Germany Special Protection Area for birds
Eschefelder Teiche
235 bird species recorded; the most from April to May and from September to October.
Fjordfisch · CC BY-SA 4.0
This month here
117 species in January.116 species in February.146 species in March.184 species in April.185 species in May.151 species in June.153 species in July.165 species in August.173 species in September.173 species in October.138 species in November.117 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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- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
235 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).
- 235Speciesrecorded more than once
- 148Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 11ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 48,132Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 177 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 17Raptors
- 4Owls
- 30Waders
- 16Gulls & seabirds
- 39Ducks & geese
- 14Herons, 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 235 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors17 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Red KiteMilvus milvus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- European HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorus
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Rough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopus
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
- Eurasian GoshawkAccipiter gentilis
- Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinusVU
Owls4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Western Barn OwlTyto alba
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
Waders30 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquataNT
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- European Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaVU
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNT
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Little ringed ploverCharadrius dubius
- Red KnotCalidris canutusNT
- Grey (Red) PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Sociable PloverVanellus gregariusCR
Gulls & seabirds16 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Pontic gullLarus cachinnans
- Common GullLarus canus
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- European Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
- Pomarine SkuaStercorarius pomarinus
Ducks & geese39 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostris
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Red-crested pochardNetta rufina
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- SmewMergellus albellus
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyrocaNT
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
- Brent GooseBranta bernicla
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisVU
- Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
- Bewick's SwanCygnus columbianus
- Long-tailed duckClangula hyemalisVU
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- Lesser white-fronted gooseAnser erythropusVU
- Bar-headed GooseAnser indicus
- Common EiderSomateria mollissimaNT
- Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsii
- Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalis
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
Herons, ibises & grebes14 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
- Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritusVU
- WaldrappGeronticus eremita
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Storks & cranes3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Common CraneGrus grus
- Black storkCiconia nigra
Songbirds88 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Great titParus major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Eurasian Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Eurasian Penduline TitRemiz pendulinus
- Bearded ReedlingPanurus biarmicus
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- Lesser whitethroatSylvia curruca
- Marsh warblerAcrocephalus palustris
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- WhitethroatSylvia communis
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Short-toed treecreeperCerthia brachydactyla
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Lanius excubitorLanius excubitor
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioides
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Icterine warblerHippolais icterina
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Eurasian River WarblerLocustella fluviatilis
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- Common RedpollAcanthis flammea
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Common Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- Common crossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulus
- European Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
- Aquatic WarblerAcrocephalus paludicolaVU
- TwiteLinaria flavirostris
- Northern NutcrackerNucifraga caryocatactes
- Shore LarkEremophila alpestris
Other birds24 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- CootFulica atra
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- European Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- European SwiftApus apus
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Spotted CrakePorzana porzana
- Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
- WryneckJynx torquilla
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Grey-headed WoodpeckerPicus canus
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turturVU
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Middle Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocoptes medius
- Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
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 and from September to October.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan2°/-4°56 mm
- Feb4°/-4°38 mm
- Mar8°/-1°46 mm
- Apr14°/4°35 mm
- May19°/8°61 mm
- Jun22°/12°65 mm
- Jul25°/14°82 mm
- Aug25°/14°68 mm
- Sep20°/9°59 mm
- Oct14°/5°49 mm
- Nov8°/1°56 mm
- Dec3°/-2°55 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Eschefelder Teiche.
Special protection area in the EU defined by the birds directive in Saxony, Germany
Eschefelder Teiche is a Special Protection Area under the EU Birds Directive in Germany.
235 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 48,132 open records.
The most recorded are the Yellowhammer, the Coot and the Mute Swan.
83 species come for the summer, 59 for the winter and 6 only pass through.
11 are threatened worldwide, including Common Pochard, Curlew Sandpiper and Grey Plover.
The most species are recorded from April to May and from September to October.
Get there and watch
- See-Camping Altenburg-Pahnacampsite · 2.6 km · 5 within 10 km
- Pension Junghansplace to stay · 2.1 km · 64 within 10 km
- Frohburgnearest town · 2.1 km in a straight line
- Leipzig/Halle Airport (LEJ)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 47 km in a straight lineCar hire at LEJ airport (Schkeuditz)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 km
- 6marked trails within 4 kmVia Porphyria Etappe 2, Via Porphyria Etappe 3, Via Porphyria Etappe 4 and 3 more
- 5viewpoints within 5 kmPutschelbank, Gaudenberg and 3 more
- 117car parks within 3 km
- 13restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 5campsites within 10 kmSee-Camping Altenburg-Pahna, Surfclub Sachsen e.V., Gutshof TDA-Lohma and 2 more
- 64places to stay within 10 kmPension Junghans, Hotel Zur Post, Burghotel and 61 more
- observation towers within 6 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 Eschefelder Teiche.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas49 mountains within 25 kmHalde Trages · 16 kmSchieferberg · 16 kmRochlitzer Berg353 m · 17 kmSteinhübel223 m · 19 kmTotenberg183 m · 22 kmEichberg180 m · 22 kmBockberg im Klosterholz198 m · 22 kmRuhm-Berg169 m · 23 km
Lakeyas10 lakes within 15 kmTalsperre Schömbach0.7 km² · 6.7 kmRückhaltebecken Regis-Serbitz0.2 km² · 7.3 kmSpeicherbecken Borna2.6 km² · 9.5 kmBockwitzer See1.2 km² · 10 kmHaselbacher See3.1 km² · 10 kmSpeicherbecken Witznitz2.0 km² · 12 kmHaubitzer See1.0 km² · 14 kmHainer See0.8 km² · 15 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
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- 235Species
- 148Migrants
- 11Threatened
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Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q61040986) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 48,132 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 |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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