Germany Special Protection Area for birds
Bodanrück
199 bird species recorded; the most from April to May.
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This month here
121 species in January.115 species in February.120 species in March.148 species in April.149 species in May.122 species in June.106 species in July.126 species in August.118 species in September.114 species in October.115 species in November.121 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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VU- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
199 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).
- 199Speciesrecorded more than once
- 99Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 6ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 26,231Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 546 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 14Raptors
- 5Owls
- 16Waders
- 13Gulls & seabirds
- 31Ducks & geese
- 13Herons, ibises & grebes
- 2Storks & cranes
- 83Songbirds
- 22Other 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 199 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors14 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Red KiteMilvus milvus
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- European HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Eurasian GoshawkAccipiter gentilis
- European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
Owls5 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Western Barn OwlTyto alba
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Northern Eagle OwlBubo bubo
Waders16 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquataNT
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- RedshankTringa totanus
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusNT
- Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
Gulls & seabirds13 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Common GullLarus canus
- European Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Pontic gullLarus cachinnans
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Common LoonGavia immer
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Black-throated DiverGavia arctica
- Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Ducks & geese31 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Red-crested pochardNetta rufina
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyrocaNT
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- SmewMergellus albellus
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Bar-headed GooseAnser indicus
- Long-tailed duckClangula hyemalisVU
- Common EiderSomateria mollissimaNT
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- Black swanCygnus atratus
- Velvet scoterMelanitta fuscaVU
- Bewick's SwanCygnus columbianus
Herons, ibises & grebes13 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- WaldrappGeronticus eremita
- Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritusVU
- Purple heronArdea purpurea
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Storks & cranes2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Common CraneGrus grus
Songbirds83 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great titParus major
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Short-toed treecreeperCerthia brachydactyla
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Eurasian Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Common Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- European Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
- Lanius excubitorLanius excubitor
- Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- Marsh warblerAcrocephalus palustris
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- Lesser whitethroatSylvia curruca
- Bearded ReedlingPanurus biarmicus
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- WhitethroatSylvia communis
- Common RedpollAcanthis flammea
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioides
- Icterine warblerHippolais icterina
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Eurasian Penduline TitRemiz pendulinus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibillatrix
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Eurasian River WarblerLocustella fluviatilis
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- Common crossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
- Aquatic WarblerAcrocephalus paludicolaVU
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
Other birds22 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- CootFulica atra
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- European SwiftApus apus
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- European Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- Grey-headed WoodpeckerPicus canus
- Middle Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocoptes medius
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- WryneckJynx torquilla
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turturVU
- Spotted CrakePorzana porzana
- Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
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 April to May.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan2°/-4°99 mm
- Feb3°/-4°77 mm
- Mar8°/0°95 mm
- Apr13°/4°92 mm
- May17°/8°147 mm
- Jun21°/12°156 mm
- Jul22°/14°158 mm
- Aug22°/14°166 mm
- Sep18°/10°116 mm
- Oct14°/6°101 mm
- Nov7°/1°88 mm
- Dec2°/-3°104 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Bodanrück.
Special Protection Area in Konstanz district, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Bodanrück is a Special Protection Area under the EU Birds Directive in Germany, 546 m above the sea.
199 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 26,231 open records.
The most recorded are the Eurasian Chaffinch, the Eurasian Blackbird and the Carrion Crow.
49 species come for the summer, 50 for the winter and 0 only pass through.
6 are threatened worldwide, including Common Pochard, Horned Grebe and Long-tailed duck.
The most species are recorded from April to May.
Get there and watch
- Hirtenhofcampsite · 2.9 km · 50 within 10 km
- Bauernhof Blumplace to stay · 4.0 km · 295 within 10 km
- Allensbachnearest town · 3.6 km in a straight line
- Bodensee Airport Friedrichshafen (FDH)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 34 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
- 1bird hides within 6 km
- 6observation towers within 6 kmRutschturm, Hochstand, Aussichtsplattform and 3 more
- 86marked trails within 4 kmQuerweg Freiburg-Bodensee [Allensbach], Querweg Freiburg-Bodensee [Konstanz], Bodensee-Rundwanderweg (Stein a. R. - Lindau) and 83 more
- 5visitor centres within 6 kmMühlenweg Museum, BUND Naturschutzzentrum, Tourist-Information Reichenau and 2 more
- 54viewpoints within 5 kmDuttenbühl, Naturschauplatz Hochfirst, Walzenberg and 51 more
- 49car parks within 3 km
- 8restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 50campsites within 10 kmHirtenhof, Wohnmobilstellplatz Dettingen, Wohnmobilstellplatz vor dem Campingplatz Allensbach and 47 more
- 295places to stay within 10 kmBauernhof Blum, Huber & Merk Ferienwohnungen, Seeliebe and 292 more
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
Around Bodanrück.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas47 mountains within 25 kmSeerücken721 m · 11 kmHohentwiel696 m · 19 kmHohenkrähen644 m · 19 kmMägdeberg664 m · 21 kmStählibuck653 m · 24 kmHegau867 m · 24 kmHohenstoffeln844 m · 24 kmImmenberg706 m · 25 km
Lakeyas2 lakes within 15 kmMindelsee0.9 km² · 3.3 kmAndelshofer Weiher0.3 km² · 9.3 km
Cavernyas1 caves within 20 kmHeidenhöhlen · 5.7 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Other places nearby.
Bodanrück
Germany
- 76Birdyas Score
- 199Species
- 99Migrants
- 6Threatened
Konstanzer Bucht des Bodensees
Germany · 14 km
- 84Birdyas Score
- 234Species
- 129Migrants
- 9Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q22965407) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 26,231 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, Cavernyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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