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Broumovsko

101 bird species recorded; the most in May and in July.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec75at the peak
Species recorded in each month · tap a month

Pudelek · CC BY-SA 4.0

This month here

12 species in January.

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.

Eurasian Siskin
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCharles J. Sharp · CC BY-SA 4.0
Goldcrest
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorMissy Osborn from New Forest, England · CC BY-SA 2.0
European Crested Tit
European Crested TitLophophanes cristatusWinter visitorCarlos Delgado · CC BY-SA 4.0
Eurasian Treecreeper
Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiarisWinter visitorPaweł Kuźniar ( Jojo_1 , Jojo ) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Hawfinch
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorMartin Mecnarowski ( http://www.photomecan.eu/ ) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Eurasian Blackbird
Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentKahvilokki · CC BY-SA 4.0
Great tit
Great titParus majorResidentPeterRohrbeck · CC BY-SA 4.0
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentПлешков Алексей · CC BY-SA 3.0
Eurasian Blue Tit
Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentSławek Staszczuk · CC BY-SA 3.0
Eurasian Nuthatch
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentChme82 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Coal Tit
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentsoumyajit nandy from Kolkata, India · CC BY-SA 2.0
Common crossbill
Common crossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentLuiz Lapa from Oeiras, Portugal · CC BY 2.0
  • Resident all year
  • Summer visitor comes to breed
  • Winter visitor comes for the winter
  • Passage migrant in spring and autumn

In numbers

101 species, counted.

53out of 100

Our own rating, from the records only: species (50 points), threatened species (20), migrants (20) and protected status — Ramsar, IBA, SPA, observatory (10).

  • 101Speciesrecorded more than once
  • 58Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
  • 1ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
  • 1,538Recordsopen records within 6 km
  • 655 mAltitudeabove the sea
  • 8Raptors
  • 3Owls
  • 3Waders
  • 2Ducks & geese
  • 4Herons, ibises & grebes
  • 3Storks & cranes
  • 59Songbirds
  • 19Other 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 101 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
  • Common BuzzardButeo buteo
  • Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
  • Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
  • Red KiteMilvus milvus
  • Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
  • Black KiteMilvus migrans
  • Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
  • OspreyPandion haliaetus
Owls3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • Eurasian Pygmy-OwlGlaucidium passerinum
  • Tawny OwlStrix aluco
  • Tengmalm's OwlAegolius funereus
Waders3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
  • Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
  • Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Ducks & geese2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • MallardAnas platyrhynchos
  • Mute SwanCygnus olor
Herons, ibises & grebes4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • Grey HeronArdea cinerea
  • Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
  • Great White EgretArdea alba
  • Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Storks & cranes3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • White StorkCiconia ciconia
  • Common CraneGrus grus
  • Black storkCiconia nigra
Songbirds59 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
  • Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
  • Great titParus major
  • YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
  • Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
  • Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
  • Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
  • Barn swallowHirundo rustica
  • Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
  • Coal TitPeriparus ater
  • House SparrowPasser domesticus
  • Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
  • SkylarkAlauda arvensis
  • White WagtailMotacilla alba
  • European RobinErithacus rubecula
  • GoldcrestRegulus regulus
  • BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
  • European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
  • Eurasian MagpiePica pica
  • Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
  • Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
  • Northern NutcrackerNucifraga caryocatactes
  • Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
  • FieldfareTurdus pilaris
  • Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
  • Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
  • Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
  • Northern RavenCorvus corax
  • European GreenfinchChloris chloris
  • Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
  • European Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
  • Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
  • Common crossbillLoxia curvirostra
  • Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
  • Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
  • European SerinSerinus serinus
  • Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
  • BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
  • Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibillatrix
  • Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
  • DunnockPrunella modularis
  • Lesser whitethroatSylvia curruca
  • Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
  • Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
  • Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
  • Marsh TitPoecile palustris
  • Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
  • WhitethroatSylvia communis
  • HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
  • White-throated DipperCinclus cinclus
  • Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
  • Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
  • European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
  • Willow TitPoecile montanus
  • Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
  • Garden WarblerSylvia borin
  • Short-toed treecreeperCerthia brachydactyla
  • Icterine warblerHippolais icterina
  • Common RedpollAcanthis flammea
Other birds19 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
  • Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
  • Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
  • Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
  • Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
  • Rock DoveColumba livia
  • European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turturVU
  • European SwiftApus apus
  • Stock DoveColumba oenas
  • Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
  • CootFulica atra
  • Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
  • Grey-headed WoodpeckerPicus canus
  • Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
  • Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
  • European Water RailRallus aquaticus
  • Corncrake, corn crakeCrex crex
  • Common CuckooCuculus canorus
  • 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 and in July.

Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.

  1. Jan12-1°/-7°56 mm
  2. Feb151°/-6°46 mm
  3. Mar596°/-3°50 mm
  4. Apr4912°/2°43 mm
  5. May6917°/7°78 mm
  6. Jun5521°/11°85 mm
  7. Jul7523°/13°92 mm
  8. Aug6123°/13°82 mm
  9. Sep4218°/8°67 mm
  10. Oct2112°/3°56 mm
  11. Nov95°/0°52 mm
  12. Dec150°/-4°54 mm
  • Bar: species recorded that month.
  • Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Broumovsko.

Special protection area in Czech Republic

Broumovsko is a Special Protection Area under the EU Birds Directive in Czechia, 655 m above the sea.

101 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 1,538 open records.

The most recorded are the Common Chiffchaff, the Eurasian Blackbird and the Great tit.

41 species come for the summer, 14 for the winter and 3 only pass through.

1 are threatened worldwide, including European Turtle Dove.

The most species are recorded in May and in July.

Broumovské stěny - view from Szczeliniec Wielki
Pudelek · CC BY-SA 4.0

Get there and watch

  • Vakantiehuis en Camping Bozanovcampsite · 5.2 km · 17 within 10 km
  • Hotel Manor Houseplace to stay · 4.6 km · 123 within 10 km
  • Police nad Metujínearest town · 4.4 km in a straight line
  • Pardubice Airport (PED)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 71 km in a straight lineCar hire at WRO airport (Wrocław)Discover Cars · sponsored link

Plan the visit

A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.

Some links above are affiliate links: if you book through them we may earn a commission, at no extra cost to you. It never changes what the data on this page says.

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.

Broumovsko seen from above (Sentinel-2)
Seen from above: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 6 × 6 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Around, in OpenStreetMap

  • 1observation towers within 6 kmVýhledna Teepee
  • 29marked trails within 4 km[M] Hlavňov - Vernéřovice, [Č] Náchod - Pod Pasekou, [Č] Hronov - Kohoutov and 26 more
  • 2visitor centres within 6 kmBroumov Kultura a Infocentrum
  • 17viewpoints within 5 kmKamenná brána, Koruna, Vyhlídka na Čertovu tchyni and 14 more
  • 8car parks within 3 km
  • 8restaurants and cafés within 3 km
  • 17campsites within 10 kmVakantiehuis en Camping Bozanov, Camping U Potoka, Góry Stołowe Camp and 14 more
  • 123places to stay within 10 kmHotel Manor House, Hotel Praha, Winterswijk and 120 more
  • bird hides 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 Broumovsko.

The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.

Peakyas162 mountains within 25 km
Szczeliniec Wielki922 m · 8.1 kmRuprechtický Špičák880 m · 12 kmWaligóra936 m · 15 kmGrodczyn · 15 kmMała Sowa972 m · 19 kmWielka Sowa1,015 m · 20 kmKalenica964 m · 21 kmVrchmezí1,084 m · 22 km
Darkskyas1 dark-sky places within 30 km
Úpice observatoryBortle 3 · 20 km
Cascadyas8 waterfalls within 15 km
Suchdolská Niagára6 m · 0.9 kmPośny waterfall · 8.1 kmTeplické vodopády2 m · 13 kmVlčí vodopád18 m · 13 kmVodopády ve Vlčí rokli6 m · 14 kmMalý Adršpašský vodopád · 14 kmVelký Adršpašský vodopád · 14 kmAdršpašské vodopády · 14 km

Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.

Other places nearby.

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Czechia

  • 53Birdyas Score
  • 101Species
  • 58Migrants
  • 1Threatened

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Czechia · 34 km

  • 70Birdyas Score
  • 190Species
  • 113Migrants
  • 3Threatened

See the guide

Milicz Ponds

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  • 84Birdyas Score
  • 216Species
  • 121Migrants
  • 9Threatened

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Litovelské Pomoraví Protected Landscape Area

Czechia · 112 km

  • 79Birdyas Score
  • 190Species
  • 102Migrants
  • 7Threatened

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q12047547) · CC0
Birds1,538 open bird records within 6 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only; mostly eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
See these recordsgbif.org
SpeciesGBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikidata (CC0); Wikimedia Commons
AltitudeCopernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Temperature and rainNASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2)
What is around© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
Sister atlasesPeakyas, Darkskyas, Cavernyas, Cascadyas

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

The family

Do you prefer beaches, lakes, mountains, waterfalls, islands, rivers, canyons, caves, dark skies, viewpoints, birdwatching or forests?

Same idea, other landscapes: field atlases built on open data, in seven languages.