Germany Ramsar wetland
Diepholz Moor Depression
126 bird species recorded; the most in April.
Tullio Schröder · CC BY-SA 4.0
This month here
62 species in January.13 species in February.45 species in March.91 species in April.74 species in May.41 species in June.43 species in July.22 species in August.1 species in September.65 species in October.62 species in November.47 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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NT- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
126 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).
- 126Speciesrecorded more than once
- 56Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 0ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 3,042Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 10Raptors
- 2Owls
- 8Waders
- 4Gulls & seabirds
- 19Ducks & geese
- 4Herons, ibises & grebes
- 2Storks & cranes
- 63Songbirds
- 14Other 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 126 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors10 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Red KiteMilvus milvus
- White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Eurasian GoshawkAccipiter gentilis
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- MerlinFalco columbarius
Owls2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
Waders8 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquataNT
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNT
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
Gulls & seabirds4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Common GullLarus canus
- European Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Ducks & geese19 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostris
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalis
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Bewick's SwanCygnus columbianus
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- GadwallMareca strepera
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
Herons, ibises & grebes4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Storks & cranes2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common CraneGrus grus
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
Songbirds63 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great titParus major
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Lanius excubitorLanius excubitor
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- WhitethroatSylvia communis
- Short-toed treecreeperCerthia brachydactyla
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- Common RedpollAcanthis flammea
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Lesser whitethroatSylvia curruca
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Icterine warblerHippolais icterina
- European SerinSerinus serinus
Other birds14 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- European SwiftApus apus
- European NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- CootFulica atra
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- 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 in April.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan4°/-2°68 mm
- Feb5°/-2°50 mm
- Mar9°/0°49 mm
- Apr14°/4°38 mm
- May18°/8°57 mm
- Jun22°/12°62 mm
- Jul24°/14°73 mm
- Aug23°/13°69 mm
- Sep19°/10°54 mm
- Oct14°/6°59 mm
- Nov8°/3°61 mm
- Dec4°/0°68 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Diepholz Moor Depression.
Natural region in Lower Saxony, Germany
Diepholz Moor Depression is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Germany.
126 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 3,042 open records.
The most recorded are the Common Crane, the Eurasian Chaffinch and the Great tit.
28 species come for the summer, 26 for the winter and 2 only pass through.
The most species are recorded in April.
Get there and watch
- Campingplatz Dönseler Heidecampsite · 5.3 km · 12 within 10 km
- Hotel-Restaurant Ratsstubenplace to stay · 2.2 km · 25 within 10 km
- Rehdennearest town · 2.6 km in a straight line
- Bremen Airport (BRE)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 54 km in a straight lineCar hire at BRE airport (Bremen)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
- 1observation towers within 6 kmGeesmoor-Turm
- 1viewpoints within 5 km
- 33car parks within 3 km
- 3restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 12campsites within 10 kmCampingplatz Dönseler Heide, Wohnmobilstellplätze am Hallenfreibad in Wagenfeld, Campingplatz Huntesee and 9 more
- 25places to stay within 10 kmHotel-Restaurant Ratsstuben, Ehrlingshof, Peerhus Dönsel and 22 more
- bird hides within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 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 Diepholz Moor Depression.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas22 mountains within 25 kmBöken-Berg · 18 kmKollwesshöh181 m · 18 kmBörfels-Berge · 18 kmGrevings-Berg · 19 kmDielinger Klei92 m · 20 kmSignalberg146 m · 20 kmHollen-Berg · 21 kmKnick Berg85 m · 24 km
Darkskyas1 dark-sky places within 30 kmDümmerBortle 3 · 14 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.
Diepholz Moor Depression
Germany
- 53Birdyas Score
- 126Species
- 56Migrants
- 0Threatened
Vogelschutzgebiet 'Rieselfelder Münster'
Germany · 85 km
- 86Birdyas Score
- 253Species
- 141Migrants
- 8Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q1221188) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 3,042 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 |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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