Germany Ramsar wetland
Lech-Donau-Winkel
216 bird species recorded; the most from April to May.
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data), CC BY 4.0, with relief shading from Copernicus WorldDEM-30
This month here
110 species in January.114 species in February.130 species in March.169 species in April.171 species in May.131 species in June.138 species in July.131 species in August.128 species in September.123 species in October.103 species in November.97 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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VUVU- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
216 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).
- 216Speciesrecorded more than once
- 123Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 6ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 39,874Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 400 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 14Raptors
- 4Owls
- 28Waders
- 16Gulls & seabirds
- 33Ducks & geese
- 14Herons, ibises & grebes
- 2Storks & cranes
- 1Flamingos
- 80Songbirds
- 24Other 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 216 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors14 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Red KiteMilvus milvus
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- European HobbyFalco subbuteo
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinusVU
- Rough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopus
Owls4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Northern Eagle OwlBubo bubo
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Western Barn OwlTyto alba
Waders28 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquataNT
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaVU
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNT
- Little ringed ploverCharadrius dubius
- Bar-tailed godwitLimosa lapponicaNT
- Red KnotCalidris canutusNT
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusNT
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- European Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
Gulls & seabirds16 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Common GullLarus canus
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- Pontic gullLarus cachinnans
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Common LoonGavia immer
- European Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Long-tailed SkuaStercorarius longicaudus
- Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
Ducks & geese33 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Red-crested pochardNetta rufina
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- Black swanCygnus atratus
- Velvet scoterMelanitta fuscaVU
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- SmewMergellus albellus
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Bar-headed GooseAnser indicus
- Bewick's SwanCygnus columbianus
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostris
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyrocaNT
- Common ScoterMelanitta nigra
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- Ruddy-headed GooseChloephaga rubidiceps
Herons, ibises & grebes14 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Purple heronArdea purpurea
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritusVU
- Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
- Microcarbo pygmaeusMicrocarbo pygmaeus
Storks & cranes2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Common CraneGrus grus
Flamingos1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
Songbirds80 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Great titParus major
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Eurasian Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- WhitethroatSylvia communis
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Short-toed treecreeperCerthia brachydactyla
- Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioides
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Icterine warblerHippolais icterina
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- Lesser whitethroatSylvia curruca
- Marsh warblerAcrocephalus palustris
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Collared FlycatcherFicedula albicollis
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Bearded ReedlingPanurus biarmicus
- Lanius excubitorLanius excubitor
- Common Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- European Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
- Eurasian River WarblerLocustella fluviatilis
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- Common RedpollAcanthis flammea
- Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibillatrix
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Citrine WagtailMotacilla citreola
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
Other birds24 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- CootFulica atra
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- European Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
- Middle Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocoptes medius
- European SwiftApus apus
- WryneckJynx torquilla
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Grey-headed WoodpeckerPicus canus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- Spotted CrakePorzana porzana
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Porzana parvaPorzana parva
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Red JunglefowlGallus gallus
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°63 mm
- Feb4°/-4°47 mm
- Mar9°/-1°53 mm
- Apr15°/3°51 mm
- May19°/8°96 mm
- Jun22°/12°96 mm
- Jul24°/14°100 mm
- Aug23°/13°100 mm
- Sep19°/9°66 mm
- Oct14°/5°60 mm
- Nov7°/0°54 mm
- Dec3°/-3°59 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Lech-Donau-Winkel.
Ramsar site in Bavaria, Germany
Lech-Donau-Winkel is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Germany, 400 m above the sea.
216 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 39,874 open records.
The most recorded are the Mallard, the Greylag Goose and the White Wagtail.
78 species come for the summer, 44 for the winter and 1 only pass through.
6 are threatened worldwide, including Common Pochard, Velvet scoter and Curlew Sandpiper.
The most species are recorded from April to May.
Get there and watch
- Stellplatz Raincampsite · 8.3 km · 1 within 10 km
- Gästehaus Seefriedplace to stay · 1.9 km · 21 within 10 km
- Burgheimnearest town · 3.9 km in a straight line
- Munich Airport (MUC)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 72 km in a straight lineCar hire at MUC airport (Munich)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 kmOstbayerischer Jakobsweg (Eschlkam > Donauwörth), Rundwanderweg Monheim 11, Urdonautalsteig Etappe 2 Wellheim - Rennertshofen and 2 more
- 1viewpoints within 5 kmLechmündung
- 9car parks within 3 km
- 1restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 1campsites within 10 kmStellplatz Rain
- 21places to stay within 10 kmGästehaus Seefried, Land-Steakhaus Bürger, Gasthaus zum Vohbachweiberl and 18 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 Lech-Donau-Winkel.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas27 mountains within 25 kmGalgenberg bei Wellheim440 m · 12 kmSchrandelberg568 m · 17 kmSteinbass572 m · 19 kmKalvarienberg in Wörnitzstein430 m · 20 kmHirschberg529 m · 24 kmMühlberg · 24 kmLämmerberg504 m · 25 kmHühnerberg570 m · 25 km
Lakeyas1 lakes within 15 kmBertoldsheimer Stausee1.2 km² · 0.8 km
Cavernyas2 caves within 20 kmMauerner Höhlen · 6.1 kmPumperhöhle · 20 km
Riveryasthe river nearbyDanube2,850 km · 5,433 m³/s↗Lech248 km · 120 m³/s↗Paar134 kmFriedberger Ach100 kmErlauArbesbachPerschling riverDrincea River
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
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- 78Birdyas Score
- 216Species
- 123Migrants
- 6Threatened
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Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q21252730) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 39,874 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, Lakeyas, Cavernyas, Riveryas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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