Denmark nils Jepsen /user:Nico · CC BY-SA 4.0
This month here
30 species in January.18 species in February.10 species in March.31 species in April.22 species in May.72 species in June.28 species in July.28 species in August.8 species in September.8 species in October.10 species in November.2 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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NTNTNT- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
88 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).
- 88Speciesrecorded more than once
- 28Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 1ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 598Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 6Raptors
- 1Owls
- 4Waders
- 7Gulls & seabirds
- 11Ducks & geese
- 3Herons, ibises & grebes
- 1Storks & cranes
- 41Songbirds
- 14Other 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 88 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
- White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Owls1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Northern Eagle OwlBubo bubo
Waders4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusNT
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- RedshankTringa totanus
Gulls & seabirds7 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- European Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Ducks & geese11 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Common ScoterMelanitta nigra
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- Common EiderSomateria mollissimaNT
Herons, ibises & grebes3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Storks & cranes1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common CraneGrus grus
Songbirds41 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Great titParus major
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Lesser whitethroatSylvia curruca
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- WhitethroatSylvia communis
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- European Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Other birds14 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Corncrake, corn crakeCrex crex
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- CootFulica atra
- European SwiftApus apus
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- European Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- WryneckJynx torquilla
- 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 June.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan3°/0°81 mm
- Feb3°/-1°63 mm
- Mar6°/0°53 mm
- Apr10°/4°49 mm
- May14°/8°59 mm
- Jun18°/11°79 mm
- Jul20°/14°81 mm
- Aug20°/14°90 mm
- Sep17°/11°80 mm
- Oct12°/7°99 mm
- Nov8°/4°86 mm
- Dec4°/1°85 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Kilen.
Lake in Struer Municipality, Denmark
Kilen is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Denmark.
88 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 598 open records.
The most recorded are the Common Goldeneye, the Red-breasted Merganser and the Mallard.
18 species come for the summer, 9 for the winter and 1 only pass through.
1 are threatened worldwide, including Common Pochard.
The most species are recorded in June.
Get there and watch
- Resenborg Sheltercampsite · 1.3 km · 18 within 10 km
- Struer Vandrerhjemplace to stay · 1.3 km · 3 within 10 km
- Struernearest town · 1.9 km in a straight line
- Midtjyllands Airport / Air Base Karup (KRP)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 40 km in a straight lineCar hire at BLL airport (Billund)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
- 5marked trails within 4 kmDrivvejen, Kilen Rundt, Den grønne ring and 2 more
- 144car parks within 3 km
- 13restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 18campsites within 10 kmResenborg Shelter, Bremdal Camping, Hornet Shelterplads and 15 more
- 3places to stay within 10 kmStruer Vandrerhjem, Grand Hotel Struer
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- viewpoints within 5 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 Kilen.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas6 mountains within 25 kmAnglandshøj · 8.5 kmSir Lyngbjerg69 m · 10 kmNørlem Bavnehøj90 m · 16 kmRyde Bavnehøj · 17 kmKløvenhøj · 17 kmHelledal Bakker · 19 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.
Kilen
Denmark
- 47Birdyas Score
- 88Species
- 28Migrants
- 1Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q23746990) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 598 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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