Germany Special Protection Area for birds
Bodenmöser
119 bird species recorded; the most from April to May.
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This month here
68 species in January.58 species in February.71 species in March.96 species in April.91 species in May.71 species in June.64 species in July.76 species in August.77 species in September.73 species in October.58 species in November.49 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
119 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).
- 119Speciesrecorded more than once
- 59Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 1ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 7,484Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 710 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 8Raptors
- 5Waders
- 2Gulls & seabirds
- 13Ducks & geese
- 5Herons, ibises & grebes
- 3Storks & cranes
- 68Songbirds
- 15Other 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 119 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors8 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Red KiteMilvus milvus
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Eurasian GoshawkAccipiter gentilis
- European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorus
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
Waders5 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Gulls & seabirds2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Ducks & geese13 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Bar-headed GooseAnser indicus
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyrocaNT
Herons, ibises & grebes5 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Storks & cranes3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Black storkCiconia nigra
- Common CraneGrus grus
Songbirds68 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great titParus major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- European Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Short-toed treecreeperCerthia brachydactyla
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Marsh warblerAcrocephalus palustris
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Northern NutcrackerNucifraga caryocatactes
- Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Common crossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Eurasian Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- White-throated DipperCinclus cinclus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Common Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- African StonechatSaxicola torquatus
- Lesser whitethroatSylvia curruca
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibillatrix
Other birds15 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- CootFulica atra
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- European SwiftApus apus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Grey-headed WoodpeckerPicus canus
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- European Water RailRallus aquaticus
- 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 April to May.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan0°/-6°98 mm
- Feb1°/-6°76 mm
- Mar6°/-2°93 mm
- Apr11°/2°88 mm
- May15°/6°148 mm
- Jun19°/11°166 mm
- Jul21°/12°163 mm
- Aug20°/12°176 mm
- Sep16°/8°120 mm
- Oct12°/4°97 mm
- Nov6°/-1°84 mm
- Dec2°/-5°97 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Bodenmöser.
Special Protection Area in the municipalities of Isny im Allgäu and Argenbühl, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Bodenmöser is a Special Protection Area under the EU Birds Directive in Germany, 710 m above the sea.
119 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 7,484 open records.
The most recorded are the Great tit, the Carrion Crow and the Eurasian Blackbird.
33 species come for the summer, 26 for the winter and 0 only pass through.
1 are threatened worldwide, including Common Pochard.
The most species are recorded from April to May.
Get there and watch
- Wohnmobilstellplatz Untere Mühlecampsite · 2.7 km · 13 within 10 km
- Berghotel Jägerhofplace to stay · 2.1 km · 117 within 10 km
- Isnynearest town · 2.8 km in a straight line
- Bodensee Airport Friedrichshafen (FDH)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 37 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 kmVögel und Tiere des Waldes
- 1observation towers within 6 km
- 28marked trails within 4 kmHW 9 - Heuberg-Allgäu-Weg, Wangen - Eisenharz, Nebenweg des Schwäbischen Albvereins (blaues Kreuz) and 25 more
- 4visitor centres within 6 kmIsny Info, Gästeamt Argenbühl, Gästeamt Maierhöfen and 1 more
- 19viewpoints within 5 kmIsnyOval, Schweineburg, Schwinderberg and 16 more
- 108car parks within 3 km
- 25restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 13campsites within 10 kmWohnmobilstellplatz Untere Mühle, Waldbad Camping Isny, Dethleffs Caravaning and 10 more
- 117places to stay within 10 kmBerghotel Jägerhof, Mockenhof, Hotel Restaurant Bären and 114 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 Bodenmöser.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas243 mountains within 25 kmSalmaser Höhe1,254 m · 15 kmFluh1,391 m · 21 kmImmenstädter Horn1,489 m · 21 kmAm Roten Kopf1,482 m · 22 kmBuralpkopf1,772 m · 23 kmHochgrat1,834 m · 23 kmStuiben1,749 m · 23 kmHochhäderich1,566 m · 24 km
Lakeyas4 lakes within 15 kmBadsee0.4 km² · 6.1 kmWuhrmühleweiher0.2 km² · 10 kmArgensee0.2 km² · 11 kmEllerazhofer Weiher0.3 km² · 14 km
Darkskyas1 dark-sky places within 30 kmEistobelBortle 3 · 7.6 km
Riveryasthe river nearbyUntere Argen69 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.
Bodenmöser
Germany
- 54Birdyas Score
- 119Species
- 59Migrants
- 1Threatened
Europaschutzgebiet Soren, Gleggen–Köblern, Schweizer Ried und Birken–Schwarzes Zeug
Austria · 36 km
- 87Birdyas Score
- 269Species
- 170Migrants
- 11Threatened
Konstanzer Bucht des Bodensees
Germany · 60 km
- 84Birdyas Score
- 234Species
- 129Migrants
- 9Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q22675074) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 7,484 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, Riveryas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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