Germany Special Protection Area for birds
Eriskircher Ried
237 bird species recorded; the most from April to May.
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This month here
135 species in January.122 species in February.131 species in March.179 species in April.185 species in May.113 species in June.113 species in July.142 species in August.170 species in September.154 species in October.129 species in November.124 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.
VU
VU
NT
NTVU
NTVU
NT
NT
VU
NTVU
VUVU- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
237 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).
- 237Speciesrecorded more than once
- 132Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 9ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 23,417Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 397 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 16Raptors
- 4Owls
- 30Waders
- 23Gulls & seabirds
- 36Ducks & geese
- 13Herons, ibises & grebes
- 3Storks & cranes
- 88Songbirds
- 24Other 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 237 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors16 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Red KiteMilvus milvus
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- European HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Eurasian GoshawkAccipiter gentilis
- Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinusVU
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
- Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
Owls4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Northern Eagle OwlBubo bubo
Waders30 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquataNT
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaVU
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusNT
- Bar-tailed godwitLimosa lapponicaNT
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNT
- Red KnotCalidris canutusNT
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinus
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Little ringed ploverCharadrius dubius
- European Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
Gulls & seabirds23 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Black-throated DiverGavia arctica
- Common GullLarus canus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
- Pontic gullLarus cachinnans
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- European Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Long-tailed SkuaStercorarius longicaudus
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus
- Common LoonGavia immer
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- Black-legged kittiwakeRissa tridactylaVU
- Pomarine SkuaStercorarius pomarinus
- Yellow-billed DiverGavia adamsiiNT
Ducks & geese36 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Red-crested pochardNetta rufina
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- Velvet scoterMelanitta fuscaVU
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Common EiderSomateria mollissimaNT
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Bewick's SwanCygnus columbianus
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Black swanCygnus atratus
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyrocaNT
- SmewMergellus albellus
- Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostris
- Common ScoterMelanitta nigra
- Cape ShelduckTadorna cana
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Long-tailed duckClangula hyemalisVU
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- Bar-headed GooseAnser indicus
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
- Chiloe WigeonMareca sibilatrix
Herons, ibises & grebes13 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritusVU
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- Purple heronArdea purpurea
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
Storks & cranes3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Common CraneGrus grus
- Black storkCiconia nigra
Songbirds88 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great titParus major
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Short-toed treecreeperCerthia brachydactyla
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- Eurasian Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Common RedpollAcanthis flammea
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Icterine warblerHippolais icterina
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- European Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Lanius excubitorLanius excubitor
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- Lesser whitethroatSylvia curruca
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulus
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Ortolan buntingEmberiza hortulana
- Marsh warblerAcrocephalus palustris
- Common Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibillatrix
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
- Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- WhitethroatSylvia communis
- White-throated DipperCinclus cinclus
- Eurasian Penduline TitRemiz pendulinus
- Common crossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Bearded ReedlingPanurus biarmicus
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- Northern NutcrackerNucifraga caryocatactes
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioides
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
Other birds24 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- CootFulica atra
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- European SwiftApus apus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Grey-headed WoodpeckerPicus canus
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- European Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turturVU
- WryneckJynx torquilla
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- Middle Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocoptes medius
- Spotted CrakePorzana porzana
- Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
- Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatus
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
Eriskircher Ried.
Special Protection Area in Bodenseekreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Eriskircher Ried is a Special Protection Area under the EU Birds Directive in Germany, 397 m above the sea.
237 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 23,417 open records.
The most recorded are the Mallard, the Great Cormorant and the Black-headed Gull.
68 species come for the summer, 55 for the winter and 9 only pass through.
9 are threatened worldwide, including Common Pochard, Velvet scoter and Grey Plover.
The most species are recorded from April to May.
Get there and watch
- CAP Rotachcampsite · 3.2 km · 16 within 10 km
- Naturfreundehaus an der Rotachplace to stay · 3.4 km · 403 within 10 km
- Eriskirchnearest town · 1.8 km in a straight line
- Bodensee Airport Friedrichshafen (FDH)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 5 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 kmZugplanbeobachtungen
- 4observation towers within 6 kmZugplanbeobachtungen, Moleturm and 2 more
- 13marked trails within 4 kmHW 9 - Heuberg-Allgäu-Weg, HW 7 - Schwäbische-Alb-Oberschwaben-Weg, Bodensee-Rundwanderweg (Stein a. R. - Lindau) and 10 more
- 5visitor centres within 6 kmTouristinformation, ADFC, Tourist-Information and 2 more
- 10viewpoints within 5 kmAussichtsplattform Moleturm, Seedole, Aussichtsplatform Eriskircher Ried and 7 more
- 136car parks within 3 km
- 38restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 16campsites within 10 kmCAP Rotach, Wohnmobilstellplatz CAP Rotach, Campingplatz Gohren am See and 13 more
- 403places to stay within 10 kmNaturfreundehaus an der Rotach, Garner, Stadthotel Kleiner Berg and 400 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 Eriskircher Ried.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas149 mountains within 25 kmGehrenberg752 m · 15 kmKaien1,120 m · 21 kmGupf1,089 m · 22 kmGalgenberg777 m · 23 kmHochberg1,069 m · 23 kmHöchsten843 m · 24 kmHöhe832 m · 25 kmVögelinsegg1,084 m · 25 km
Lakeyas2 lakes within 15 kmUntersee522 km² · 6.4 km↗Degersee0.2 km² · 9.8 km
Riveryasthe river nearbySchussen62 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.
Eriskircher Ried
Germany
- 84Birdyas Score
- 237Species
- 132Migrants
- 9Threatened
Europaschutzgebiet Soren, Gleggen–Köblern, Schweizer Ried und Birken–Schwarzes Zeug
Austria · 24 km
- 87Birdyas Score
- 269Species
- 170Migrants
- 11Threatened
Konstanzer Bucht des Bodensees
Germany · 24 km
- 84Birdyas Score
- 234Species
- 129Migrants
- 9Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q21946866) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 23,417 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, Riveryas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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