Germany Special Protection Area for birds
Fuldatal zwischen Rotenburg und Niederaula
124 bird species recorded; the most in May.
Heinz K. S. · CC BY 4.0
This month here
68 species in January.20 species in February.32 species in March.20 species in April.119 species in May.83 species in June.26 species in July.35 species in August.40 species in September.8 species in October.8 species in November.14 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
124 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).
- 124Speciesrecorded more than once
- 38Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 1ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 3,882Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 276 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 9Raptors
- 2Owls
- 8Waders
- 1Gulls & seabirds
- 11Ducks & geese
- 6Herons, ibises & grebes
- 3Storks & cranes
- 69Songbirds
- 15Other 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 124 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors9 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Red KiteMilvus milvus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Eurasian GoshawkAccipiter gentilis
- European HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Owls2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Eurasian Pygmy-OwlGlaucidium passerinum
Waders8 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Little ringed ploverCharadrius dubius
- Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
Gulls & seabirds1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Ducks & geese11 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
Herons, ibises & grebes6 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Storks & cranes3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common CraneGrus grus
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Black storkCiconia nigra
Songbirds69 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Great titParus major
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- European Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Short-toed treecreeperCerthia brachydactyla
- Lesser whitethroatSylvia curruca
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- WhitethroatSylvia communis
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Eurasian Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Common RedpollAcanthis flammea
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Common Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Lanius excubitorLanius excubitor
- Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulus
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioides
- White-throated DipperCinclus cinclus
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Common crossbillLoxia curvirostra
Other birds15 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- European SwiftApus apus
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- CootFulica atra
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
- Grey-headed WoodpeckerPicus canus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
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°67 mm
- Feb3°/-3°48 mm
- Mar8°/-1°52 mm
- Apr13°/3°40 mm
- May18°/7°76 mm
- Jun21°/11°65 mm
- Jul24°/13°82 mm
- Aug24°/13°68 mm
- Sep19°/8°58 mm
- Oct13°/4°56 mm
- Nov7°/1°63 mm
- Dec3°/-2°68 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Fuldatal zwischen Rotenburg und Niederaula.
Special protection area in the EU defined by the birds directive in Hesse, Germany
Fuldatal zwischen Rotenburg und Niederaula is a Special Protection Area under the EU Birds Directive in Germany, 276 m above the sea.
124 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 3,882 open records.
The most recorded are the Common Crane, the Eurasian Blackbird and the Eurasian Magpie.
31 species come for the summer, 4 for the winter and 3 only pass through.
1 are threatened worldwide, including Common Pochard.
The most species are recorded in May.
Get there and watch
- Stellplatz "Kolpingstraße" - Bad Hersfeldcampsite · 4.0 km · 11 within 10 km
- Gästehaus Pension Weitzplace to stay · 4.7 km · 63 within 10 km
- Bad Hersfeldnearest town · 5.4 km in a straight line
- Kassel Airport (KSF)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 66 km in a straight lineCar hire at PAD airport (Büren)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
- 8marked trails within 4 kmLulluspfad, Thüringen-Hessen-Rhein-Wanderweg 03, Friedewald - Kirchheim, Haune-Panoramaweg and 5 more
- 1visitor centres within 6 kmBürgerbüro
- 4viewpoints within 5 kmBlick zum Stoppelsberg, Sängerhütte, Falkenblick and 1 more
- 20car parks within 3 km
- 2restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 11campsites within 10 kmStellplatz "Kolpingstraße" - Bad Hersfeld, Wohnmobilstellplatz Festhalle Friedewald, Stellplatz "Am Markt" - Bad Hersfeld and 8 more
- 63places to stay within 10 kmGästehaus Pension Weitz, Hotel Sleep & Go, Reitsportferienanlage Weitz and 60 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 Fuldatal zwischen Rotenburg und Niederaula.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas347 mountains within 25 kmDreienberg525 m · 5.9 kmSoisberg630 m · 12 kmStoppelsberg524 m · 15 kmAlheimer549 m · 18 kmÖchsen627 m · volcano · 19 kmEisenberg (Knüll)636 m · 19 kmDietrichsberg669 m · 20 kmRimberg592 m · 24 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.
Fuldatal zwischen Rotenburg und Niederaula
Germany
- 50Birdyas Score
- 124Species
- 38Migrants
- 1Threatened
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- 145Migrants
- 7Threatened
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Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q61021209) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 3,882 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 |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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