Germany Special Protection Area for birds
Maintal zwischen Schweinfurt und Dettelbach
228 bird species recorded; the most from April to May.
Christoph Kieser · CC BY-SA 4.0
This month here
102 species in January.110 species in February.156 species in March.186 species in April.185 species in May.152 species in June.137 species in July.144 species in August.143 species in September.136 species in October.116 species in November.100 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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- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
228 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).
- 228Speciesrecorded more than once
- 141Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 7ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 56,715Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 236 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 18Raptors
- 5Owls
- 26Waders
- 14Gulls & seabirds
- 37Ducks & geese
- 13Herons, ibises & grebes
- 3Storks & cranes
- 86Songbirds
- 26Other 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 228 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors18 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Red KiteMilvus milvus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
- European HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Eurasian GoshawkAccipiter gentilis
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Short-toed eagleCircaetus gallicus
- White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Rough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopus
- Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinusVU
Owls5 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Northern Eagle OwlBubo bubo
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Western Barn OwlTyto alba
Waders26 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Little ringed ploverCharadrius dubius
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- European Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquataNT
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNT
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
- Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaVU
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Red KnotCalidris canutusNT
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
Gulls & seabirds14 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Pontic gullLarus cachinnans
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- European Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Black-legged kittiwakeRissa tridactylaVU
Ducks & geese37 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Red-crested pochardNetta rufina
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- GadwallMareca strepera
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- Bewick's SwanCygnus columbianus
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostris
- Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
- Black swanCygnus atratus
- Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalis
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyrocaNT
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- Chiloe WigeonMareca sibilatrix
- White-faced Whistling-duckDendrocygna viduata
- Fulvous Whistling-duckDendrocygna bicolor
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Ringed TealCallonetta leucophrys
- Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisVU
- Cairina moschataCairina moschata
Herons, ibises & grebes13 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Purple heronArdea purpurea
- Little BitternIxobrychus minutus
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
- Microcarbo pygmaeusMicrocarbo pygmaeus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Storks & cranes3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common CraneGrus grus
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Black storkCiconia nigra
Songbirds86 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Great titParus major
- Eurasian Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WhitethroatSylvia communis
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Marsh warblerAcrocephalus palustris
- Ortolan buntingEmberiza hortulana
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- Short-toed treecreeperCerthia brachydactyla
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- Crested larkGalerida cristata
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioides
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Common Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- Lesser whitethroatSylvia curruca
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Collared FlycatcherFicedula albicollis
- Lanius excubitorLanius excubitor
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Eurasian Penduline TitRemiz pendulinus
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibillatrix
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Icterine warblerHippolais icterina
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- African StonechatSaxicola torquatus
- Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Common RedpollAcanthis flammea
- Bearded ReedlingPanurus biarmicus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- European Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorNT
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
Other birds26 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- CootFulica atra
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- European Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turturVU
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- WryneckJynx torquilla
- European SwiftApus apus
- Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Middle Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocoptes medius
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Corncrake, corn crakeCrex crex
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Grey-headed WoodpeckerPicus canus
- Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- Porzana parvaPorzana parva
- Spotted CrakePorzana porzana
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°60 mm
- Feb3°/-4°47 mm
- Mar8°/-1°49 mm
- Apr14°/3°38 mm
- May19°/8°74 mm
- Jun23°/12°62 mm
- Jul26°/14°78 mm
- Aug25°/14°67 mm
- Sep20°/9°54 mm
- Oct14°/5°55 mm
- Nov7°/1°61 mm
- Dec3°/-2°65 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Maintal zwischen Schweinfurt und Dettelbach.
Special protection area in the EU defined by the birds directive in Bavaria, Germany
Maintal zwischen Schweinfurt und Dettelbach is a Special Protection Area under the EU Birds Directive in Germany, 236 m above the sea.
228 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 56,715 open records.
The most recorded are the Common Pochard, the Little Grebe and the Great Crested Grebe.
84 species come for the summer, 52 for the winter and 5 only pass through.
7 are threatened worldwide, including Common Pochard, European Turtle Dove and Curlew Sandpiper.
The most species are recorded from April to May.
Get there and watch
- Reisemobilstellplatz an der Volkach (P3)campsite · 2.6 km · 13 within 10 km
- Zur Hofwieseplace to stay · 2.7 km · 57 within 10 km
- Gerolzhofennearest town · 2.3 km in a straight line
- Nuremberg Airport (NUE)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 71 km in a straight lineCar hire at NUE airport (Nuremberg)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 kmMainweg Teil 5, Gipsrundweg, Gerolzhöfer Wanderweg and 3 more
- 2visitor centres within 6 kmAltes Rathaus, Gipsinformationszentum Sulzheim
- 5viewpoints within 5 kmHeiliger Franziskus, Lug ins Land / Alter Berg and 3 more
- 63car parks within 3 km
- 17restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 13campsites within 10 kmReisemobilstellplatz an der Volkach (P3), Reisemobilstellplatz Badeparadies Geomaris (P1), Stellplatz Wörners Schloss Hotel and 10 more
- 57places to stay within 10 kmZur Hofwiese, Hotel Schloss Zeilitzheim, Ferienwohnung Markert and 54 more
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers 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 Maintal zwischen Schweinfurt und Dettelbach.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas152 mountains within 25 kmStollberg476 m · 8.4 kmZabelstein489 m · 9.0 kmGangolfsberg469 m · 11 kmGroßer Knetzberg488 m · 14 kmGreuther Berg457 m · 19 kmSandberg481 m · 22 kmSchwanberg474 m · 22 kmRoßberg477 m · 23 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.
Maintal zwischen Schweinfurt und Dettelbach
Germany
- 80Birdyas Score
- 228Species
- 141Migrants
- 7Threatened
Schweinfurter Becken und nördliches Steigerwaldvorland
Germany · 3 km
- 80Birdyas Score
- 231Species
- 145Migrants
- 7Threatened
Altmühltal mit Brunst-Schwaigau und Altmühlsee
Germany · 88 km
- 87Birdyas Score
- 262Species
- 158Migrants
- 12Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q61018123) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 56,715 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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