Germany Special Protection Area for birds
Kocher mit Seitentälern
90 bird species recorded; the most in May.
Andreas Scholz · CC BY 3.0
This month here
59 species in January.4 species in February.33 species in March.27 species in April.75 species in May.34 species in June.15 species in July.54 species in August.36 species in September.3 species in October.9 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.
- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
90 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).
- 90Speciesrecorded more than once
- 49Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 0ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 2,405Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 230 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 8Raptors
- 2Owls
- 1Waders
- 4Ducks & geese
- 3Herons, ibises & grebes
- 2Storks & cranes
- 56Songbirds
- 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 90 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors8 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Red KiteMilvus milvus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- European HobbyFalco subbuteo
Owls2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Northern Eagle OwlBubo bubo
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
Waders1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Ducks & geese4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- GoosanderMergus merganser
Herons, ibises & grebes3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Great White EgretArdea alba
Storks & cranes2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Common CraneGrus grus
Songbirds56 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great titParus major
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Short-toed treecreeperCerthia brachydactyla
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- European Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- WhitethroatSylvia communis
- Lesser whitethroatSylvia curruca
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- White-throated DipperCinclus cinclus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Marsh warblerAcrocephalus palustris
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
Other birds14 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- European SwiftApus apus
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
- CootFulica atra
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Grey-headed WoodpeckerPicus canus
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- 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
Kocher mit Seitentälern.
Special protection area in the EU defined by the birds directive in Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Kocher mit Seitentälern is a Special Protection Area under the EU Birds Directive in Germany, 230 m above the sea.
90 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 2,405 open records.
The most recorded are the Great tit, the Eurasian Blackbird and the Eurasian Blue Tit.
31 species come for the summer, 12 for the winter and 6 only pass through.
The most species are recorded in May.
Get there and watch
- Campingplatz Künzelsaucampsite · 5.3 km · 5 within 10 km
- Hirtenhaus Etzelplace to stay · 5.6 km · 46 within 10 km
- Kupferzellnearest town · 6.0 km in a straight line
- Stuttgart Airport (STR)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 74 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
- 1observation towers within 6 kmWartbergturm
- 6marked trails within 4 kmFrankenweg HW 8, rotes Plus Neufels - Oberregenbach, Kochersteig and 3 more
- 1visitor centres within 6 kmNVH KundenCenter
- 1viewpoints within 5 km
- 19car parks within 3 km
- 2restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 5campsites within 10 kmCampingplatz Künzelsau, Naturcamping Braunsbach, Wohnmobilstellplatz Langenburg and 2 more
- 46places to stay within 10 kmHirtenhaus Etzel, Zum Wilden Mann, Landhotel Gasthof Krone and 43 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 Kocher mit Seitentälern.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas40 mountains within 25 kmWeitpretstaler Höhe · 12 kmBuchberg · 12 kmEinkorn510 m · 18 kmWilfertsberg · 19 kmHehlberg504 m · 19 kmHüttenberg · 20 kmBurgberg534 m · 22 kmWessenberg · 23 km
Darkskyas1 dark-sky places within 30 kmSternwarte WeikersheimBortle 3 · 28 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.
Kocher mit Seitentälern
Germany
- 48Birdyas Score
- 90Species
- 49Migrants
- 0Threatened
Altmühltal mit Brunst-Schwaigau und Altmühlsee
Germany · 68 km
- 87Birdyas Score
- 262Species
- 158Migrants
- 12Threatened
Pleidelsheimer Wiesental mit Altneckar
Germany · 54 km
- 70Birdyas Score
- 195Species
- 115Migrants
- 3Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q23892269) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 2,405 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, Canyonyas, Riveryas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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