Germany Special Protection Area for birds
Heiden und Wälder Tauberland
81 bird species recorded; the most in May.
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This month here
43 species in January.8 species in February.16 species in March.55 species in April.73 species in May.52 species in June.32 species in July.6 species in August.7 species in September.2 species in October.0 species in November.0 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
81 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).
- 81Speciesrecorded more than once
- 40Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 1ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 2,106Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 408 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 5Raptors
- 1Ducks & geese
- 2Herons, ibises & grebes
- 1Storks & cranes
- 59Songbirds
- 13Other 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 81 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors5 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Red KiteMilvus milvus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
Ducks & geese1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Herons, ibises & grebes2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great White EgretArdea alba
Storks & cranes1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common CraneGrus grus
Songbirds59 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great titParus major
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibillatrix
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- European Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- WhitethroatSylvia communis
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Lesser whitethroatSylvia curruca
- Short-toed treecreeperCerthia brachydactyla
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Common Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- White-throated DipperCinclus cinclus
Other birds13 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- European SwiftApus apus
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
- Middle Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocoptes medius
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turturVU
- WryneckJynx torquilla
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
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°/-3°68 mm
- Feb4°/-3°54 mm
- Mar9°/0°57 mm
- Apr14°/4°45 mm
- May19°/8°79 mm
- Jun23°/12°62 mm
- Jul26°/14°75 mm
- Aug25°/14°73 mm
- Sep20°/9°53 mm
- Oct14°/5°62 mm
- Nov8°/1°65 mm
- Dec3°/-2°74 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Heiden und Wälder Tauberland.
Special protection area in the EU defined by the birds directive in Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Heiden und Wälder Tauberland is a Special Protection Area under the EU Birds Directive in Germany, 408 m above the sea.
81 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 2,106 open records.
The most recorded are the Eurasian Blackbird, the Great tit and the Eurasian Blue Tit.
31 species come for the summer, 5 for the winter and 4 only pass through.
1 are threatened worldwide, including European Turtle Dove.
The most species are recorded in May.
Get there and watch
- Wohnmobilstellplatz am Schloßcampsite · 3.0 km · 9 within 10 km
- Landgasthof Roßplace to stay · 2.7 km · 35 within 10 km
- Külsheimnearest town · 2.8 km in a straight line
- Mannheim-City Airport (MHG)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 75 km in a straight lineCar hire at FRA airport (Frankfurt am Main)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 kmAussichtsturm Stahlberg
- 9marked trails within 4 kmHeppenheim - Tauberbischofsheim, Odenwaldklub HW 41, Wertheim - Walldürn - Buchen, Gebietswanderweg Roter Balken Miltenberg - Steinfurt and 6 more
- 2viewpoints within 5 kmAussichtsturm Stahlberg
- 69car parks within 3 km
- 7restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 9campsites within 10 kmWohnmobilstellplatz am Schloß, Wohnmobil Stellplatz am alten Bahnhof Hardheim, Wohnmobilstellplatz Höpfingen and 6 more
- 35places to stay within 10 kmLandgasthof Roß, Hildegard und Berthold Ditter, Ferienhof Ditter and 32 more
- bird hides 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 Heiden und Wälder Tauberland.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas119 mountains within 25 kmHöhberg308 m · 10 kmHammberg333 m · 12 kmEulsberg450 m · 17 kmSeilingsberg340 m · 17 kmHoher Berg bei Altenbuch452 m · 20 kmOspis439 m · 21 kmGotthards-Berg304 m · 22 kmGeiersberg511 m · 23 km
Darkskyas1 dark-sky places within 30 kmJohann-Kern-Sternwarte WertheimBortle 3 · 11 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.
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Germany
- 47Birdyas Score
- 81Species
- 40Migrants
- 1Threatened
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- 141Migrants
- 7Threatened
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- 87Birdyas Score
- 262Species
- 158Migrants
- 12Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q24175533) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 2,106 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 |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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