Germany Special Protection Area for birds
Baggerseen Krauchenwies/Zielfingen
68 bird species recorded; the most in May.
Simone Muffler · CC BY-SA 3.0
This month here
45 species in January.0 species in February.30 species in March.4 species in April.57 species in May.26 species in June.14 species in July.3 species in August.19 species in September.21 species in October.1 species in November.3 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.
No records for this month.
No records for this month.
- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
68 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).
- 68Speciesrecorded more than once
- 33Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 0ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 1,546Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 794 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 4Raptors
- 1Owls
- 1Ducks & geese
- 3Herons, ibises & grebes
- 1Storks & cranes
- 50Songbirds
- 8Other 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 68 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Red KiteMilvus milvus
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
Owls1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
Ducks & geese1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Herons, ibises & grebes3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Storks & cranes1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common CraneGrus grus
Songbirds50 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great titParus major
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- European Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Northern NutcrackerNucifraga caryocatactes
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- WhitethroatSylvia communis
- White-throated DipperCinclus cinclus
Other birds8 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- European SwiftApus apus
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
- Rock DoveColumba livia
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°65 mm
- Feb3°/-4°49 mm
- Mar8°/-1°58 mm
- Apr14°/3°56 mm
- May18°/8°96 mm
- Jun22°/12°88 mm
- Jul24°/13°98 mm
- Aug24°/13°93 mm
- Sep19°/8°62 mm
- Oct14°/4°68 mm
- Nov7°/0°62 mm
- Dec3°/-3°68 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Baggerseen Krauchenwies/Zielfingen.
Special Protection Area in Sigmaringen district, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Baggerseen Krauchenwies/Zielfingen is a Special Protection Area under the EU Birds Directive in Germany, 794 m above the sea.
68 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 1,546 open records.
The most recorded are the Great tit, the Eurasian Blue Tit and the House Sparrow.
18 species come for the summer, 7 for the winter and 8 only pass through.
The most species are recorded in May.
Get there and watch
- Wohnmobilstellplatz Trochtelfingencampsite · 2.5 km · 5 within 10 km
- Zum Rössleplace to stay · 1.8 km · 24 within 10 km
- Trochtelfingennearest town · 1.9 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
- 2observation towers within 6 kmAugstbergturm, Dachensteinturm
- 12marked trails within 4 kmSteinhilben - Gammertingen, Naturerlebnispfad Häulesrain, Mägerkingen - Steinhilben and 9 more
- 3viewpoints within 5 kmBühl, Dachensteinturm, Augstbergturm
- 65car parks within 3 km
- 10restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 5campsites within 10 kmWohnmobilstellplatz Trochtelfingen, Untere Krumme Steige, Azur Camping and 2 more
- 24places to stay within 10 kmZum Rössle, Albquell Bräuhaus, Hydepark and 21 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 Baggerseen Krauchenwies/Zielfingen.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas221 mountains within 25 kmAugstberg849 m · 2.5 kmKornbühl886 m · 13 kmRoßberg870 m · 14 kmRaichberg956 m · 20 kmBraunhardsberg970 m · 21 kmZeller Horn913 m · 21 kmHeiligenkopf893 m · 23 kmIrrenberg925 m · 24 km
Darkskyas1 dark-sky places within 30 kmSternwarte TübingenBortle 5 · 29 km
Cavernyas9 caves within 20 kmHausener Bröller · 5.6 kmKarlshöhle and Bärenhöhle · 6.9 kmOlgahöhle · 10 kmNebelhöhle · 11 kmWimsener Höhle · 15 kmAnna-Kapellen-Höhle · 16 kmNikolaushöhle · 16 kmLinkenboldshöhle · 18 km
Cascadyas1 waterfalls within 15 kmGönninger Wasserfall · 15 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Other places nearby.
Baggerseen Krauchenwies/Zielfingen
Germany
- 43Birdyas Score
- 68Species
- 33Migrants
- 0Threatened
Kochhartgraben und Ammertalhänge
Germany · 36 km
- 78Birdyas Score
- 223Species
- 118Migrants
- 6Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q21977709) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 1,546 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, Cavernyas, Cascadyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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