Germany Special Protection Area for birds
Mittlerer Rammert
231 bird species recorded; the most from April to May.
Michael Fiegle · CC BY-SA 3.0
This month here
115 species in January.111 species in February.137 species in March.176 species in April.184 species in May.134 species in June.133 species in July.153 species in August.156 species in September.139 species in October.118 species in November.116 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
231 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).
- 231Speciesrecorded more than once
- 125Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 7ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 51,517Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 466 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 17Raptors
- 4Owls
- 30Waders
- 14Gulls & seabirds
- 32Ducks & geese
- 12Herons, ibises & grebes
- 3Storks & cranes
- 94Songbirds
- 25Other 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 231 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors17 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Red KiteMilvus milvus
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- European HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinusVU
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
- Pallid HarrierCircus macrourusNT
- Rough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopus
- Eurasian GoshawkAccipiter gentilis
Owls4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Eurasian Pygmy-OwlGlaucidium passerinum
- Western Barn OwlTyto alba
Waders30 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquataNT
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNT
- Little ringed ploverCharadrius dubius
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaVU
- Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- European Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Bar-tailed godwitLimosa lapponicaNT
- Red KnotCalidris canutusNT
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinus
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusNT
Gulls & seabirds14 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Common GullLarus canus
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Pontic gullLarus cachinnans
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
Ducks & geese32 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Red-crested pochardNetta rufina
- GadwallMareca strepera
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Bar-headed GooseAnser indicus
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- White-headed duckOxyura leucocephala
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- SmewMergellus albellus
- Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostris
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyrocaNT
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalis
- Velvet scoterMelanitta fuscaVU
- Long-tailed duckClangula hyemalisVU
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
Herons, ibises & grebes12 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- Purple heronArdea purpurea
Storks & cranes3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Common CraneGrus grus
- Black storkCiconia nigra
Songbirds94 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great titParus major
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Short-toed treecreeperCerthia brachydactyla
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- WhitethroatSylvia communis
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Eurasian Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- European Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Lesser whitethroatSylvia curruca
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Marsh warblerAcrocephalus palustris
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Collared FlycatcherFicedula albicollis
- Common crossbillLoxia curvirostra
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- Common RedpollAcanthis flammea
- Common Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Calandra larkMelanocorypha calandra
- Lanius excubitorLanius excubitor
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- White-throated DipperCinclus cinclus
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibillatrix
- Eurasian Penduline TitRemiz pendulinus
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
- Melodious WarblerHippolais polyglotta
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
- Ortolan buntingEmberiza hortulana
- Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minor
- Black-headed buntingEmberiza melanocephala
- Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulus
- Icterine warblerHippolais icterina
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorNT
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- Bearded ReedlingPanurus biarmicus
- Western Bonelli's WarblerPhylloscopus bonelli
- Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioides
- Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlus
Other birds25 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- CootFulica atra
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- European SwiftApus apus
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
- WryneckJynx torquilla
- Middle Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocoptes medius
- Grey-headed WoodpeckerPicus canus
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- European Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- European RollerCoracias garrulus
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turturVU
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°80 mm
- Feb3°/-4°60 mm
- Mar8°/-1°68 mm
- Apr14°/3°59 mm
- May18°/7°100 mm
- Jun22°/11°87 mm
- Jul24°/13°96 mm
- Aug23°/13°92 mm
- Sep19°/8°66 mm
- Oct14°/5°77 mm
- Nov7°/1°72 mm
- Dec3°/-3°85 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Mittlerer Rammert.
Special Protection Area in Tübingen district, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Mittlerer Rammert is a Special Protection Area under the EU Birds Directive in Germany, 466 m above the sea.
231 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 51,517 open records.
The most recorded are the Carrion Crow, the Eurasian Blackbird and the Great tit.
76 species come for the summer, 45 for the winter and 4 only pass through.
7 are threatened worldwide, including Common Pochard, Curlew Sandpiper and Red-footed Falcon.
The most species are recorded from April to May.
Get there and watch
- Campingplatz Paul Walthercampsite · 2.4 km · 9 within 10 km
- Löwenplace to stay · 3.4 km · 60 within 10 km
- Rottenburgnearest town · 4.4 km in a straight line
- Stuttgart Airport (STR)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 32 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
- 2observation towers within 6 kmBeobachtungskanzel, Weiler Burg
- 20marked trails within 4 kmMain-Neckar-Rhein-Weg, blaues Minus Schadenweilerhof - Ofterdingen, rotes Plus Weiler Burg - Hofgut Eck and 17 more
- 4visitor centres within 6 kmWirtschaft Tourismus Gastronomie - WTG Rottenburg am Neckar, Tourist-Info, i-Punkt der Tourist-Information and 1 more
- 22viewpoints within 5 kmRappenbergblick, Rammert-Blick and 20 more
- 51car parks within 3 km
- 3restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 9campsites within 10 kmCampingplatz Paul Walther, Wohnmobilstellplatz Rottenburg, Wohnmobilstellplatz an der Steinlach and 6 more
- 60places to stay within 10 kmLöwen, Württemberger Hof, Haus Lindengarten and 57 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 Mittlerer Rammert.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas206 mountains within 25 kmZeller Horn913 m · 15 kmRaichberg956 m · 16 kmHeiligenkopf893 m · 17 kmIrrenberg925 m · 19 kmHundsrücken931 m · 19 kmBraunhardsberg970 m · 23 kmBöllat922 m · 24 kmHeersberg965 m · 25 km
Darkskyas1 dark-sky places within 30 kmSternwarte TübingenBortle 5 · 12 km
Cavernyas5 caves within 20 kmSieben-Täler-Höhle · 5.4 kmPommerlesloch · 18 kmNebelhöhle · 18 kmKarlshöhle and Bärenhöhle · 20 kmLinkenboldshöhle · 20 km
Cascadyas1 waterfalls within 15 kmGönninger Wasserfall · 13 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.
Mittlerer Rammert
Germany
- 80Birdyas Score
- 231Species
- 125Migrants
- 7Threatened
Kochhartgraben und Ammertalhänge
Germany · 12 km
- 78Birdyas Score
- 223Species
- 118Migrants
- 6Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q23787996) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 51,517 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, 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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