Germany Special Protection Area for birds
Jagst mit Seitentälern
65 bird species recorded; the most in May.
Olof Hreiðarsson · CC BY 3.0
This month here
38 species in January.0 species in February.9 species in March.15 species in April.49 species in May.29 species in June.2 species in July.1 species in August.0 species in September.10 species in October.0 species in November.6 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.
No records for this month.
No records for this month.
No records for this month.
- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
65 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).
- 65Speciesrecorded more than once
- 20Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 0ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 833Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 274 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 4Raptors
- 1Owls
- 1Waders
- 4Ducks & geese
- 2Herons, ibises & grebes
- 42Songbirds
- 11Other 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 65 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Red KiteMilvus milvus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
Owls1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Northern Eagle OwlBubo bubo
Waders1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Little ringed ploverCharadrius dubius
Ducks & geese4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
Herons, ibises & grebes2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Songbirds42 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great titParus major
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- WhitethroatSylvia communis
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Marsh warblerAcrocephalus palustris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
Other birds11 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- CootFulica atra
- European SwiftApus apus
- Middle Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocoptes medius
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°55 mm
- Feb4°/-3°43 mm
- Mar9°/0°48 mm
- Apr14°/3°40 mm
- May19°/8°75 mm
- Jun23°/12°59 mm
- Jul26°/14°73 mm
- Aug25°/14°69 mm
- Sep20°/9°51 mm
- Oct14°/5°53 mm
- Nov7°/1°57 mm
- Dec3°/-2°61 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Jagst mit Seitentälern.
Special protection area in the EU defined by the birds directive in Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Jagst mit Seitentälern is a Special Protection Area under the EU Birds Directive in Germany, 274 m above the sea.
65 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 833 open records.
The most recorded are the Great tit, the Eurasian Blackbird and the Eurasian Magpie.
13 species come for the summer, 6 for the winter and 1 only pass through.
The most species are recorded in May.
Get there and watch
- Waldcamping Hollenbacher Seecampsite · 5.0 km · 3 within 10 km
- Gasthaus zur Kroneplace to stay · 4.1 km · 38 within 10 km
- Mulfingennearest town · 4.1 km in a straight line
- Stuttgart Airport (STR)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 85 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
- 6marked trails within 4 kmPfad der Stille (Dörzbach), Jakobsweg Rothenburg - Speyer (2), Kulturwanderweg Jagst - Etappe 6 and 3 more
- 2viewpoints within 5 km
- 16car parks within 3 km
- 4restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 3campsites within 10 kmWaldcamping Hollenbacher See, BDKJ Zeltlager Oberginsbach
- 38places to stay within 10 kmGasthaus zur Krone, Heuhotel Hirsch, Ferienhof Marina and 35 more
- bird hides within 6 km
- 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 Jagst mit Seitentälern.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas37 mountains within 25 kmWeitpretstaler Höhe · 6.3 kmWessenberg · 13 kmDrillberg · 13 kmWinterberg · 15 kmFrauenberg · 20 kmHardt · 20 kmBuchberg · 23 kmLerchenhöhe481 m · 24 km
Darkskyas1 dark-sky places within 30 kmSternwarte WeikersheimBortle 3 · 17 km
Riveryasthe river nearbyJagst190 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.
Jagst mit Seitentälern
Germany
- 40Birdyas Score
- 65Species
- 20Migrants
- 0Threatened
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- 87Birdyas Score
- 262Species
- 158Migrants
- 12Threatened
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- 80Birdyas Score
- 228Species
- 141Migrants
- 7Threatened
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- 80Birdyas Score
- 231Species
- 145Migrants
- 7Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q23887473) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 833 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, Riveryas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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