- 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 105 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors9 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Red KiteMilvus milvus
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- European HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Eurasian GoshawkAccipiter gentilis
Owls3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Northern Eagle OwlBubo bubo
Gulls & seabirds1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Ducks & geese7 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Herons, ibises & grebes4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Storks & cranes2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Common CraneGrus grus
Songbirds61 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great titParus major
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- European Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- Short-toed treecreeperCerthia brachydactyla
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Northern NutcrackerNucifraga caryocatactes
- Lesser whitethroatSylvia curruca
- Common crossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulus
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Marsh warblerAcrocephalus palustris
- White-throated DipperCinclus cinclus
- Lanius excubitorLanius excubitor
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- WhitethroatSylvia communis
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
Other birds18 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
- CootFulica atra
- European SwiftApus apus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Middle Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocoptes medius
- Grey-headed WoodpeckerPicus canus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- Black GrouseLyrurus tetrix
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turturVU
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
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°/-4°68 mm
- Feb4°/-4°50 mm
- Mar8°/-1°57 mm
- Apr14°/3°47 mm
- May18°/8°89 mm
- Jun22°/12°73 mm
- Jul24°/14°89 mm
- Aug24°/13°82 mm
- Sep19°/9°56 mm
- Oct14°/5°63 mm
- Nov7°/1°63 mm
- Dec3°/-2°70 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Albtrauf Heubach.
Special protection area in the EU defined by the birds directive in Heubach, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Albtrauf Heubach is a Special Protection Area under the EU Birds Directive in Germany, 688 m above the sea.
105 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 5,586 open records.
The most recorded are the Great tit, the Eurasian Blue Tit and the Eurasian Blackbird.
20 species come for the summer, 14 for the winter and 2 only pass through.
1 are threatened worldwide, including European Turtle Dove.
The most species are recorded in May.
Get there and watch
- Reisemobilpark Heubachcampsite · 1.7 km · 6 within 10 km
- Deutscher Kaiserplace to stay · 1.4 km · 41 within 10 km
- Heubachnearest town · 1.6 km in a straight line
- Stuttgart Airport (STR)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 55 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
- 1observation towers within 6 kmAussichtsturm am Grubenholz
- 56marked trails within 4 kmGlaubensweg 10, Heubach - Lautern, Lautern - Rosenstein and 53 more
- 29viewpoints within 5 kmOstfels, Hoher Felsen, Sedelfelsen and 26 more
- 81car parks within 3 km
- 17restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 6campsites within 10 kmReisemobilpark Heubach, Campingplatz Hirtenteich, Campingplatz Amalienhof and 3 more
- 41places to stay within 10 kmDeutscher Kaiser, Sport & Bildungszentrum, Kühholzhütte and 38 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 Albtrauf Heubach.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas98 mountains within 25 kmRosenstein735 m · 1.3 kmBernhardus779 m · 6.2 kmVolkmarsberg744 m · 9.8 kmStuifen757 m · 11 kmRechberg708 m · 12 kmMesselberg749 m · 14 kmHohenstaufen684 m · 18 kmWasserberg751 m · 24 km
Cavernyas1 caves within 20 kmFinsteres Loch · 1.1 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Other places nearby.
Albtrauf Heubach
Germany
- 49Birdyas Score
- 105Species
- 36Migrants
- 1Threatened
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- 87Birdyas Score
- 262Species
- 158Migrants
- 12Threatened
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- 70Birdyas Score
- 184Species
- 105Migrants
- 3Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q23717988) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 5,586 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, Cavernyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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