Germany Special Protection Area for birds
Mittlere Schwäbische Alb
107 bird species recorded; the most from May to June.
Franzfoto · CC BY-SA 3.0
This month here
60 species in January.43 species in February.58 species in March.68 species in April.80 species in May.74 species in June.52 species in July.37 species in August.61 species in September.73 species in October.14 species in November.22 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
107 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).
- 107Speciesrecorded more than once
- 56Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 0ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 5,139Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 767 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 12Raptors
- 1Owls
- 2Waders
- 3Ducks & geese
- 2Herons, ibises & grebes
- 2Storks & cranes
- 71Songbirds
- 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 107 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors12 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Red KiteMilvus milvus
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorus
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Eurasian GoshawkAccipiter gentilis
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- European HobbyFalco subbuteo
Owls1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
Waders2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola
Ducks & geese3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Cairina moschataCairina moschata
Herons, ibises & grebes2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Storks & cranes2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common CraneGrus grus
- Black storkCiconia nigra
Songbirds71 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great titParus major
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Collared FlycatcherFicedula albicollis
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- WallcreeperTichodroma muraria
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Short-toed treecreeperCerthia brachydactyla
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- WhitethroatSylvia communis
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- European Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- Lesser whitethroatSylvia curruca
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Common crossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Marsh warblerAcrocephalus palustris
- White-throated DipperCinclus cinclus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Common Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- Common RedpollAcanthis flammea
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Lanius excubitorLanius excubitor
Other birds14 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
- WryneckJynx torquilla
- Middle Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocoptes medius
- Grey-headed WoodpeckerPicus canus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- European SwiftApus apus
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
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 May to June.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan2°/-4°65 mm
- Feb3°/-4°49 mm
- Mar8°/-1°58 mm
- Apr14°/3°56 mm
- May18°/8°96 mm
- Jun22°/12°88 mm
- Jul24°/13°98 mm
- Aug24°/13°93 mm
- Sep19°/8°62 mm
- Oct14°/4°68 mm
- Nov7°/0°62 mm
- Dec3°/-3°68 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Mittlere Schwäbische Alb.
Special Protection Area in Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Mittlere Schwäbische Alb is a Special Protection Area under the EU Birds Directive in Germany, 767 m above the sea.
107 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 5,139 open records.
The most recorded are the Great tit, the Eurasian Blackbird and the Eurasian Blue Tit.
34 species come for the summer, 17 for the winter and 5 only pass through.
The most species are recorded from May to June.
Get there and watch
- Wohnmobilstellplatz Stadt Owencampsite · 6.4 km · 16 within 10 km
- Gasthof Lammplace to stay · 3.8 km · 176 within 10 km
- Lenningennearest town · 3.5 km in a straight line
- Stuttgart Airport (STR)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 26 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
- 3observation towers within 6 kmRömersteinturm
- 65marked trails within 4 kmGutenberg - Donntal -Donnstetten - Burkhardshöhle, Gutenberg - Schopfloch - Donnstetten, Weilheim Rundweg 41 and 62 more
- 1visitor centres within 6 kmTouristinformation im Bürgerbüro
- 55viewpoints within 5 kmGelber Fels, Kompostfels, Hohgreutfels and 52 more
- 73car parks within 3 km
- 11restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 16campsites within 10 kmWohnmobilstellplatz Stadt Owen, Weilheim Teck, Wohnmobilstellplätze Schöntal - Wiesensteig and 13 more
- 176places to stay within 10 kmGasthof Lamm, Alte Bauernstube, Gasthof Adler and 173 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 Mittlere Schwäbische Alb.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas195 mountains within 25 kmRandecker Maar · 1.3 kmBreitenstein811 m · 2.7 kmTeckberg775 m · 4.6 kmRömerstein874 m · 6.1 kmBoßler800 m · 7.5 kmFuchseck761 m · 15 kmSternberg (Gomadingen)844 m · 22 kmHohenstaufen684 m · 25 km
Cavernyas10 caves within 20 kmGutenberger Höhle · 2.2 kmGußmannshöhle · 2.2 kmSibyllenloch · 4.7 kmSchertelshöhle · 5.8 kmFalkensteiner Cave · 7.3 kmBauerloch · 9.0 kmLaichinger Tiefenhöhle · 16 kmSontheimer Höhle · 19 km
Cascadyas4 waterfalls within 15 kmNeidlinger Wasserfall · 3.2 kmGroßes Gieß · 11 kmUracher Wasserfall37 m · 14 km↗Gütersteiner Wasserfall · 15 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Other places nearby.
Mittlere Schwäbische Alb
Germany
- 51Birdyas Score
- 107Species
- 56Migrants
- 0Threatened
Kochhartgraben und Ammertalhänge
Germany · 45 km
- 78Birdyas Score
- 223Species
- 118Migrants
- 6Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q21944923) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 5,139 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, Cavernyas, Cascadyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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