Germany Special Protection Area for birds
Blitzenreuter Seenplatte mit Altshauser Weiher
80 bird species recorded; the most from May to June.
Dietrich Krieger · CC BY-SA 3.0
This month here
52 species in January.21 species in February.30 species in March.33 species in April.66 species in May.61 species in June.9 species in July.40 species in August.3 species in September.27 species in October.15 species in November.1 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
80 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).
- 80Speciesrecorded more than once
- 35Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 0ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 1,972Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 569 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 7Raptors
- 1Waders
- 1Gulls & seabirds
- 3Ducks & geese
- 3Herons, ibises & grebes
- 2Storks & cranes
- 51Songbirds
- 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 80 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors7 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Red KiteMilvus milvus
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Eurasian GoshawkAccipiter gentilis
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Waders1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
Gulls & seabirds1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Ducks & geese3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
Herons, ibises & grebes3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Storks & cranes2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Black storkCiconia nigra
Songbirds51 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great titParus major
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Short-toed treecreeperCerthia brachydactyla
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- European Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Marsh warblerAcrocephalus palustris
- Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Eurasian Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
Other birds12 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- CootFulica atra
- European SwiftApus apus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Middle Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocoptes medius
- Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- 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 from May to June.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan2°/-4°72 mm
- Feb3°/-4°56 mm
- Mar8°/-1°68 mm
- Apr14°/4°70 mm
- May18°/8°114 mm
- Jun21°/12°112 mm
- Jul23°/14°121 mm
- Aug22°/13°118 mm
- Sep18°/9°81 mm
- Oct13°/5°79 mm
- Nov7°/0°68 mm
- Dec2°/-3°78 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Blitzenreuter Seenplatte mit Altshauser Weiher.
Special Protection Area in Ravensburg district, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Blitzenreuter Seenplatte mit Altshauser Weiher is a Special Protection Area under the EU Birds Directive in Germany, 569 m above the sea.
80 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 1,972 open records.
The most recorded are the Eurasian Blackbird, the Eurasian Blue Tit and the Great tit.
23 species come for the summer, 10 for the winter and 2 only pass through.
The most species are recorded from May to June.
Get there and watch
- Buchseehofcampsite · 0.8 km · 9 within 10 km
- Gasthof Adlerplace to stay · 4.7 km · 32 within 10 km
- Fronreutenearest town · 2.0 km in a straight line
- Bodensee Airport Friedrichshafen (FDH)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 25 km in a straight lineCar hire at FDH airport (Friedrichshafen)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
- 9marked trails within 4 kmHW 7 - Schwäbische-Alb-Oberschwaben-Weg, Querweg des Schwäbischen Albvereins (blauer Punkt), Hasenweiler–Wolpertswende and 6 more
- 4viewpoints within 5 kmSchreckensee, Stuhl, Hatzenturm and 1 more
- 14car parks within 3 km
- 1restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 9campsites within 10 kmBuchseehof, Zeltplatz am Weiher, Waldjugendzeltplatz Adelmühle and 6 more
- 32places to stay within 10 kmGasthof Adler, Hotel Gasthaus Fahrrad, Dobelmühle and 29 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 Blitzenreuter Seenplatte mit Altshauser Weiher.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas78 mountains within 25 kmRinkenburg727 m · 9.4 kmHöchsten843 m · 15 kmHöhe832 m · 15 kmSturmberg770 m · 16 kmGalgenberg777 m · 17 kmHaidgauer Berg764 m · 19 kmGehrenberg752 m · 20 kmZiegelberg768 m · 23 km
Lakeyas2 lakes within 15 kmSchreckensee0.2 km² · 0.5 kmIllmensee0.5 km² · 15 km
Cascadyas1 waterfalls within 15 kmWasserfall des Buttenmühlebaches · 9.4 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.
Blitzenreuter Seenplatte mit Altshauser Weiher
Germany
- 44Birdyas Score
- 80Species
- 35Migrants
- 0Threatened
Konstanzer Bucht des Bodensees
Germany · 37 km
- 84Birdyas Score
- 234Species
- 129Migrants
- 9Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q22675072) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 1,972 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, Cascadyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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