Germany Special Protection Area for birds
Grienwiesen und Wernauer Baggerseen
166 bird species recorded; the most from April to May.
Ludwig Henne · CC BY-SA 3.0
This month here
97 species in January.96 species in February.118 species in March.129 species in April.129 species in May.103 species in June.111 species in July.97 species in August.104 species in September.99 species in October.87 species in November.88 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
- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
166 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).
- 166Speciesrecorded more than once
- 90Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 1ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 21,035Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 255 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 11Raptors
- 4Owls
- 8Waders
- 6Gulls & seabirds
- 26Ducks & geese
- 9Herons, ibises & grebes
- 2Storks & cranes
- 81Songbirds
- 19Other 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 166 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors11 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Red KiteMilvus milvus
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- European HobbyFalco subbuteo
- European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Eurasian GoshawkAccipiter gentilis
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
Owls4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Western Barn OwlTyto alba
Waders8 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- Little ringed ploverCharadrius dubius
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
Gulls & seabirds6 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Common GullLarus canus
- Black-throated DiverGavia arctica
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Common TernSterna hirundo
Ducks & geese26 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Bar-headed GooseAnser indicus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- SmewMergellus albellus
- Bewick's SwanCygnus columbianus
- Cairina moschataCairina moschata
- Red-crested pochardNetta rufina
Herons, ibises & grebes9 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Little BitternIxobrychus minutus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
Storks & cranes2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Common CraneGrus grus
Songbirds81 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great titParus major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Short-toed treecreeperCerthia brachydactyla
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- Collared FlycatcherFicedula albicollis
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Eurasian Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- European Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
- White-throated DipperCinclus cinclus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Lesser whitethroatSylvia curruca
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibillatrix
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Marsh warblerAcrocephalus palustris
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- Common Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- WhitethroatSylvia communis
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- Icterine warblerHippolais icterina
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Eurasian Penduline TitRemiz pendulinus
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulus
- House finchHaemorhous mexicanus
- Common crossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- Common RedpollAcanthis flammea
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Bearded ReedlingPanurus biarmicus
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
Other birds19 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- CootFulica atra
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Middle Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocoptes medius
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- European SwiftApus apus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Grey-headed WoodpeckerPicus canus
- Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
- European Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- WryneckJynx torquilla
- Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
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°65 mm
- Feb3°/-4°49 mm
- Mar8°/-1°58 mm
- Apr14°/3°56 mm
- May18°/8°96 mm
- Jun22°/12°88 mm
- Jul24°/13°98 mm
- Aug24°/13°93 mm
- Sep19°/8°62 mm
- Oct14°/4°68 mm
- Nov7°/0°62 mm
- Dec3°/-3°68 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Grienwiesen und Wernauer Baggerseen.
Special Protection Area in Esslingen district, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Grienwiesen und Wernauer Baggerseen is a Special Protection Area under the EU Birds Directive in Germany, 255 m above the sea.
166 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 21,035 open records.
The most recorded are the Great tit, the Carrion Crow and the Eurasian Blackbird.
51 species come for the summer, 37 for the winter and 2 only pass through.
1 are threatened worldwide, including Common Pochard.
The most species are recorded from April to May.
Get there and watch
- WoMoPark Neckartalcampsite · 1.3 km · 10 within 10 km
- Pension 21place to stay · 0.9 km · 106 within 10 km
- Wernaunearest town · 1.6 km in a straight line
- Stuttgart Airport (STR)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 13 km in a straight lineCar hire at STR airport (Stuttgart)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
- 2observation towers within 6 kmJubiläumsturm, Mörike-Aussichtsturm
- 29marked trails within 4 kmWendlingen - Owen, Esslinger Höhenweg, Jakobsweg Neresheim - Bodelshofen and 26 more
- 2visitor centres within 6 kmPlochingenInfo, Kirchheim-Info
- 5viewpoints within 5 kmJubiläumsturm, Aussichtsplatte Würstlesberg and 3 more
- 357car parks within 3 km
- 80restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 10campsites within 10 kmWoMoPark Neckartal, Ziegelwasen, Reisemobilstellplatz Nürtingen and 7 more
- 106places to stay within 10 kmPension 21, Hotel Villa Behr, Neckartal and 103 more
- bird hides 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 Grienwiesen und Wernauer Baggerseen.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas152 mountains within 25 kmTeckberg775 m · 13 kmBreitenstein811 m · 14 kmRandecker Maar · 16 kmBoßler800 m · 17 kmKornberg779 m · 19 kmFuchseck761 m · 22 kmRömerstein874 m · 23 kmHohenstaufen684 m · 24 km
Darkskyas3 dark-sky places within 30 kmStuttgart ObservatoryBortle 8 · 18 kmCarl-Zeiss-Planetarium StuttgartBortle 8 · 18 kmUniversitätssternwarte PfaffenwaldBortle 8 · 22 km
Cavernyas5 caves within 20 kmSibyllenloch · 12 kmVerena-Beutlins-Loch · 13 kmBauerloch · 16 kmGußmannshöhle · 19 kmGutenberger Höhle · 19 km
Cascadyas1 waterfalls within 15 kmGroßes Gieß · 13 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
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Grienwiesen und Wernauer Baggerseen
Germany
- 63Birdyas Score
- 166Species
- 90Migrants
- 1Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q23930589) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 21,035 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, Darkskyas, Cavernyas, Cascadyas, Riveryas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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