Germany Special Protection Area for birds
Pfrunger und Burgweiler Ried
123 bird species recorded; the most in May.
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This month here
67 species in January.50 species in February.32 species in March.73 species in April.102 species in May.67 species in June.39 species in July.18 species in August.35 species in September.66 species in October.6 species in November.25 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.
NT
- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
123 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).
- 123Speciesrecorded more than once
- 55Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 1ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 3,910Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 612 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 13Raptors
- 2Waders
- 3Gulls & seabirds
- 13Ducks & geese
- 6Herons, ibises & grebes
- 3Storks & cranes
- 68Songbirds
- 15Other 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 123 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors13 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Red KiteMilvus milvus
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- European HobbyFalco subbuteo
- European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorus
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
- Eurasian GoshawkAccipiter gentilis
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Waders2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
Gulls & seabirds3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
Ducks & geese13 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Red-crested pochardNetta rufina
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Herons, ibises & grebes6 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
Storks & cranes3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Black storkCiconia nigra
- Common CraneGrus grus
Songbirds68 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great titParus major
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Eurasian Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- European Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Short-toed treecreeperCerthia brachydactyla
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- WhitethroatSylvia communis
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Marsh warblerAcrocephalus palustris
- Lanius excubitorLanius excubitor
- Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioides
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- Common Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Common crossbillLoxia curvirostra
Other birds15 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- CootFulica atra
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- European SwiftApus apus
- Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- European Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Grey-headed WoodpeckerPicus canus
- Spotted CrakePorzana porzana
- 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.
- Jan2°/-4°72 mm
- Feb3°/-4°56 mm
- Mar8°/-1°68 mm
- Apr14°/4°70 mm
- May18°/8°114 mm
- Jun21°/12°112 mm
- Jul23°/14°121 mm
- Aug22°/13°118 mm
- Sep18°/9°81 mm
- Oct13°/5°79 mm
- Nov7°/0°68 mm
- Dec2°/-3°78 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Pfrunger und Burgweiler Ried.
Special Protection Area in Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Pfrunger und Burgweiler Ried is a Special Protection Area under the EU Birds Directive in Germany, 612 m above the sea.
123 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 3,910 open records.
The most recorded are the Eurasian Blackbird, the Great tit and the Eurasian Blue Tit.
35 species come for the summer, 20 for the winter and 0 only pass through.
1 are threatened worldwide, including Common Pochard.
The most species are recorded in May.
Get there and watch
- Wohnmobilstellplatz "Weites Ried"campsite · 3.4 km · 8 within 10 km
- Goldener Löwenplace to stay · 3.2 km · 31 within 10 km
- Wilhelmsdorfnearest town · 4.8 km in a straight line
- Bodensee Airport Friedrichshafen (FDH)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 27 km in a straight lineCar hire at FDH airport (Friedrichshafen)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
- 3bird hides within 6 km
- 4observation towers within 6 kmAussichtsplattform Hundsche Weiher, Bannwaldturm and 2 more
- 28marked trails within 4 kmHW 7 - Schwäbische-Alb-Oberschwaben-Weg, Nebenlinie des SAV (blaues Plus), Nebenweg des Schwäbischen Albvereins (blaues Kreuz) and 25 more
- 1visitor centres within 6 kmNaturschutzzentrum Wilhelmsdorf
- 9viewpoints within 5 kmAussichtsplattform Vogelsee, Aussichtsplattform Hundsche Weiher, Bannwaldturm and 6 more
- 18car parks within 3 km
- 2restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 8campsites within 10 kmWohnmobilstellplatz "Weites Ried", Camping Buhhof, Illmensee and 5 more
- 31places to stay within 10 kmGoldener Löwen, Alte Mühle, Schwanen and 28 more
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
Around Pfrunger und Burgweiler Ried.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas36 mountains within 25 kmP.771771 m · 3.8 kmSturmberg770 m · 3.9 kmRinkenburg727 m · 4.6 kmP.729729 m · 4.8 kmHöhe832 m · 8.3 kmHöchsten843 m · 9.0 kmBerg736 m · 9.3 kmGehrenberg752 m · 18 km
Lakeyas2 lakes within 15 kmIllmensee0.5 km² · 5.6 kmSchreckensee0.2 km² · 13 km
Cascadyas1 waterfalls within 15 kmWasserfall des Buttenmühlebaches · 14 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.
Pfrunger und Burgweiler Ried
Germany
- 54Birdyas Score
- 123Species
- 55Migrants
- 1Threatened
Konstanzer Bucht des Bodensees
Germany · 31 km
- 84Birdyas Score
- 234Species
- 129Migrants
- 9Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q22675199) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 3,910 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, Canyonyas, Cascadyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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