Germany Special Protection Area for birds
Felsen und Hangwälder im Altmühltal und Wellheimer Trockental
93 bird species recorded; the most in May.
Derzno · CC BY-SA 4.0
This month here
50 species in January.16 species in February.46 species in March.38 species in April.74 species in May.14 species in June.50 species in July.45 species in August.13 species in September.16 species in October.5 species in November.25 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.
- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
93 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).
- 93Speciesrecorded more than once
- 44Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 0ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 1,444Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 390 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 6Raptors
- 1Owls
- 8Ducks & geese
- 2Herons, ibises & grebes
- 1Storks & cranes
- 58Songbirds
- 17Other 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 93 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors6 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Red KiteMilvus milvus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Owls1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
Ducks & geese8 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
Herons, ibises & grebes2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great White EgretArdea alba
Storks & cranes1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
Songbirds58 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great titParus major
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- European Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- Short-toed treecreeperCerthia brachydactyla
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Lesser whitethroatSylvia curruca
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- WhitethroatSylvia communis
- Marsh warblerAcrocephalus palustris
- Icterine warblerHippolais icterina
- White-throated DipperCinclus cinclus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibillatrix
Other birds17 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- European SwiftApus apus
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- CootFulica atra
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Grey-headed WoodpeckerPicus canus
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- WryneckJynx torquilla
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°57 mm
- Feb3°/-4°42 mm
- Mar9°/-1°47 mm
- Apr14°/3°42 mm
- May19°/8°82 mm
- Jun22°/12°76 mm
- Jul25°/14°82 mm
- Aug24°/13°81 mm
- Sep20°/9°56 mm
- Oct14°/4°52 mm
- Nov7°/0°53 mm
- Dec2°/-3°56 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Felsen und Hangwälder im Altmühltal und Wellheimer Trockental.
Special protection area in the EU defined by the birds directive in Bavaria, Germany
Felsen und Hangwälder im Altmühltal und Wellheimer Trockental is a Special Protection Area under the EU Birds Directive in Germany, 390 m above the sea.
93 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 1,444 open records.
The most recorded are the Eurasian Blackbird, the Great tit and the Eurasian Blue Tit.
28 species come for the summer, 15 for the winter and 1 only pass through.
The most species are recorded in May.
Get there and watch
- Wohnmobilstellplatz Eichstättcampsite · 3.3 km · 9 within 10 km
- Haus Elisabethplace to stay · 1.0 km · 45 within 10 km
- Eichstättnearest town · 3.4 km in a straight line
- Nuremberg Airport (NUE)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 69 km in a straight lineCar hire at NUE airport (Nuremberg)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
- 25marked trails within 4 kmAltmühltal-Panoramaweg, Main-Donau-Weg (Rangau-Linie) Teil_2, Ostbayerischer Jakobsweg (Eschlkam > Donauwörth) and 22 more
- 3visitor centres within 6 kmTourist-Information, Informationszentrum Naturpark Altmühltal, Fremdenverkehrsverein
- 14viewpoints within 5 kmDammerfelsen, Regenschirm, Parapluie, Lange Bank and 11 more
- 91car parks within 3 km
- 35restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 9campsites within 10 kmWohnmobilstellplatz Eichstätt, Zeltplatz Dollnstein-Breitenfurt, Campingplatz Dollnstein and 6 more
- 45places to stay within 10 kmHaus Elisabeth, Pension Georg Schönleitner, Monikas Ferienwohnung and 42 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 Felsen und Hangwälder im Altmühltal und Wellheimer Trockental.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas47 mountains within 25 kmHohlbügel587 m · 13 kmSteinberg625 m · 17 kmLaubbichel636 m · 19 kmLämmerberg620 m · 19 kmAuf der Ebene625 m · 20 kmEuerwanger Bühl595 m · 20 kmPatrichberg600 m · 21 kmViersteinberg600 m · 22 km
Cavernyas4 caves within 20 kmHohlloch · 12 kmGrubschwart · 13 kmMauerner Höhlen · 14 kmHöhlensystem am Euerwanger Bühl · 20 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.
Felsen und Hangwälder im Altmühltal und Wellheimer Trockental
Germany
- 47Birdyas Score
- 93Species
- 44Migrants
- 0Threatened
Altmühltal mit Brunst-Schwaigau und Altmühlsee
Germany · 46 km
- 87Birdyas Score
- 262Species
- 158Migrants
- 12Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q23787414) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 1,444 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, Cavernyas, Riveryas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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