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Lindenweiher

80 bird species recorded; the most in May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec62at the peak
Species recorded in each month · tap a month

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

57 species in January.

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.

European Robin
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCharles J. Sharp · CC BY-SA 4.0
Carrion Crow
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneSummer visitorAlexis Lours · CC BY 4.0
Eurasian Nuthatch
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaWinter visitorChme82 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Great tit
Great titParus majorResidentPeterRohrbeck · CC BY-SA 4.0
Eurasian Blue Tit
Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentSławek Staszczuk · CC BY-SA 3.0
Eurasian Chaffinch
Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentGilles San Martin from Namur, Belgium · CC BY-SA 2.0
House Sparrow
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentDiliff · CC BY-SA 3.0
Eurasian Blackbird
Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentKahvilokki · CC BY-SA 4.0
Bullfinch
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorFrancis C. Franklin · CC BY-SA 3.0
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentMatt Tillett from Cumberland, MD, USA · CC BY 2.0
Eurasian Magpie
Eurasian MagpiePica picaResidentAlexis Lours · CC BY 4.0
Eurasian Siskin
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCharles J. Sharp · CC BY-SA 4.0
European Greenfinch
European GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentDidier Descouens · CC BY-SA 3.0
Marsh Tit
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisWinter visitorStephan Sprinz · CC BY 4.0
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentПлешков Алексей · CC BY-SA 3.0
European Goldfinch
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisWinter visitorPierre Dalous · CC BY-SA 3.0
Eurasian Jay
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusSummer visitorZeynel Cebeci · CC BY-SA 4.0
Coal Tit
Coal TitPeriparus aterWinter visitorsoumyajit nandy from Kolkata, India · CC BY-SA 2.0
Brambling
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitormmlolek · CC BY 2.0
Willow Tit
Willow TitPoecile montanusWinter visitorUnknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0
Eurasian Wren
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorAlexis Lours · CC BY 4.0
Common Starling
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitormarsupium photography · CC BY-SA 2.0
Red Kite
Red KiteMilvus milvusSummer visitorNoel Reynolds · CC BY 2.0
Great White Egret
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCalibas · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Resident all year
  • Summer visitor comes to breed
  • Winter visitor comes for the winter
  • Passage migrant in spring and autumn

In numbers

80 species, counted.

45out of 100

Our own rating, from the records only: species (50 points), threatened species (20), migrants (20) and protected status — Ramsar, IBA, SPA, observatory (10).

  • 80Speciesrecorded more than once
  • 38Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
  • 0ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
  • 1,859Recordsopen records within 6 km
  • 568 mAltitudeabove the sea
  • 9Raptors
  • 1Waders
  • 6Ducks & geese
  • 3Herons, ibises & grebes
  • 3Storks & cranes
  • 44Songbirds
  • 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 80 species.

By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.

Raptors9 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • Red KiteMilvus milvus
  • Common BuzzardButeo buteo
  • Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
  • Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
  • Black KiteMilvus migrans
  • Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
  • Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
  • Eurasian GoshawkAccipiter gentilis
  • Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Waders1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
Ducks & geese6 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • MallardAnas platyrhynchos
  • Mute SwanCygnus olor
  • Greylag GooseAnser anser
  • Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
  • Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
  • GadwallMareca strepera
Herons, ibises & grebes3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • Great White EgretArdea alba
  • Grey HeronArdea cinerea
  • Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Storks & cranes3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • White StorkCiconia ciconia
  • Black storkCiconia nigra
  • Common CraneGrus grus
Songbirds44 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • Great titParus major
  • Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
  • House SparrowPasser domesticus
  • Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
  • Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
  • European RobinErithacus rubecula
  • Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
  • Eurasian MagpiePica pica
  • European GreenfinchChloris chloris
  • Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
  • Carrion CrowCorvus corone
  • Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
  • BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
  • Marsh TitPoecile palustris
  • European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
  • Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
  • Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
  • Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
  • Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
  • Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
  • Coal TitPeriparus ater
  • YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
  • Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
  • Willow TitPoecile montanus
  • BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
  • BramblingFringilla montifringilla
  • RookCorvus frugilegus
  • DunnockPrunella modularis
  • Barn swallowHirundo rustica
  • White WagtailMotacilla alba
  • Northern RavenCorvus corax
  • FieldfareTurdus pilaris
  • HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
  • Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
  • Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
  • European Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
  • Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
  • SkylarkAlauda arvensis
  • Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
  • GoldcrestRegulus regulus
  • Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
  • Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
  • Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
  • Common crossbillLoxia curvirostra
Other birds14 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
  • Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
  • Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
  • Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
  • Rock DoveColumba livia
  • Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
  • European SwiftApus apus
  • CootFulica atra
  • Common CuckooCuculus canorus
  • Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
  • Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
  • Grey-headed WoodpeckerPicus canus
  • Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
  • 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.

  1. Jan572°/-4°75 mm
  2. Feb273°/-4°58 mm
  3. Mar178°/-1°70 mm
  4. Apr4813°/3°70 mm
  5. May6217°/8°120 mm
  6. Jun1221°/12°124 mm
  7. Jul1623°/14°130 mm
  8. Aug3422°/13°131 mm
  9. Sep818°/9°89 mm
  10. Oct813°/5°77 mm
  11. Nov407°/0°68 mm
  12. Dec172°/-3°76 mm
  • Bar: species recorded that month.
  • Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Lindenweiher.

Special Protection Area in Hochdorf, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Lindenweiher is a Special Protection Area under the EU Birds Directive in Germany, 568 m above the sea.

80 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 1,859 open records.

The most recorded are the Great tit, the Eurasian Blackbird and the House Sparrow.

16 species come for the summer, 22 for the winter and 0 only pass through.

The most species are recorded in May.

Lindenweiher seen from above (Sentinel-2)
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

Get there and watch

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.

Lindenweiher seen from above (Sentinel-2)
Seen from above: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 6 × 6 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Around, in OpenStreetMap

  • 10marked trails within 4 kmHW 5 - Schwarzwald-Schwäbische Alb-Allgäu-Weg, Oberschwäbischer Jakobsweg (1), Querweg des Schwäbischen Albvereins (blauer Punkt) and 7 more
  • 1viewpoints within 5 km
  • 22car parks within 3 km
  • 3restaurants and cafés within 3 km
  • 11campsites within 10 kmCampingplatz von Steinhausen, Bräuhaus Ummendorf Wohnmobilstellplatz, Wohnmobilstellplatz Bertsch-Lott and 8 more
  • 37places to stay within 10 kmLöwen, Landgasthof zur Linde, Landhotel Zur Pfanne and 34 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 Lindenweiher.

The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.

Peakyas71 mountains within 25 km
Hohbäumle712 m · 9.5 kmHaidgauer Berg764 m · 12 kmTristolzer Berg700 m · 14 kmZiegelberg768 m · 18 kmP.756756 m · 20 kmBussen767 m · 22 kmWachbühl793 m · 22 kmP.758758 m · 24 km
Lakeyas1 lakes within 15 km
Federsee1.4 km² · 12 km

Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.

Other places nearby.

Lindenweiher

Germany

  • 45Birdyas Score
  • 80Species
  • 38Migrants
  • 0Threatened

Eriskircher Ried

Germany · 47 km

  • 84Birdyas Score
  • 237Species
  • 132Migrants
  • 9Threatened

See the guide

Federseeried

Germany · 11 km

  • 70Birdyas Score
  • 187Species
  • 111Migrants
  • 3Threatened

See the guide

Europaschutzgebiet Soren, Gleggen–Köblern, Schweizer Ried und Birken–Schwarzes Zeug

Austria · 64 km

  • 87Birdyas Score
  • 269Species
  • 170Migrants
  • 11Threatened

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q22675170) · CC0
Birds1,859 open bird records within 6 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only; mostly eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
See these recordsgbif.org
SpeciesGBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikidata (CC0); Wikimedia Commons
AltitudeCopernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Temperature and rainNASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2)
What is around© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
Sister atlasesPeakyas, Lakeyas, Riveryas

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

The family

Do you prefer beaches, lakes, mountains, waterfalls, islands, rivers, canyons, caves, dark skies, viewpoints, birdwatching or forests?

Same idea, other landscapes: field atlases built on open data, in seven languages.