Germany Special Protection Area for birds
Brandhalde
67 bird species recorded; the most in May.
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data), CC BY 4.0, with relief shading from Copernicus WorldDEM-30
This month here
34 species in January.24 species in February.1 species in March.3 species in April.56 species in May.41 species in June.7 species in July.1 species in August.14 species in September.8 species in October.0 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.
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
67 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).
- 67Speciesrecorded more than once
- 15Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 0ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 601Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 617 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 7Raptors
- 2Ducks & geese
- 2Herons, ibises & grebes
- 1Storks & cranes
- 47Songbirds
- 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 67 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
- European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorus
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Ducks & geese2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GoosanderMergus merganser
Herons, ibises & grebes2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Storks & cranes1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
Songbirds47 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great titParus major
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Blyth’s Reed WarblerAcrocephalus dumetorum
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Marsh warblerAcrocephalus palustris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- European Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Short-toed treecreeperCerthia brachydactyla
Other birds8 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- European SwiftApus apus
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Middle Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocoptes medius
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°80 mm
- Feb3°/-4°60 mm
- Mar8°/-1°68 mm
- Apr14°/3°59 mm
- May18°/7°100 mm
- Jun22°/11°87 mm
- Jul24°/13°96 mm
- Aug23°/13°92 mm
- Sep19°/8°66 mm
- Oct14°/5°77 mm
- Nov7°/1°72 mm
- Dec3°/-3°85 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Brandhalde.
Special Protection Area in Oberndorf am Neckar, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Brandhalde is a Special Protection Area under the EU Birds Directive in Germany, 617 m above the sea.
67 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 601 open records.
The most recorded are the Eurasian Blackbird, the Great tit and the Eurasian Blue Tit.
9 species come for the summer, 3 for the winter and 3 only pass through.
The most species are recorded in May.
Get there and watch
- VisitingHours in OpenStreetMap: 24/7
- Dollau-Zeltplatz am Neckartalradwegcampsite · 3.4 km · 3 within 10 km
- Schattenplace to stay · 1.4 km · 34 within 10 km
- Oberndorfnearest town · 2.7 km in a straight line
- Stuttgart Airport (STR)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 63 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
- 23marked trails within 4 km"FIXME: Roter Punkt Wanderweg", Neckarweg Abschnitt 1: Schwenningen - Oberndorf, Sulz am Neckar - Alpirsbach and 20 more
- 1visitor centres within 6 kmTouristinformation Sulz am Neckar
- 14viewpoints within 5 kmSchillerhöhe, Boller Fels, Auf dem Stein and 11 more
- 105car parks within 3 km
- 21restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 3campsites within 10 kmDollau-Zeltplatz am Neckartalradweg, Wohnmobil Stellplatz an der Neckarhalle, Wohnmobilstellplätze auf dem Wöhrd
- 34places to stay within 10 kmSchatten, Gästehaus Melber, Pension Dölker and 31 more
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers 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 Brandhalde.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas71 mountains within 25 kmPlettenberg1,002 m · 20 kmOberhohenberg1,010 m · 22 kmHochberg1,009 m · 22 kmSchafberg1,000 m · 22 kmLemberg1,016 m · 22 kmOrtenberg996 m · 22 kmLochen964 m · 23 kmWandbühl1,007 m · 24 km
Darkskyas1 dark-sky places within 30 kmBlack Forest ObservatoryBortle 3 · 18 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Other places nearby.
Brandhalde
Germany
- 39Birdyas Score
- 67Species
- 15Migrants
- 0Threatened
Kochhartgraben und Ammertalhänge
Germany · 35 km
- 78Birdyas Score
- 223Species
- 118Migrants
- 6Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q23927245) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 601 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, Riveryas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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