Germany Special Protection Area for birds
Pleidelsheimer Wiesental mit Altneckar
195 bird species recorded; the most from April to May.
Barbara Vath- Rohr · CC BY-SA 4.0
This month here
120 species in January.115 species in February.131 species in March.150 species in April.157 species in May.113 species in June.117 species in July.134 species in August.130 species in September.119 species in October.109 species in November.105 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.
VU
VU
VU- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
195 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).
- 195Speciesrecorded more than once
- 115Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 3ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 78,821Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 190 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 15Raptors
- 5Owls
- 12Waders
- 7Gulls & seabirds
- 32Ducks & geese
- 12Herons, ibises & grebes
- 3Storks & cranes
- 84Songbirds
- 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 195 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors15 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Red KiteMilvus milvus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- European HobbyFalco subbuteo
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorus
- Eurasian GoshawkAccipiter gentilis
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
- Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinusVU
- MerlinFalco columbarius
Owls5 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Northern Eagle OwlBubo bubo
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Western Barn OwlTyto alba
Waders12 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquataNT
- Little ringed ploverCharadrius dubius
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- RedshankTringa totanus
Gulls & seabirds7 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Common GullLarus canus
- European Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Pontic gullLarus cachinnans
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
Ducks & geese32 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Swan GooseAnser cygnoides
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsii
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Red-crested pochardNetta rufina
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- SmewMergellus albellus
- Bar-headed GooseAnser indicus
- Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalis
- Black swanCygnus atratus
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
- Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostris
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyrocaNT
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
Herons, ibises & grebes12 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- Purple heronArdea purpurea
- Little BitternIxobrychus minutus
Storks & cranes3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Common CraneGrus grus
- Black storkCiconia nigra
Songbirds84 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great titParus major
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Eurasian Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Short-toed treecreeperCerthia brachydactyla
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- WhitethroatSylvia communis
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Marsh warblerAcrocephalus palustris
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Lesser whitethroatSylvia curruca
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Eurasian Penduline TitRemiz pendulinus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Common Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- European Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibillatrix
- Collared FlycatcherFicedula albicollis
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- Common RedpollAcanthis flammea
- Common crossbillLoxia curvirostra
- White-throated DipperCinclus cinclus
- Icterine warblerHippolais icterina
- Ortolan buntingEmberiza hortulana
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioides
- Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulus
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinus
- Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlus
Other birds25 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- CootFulica atra
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- European SwiftApus apus
- European Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Middle Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocoptes medius
- Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
- WryneckJynx torquilla
- Grey-headed WoodpeckerPicus canus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Spotted CrakePorzana porzana
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turturVU
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
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.
- Jan3°/-3°67 mm
- Feb4°/-3°50 mm
- Mar9°/0°56 mm
- Apr15°/4°46 mm
- May19°/8°84 mm
- Jun23°/12°69 mm
- Jul26°/14°82 mm
- Aug25°/14°78 mm
- Sep21°/9°54 mm
- Oct15°/5°64 mm
- Nov8°/1°63 mm
- Dec4°/-2°70 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Pleidelsheimer Wiesental mit Altneckar.
Special protection area in the EU defined by the birds directive in Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Pleidelsheimer Wiesental mit Altneckar is a Special Protection Area under the EU Birds Directive in Germany.
195 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 78,821 open records.
The most recorded are the Carrion Crow, the Eurasian Blackbird and the Great tit.
55 species come for the summer, 55 for the winter and 5 only pass through.
3 are threatened worldwide, including Common Pochard, European Turtle Dove and Red-footed Falcon.
The most species are recorded from April to May.
Get there and watch
- Wohnmobilstellplatz Benningen am Neckarcampsite · 3.5 km · 11 within 10 km
- Bäckerei Heinerichplace to stay · 1.5 km · 107 within 10 km
- Pleidelsheimnearest town · 1.8 km in a straight line
- Stuttgart Airport (STR)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 29 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
- 1bird hides within 6 kmPleidelsheimer Baggersee
- 10observation towers within 6 kmSchubartturm, Hügelsburg, Innerer Torturm and 7 more
- 59marked trails within 4 kmStromberg-Schwäbischer-Wald-Weg, blaues Plus Bietigheim, Rundwanderweg 2 and 56 more
- 6visitor centres within 6 kmStadtinformation, 3B-Tourismus, Stadtinfoladen and 3 more
- 18viewpoints within 5 kmFelsvorsprung „Eberstein“, Fürstenstand, Aussichtsplatte Lug and 15 more
- 432car parks within 3 km
- 42restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 11campsites within 10 kmWohnmobilstellplatz Benningen am Neckar, Wohnmobilstellplatz Bietigheim-Bissingen, Wohnmobilstellplatz am Bolzplatz - Marbach am Neckar and 8 more
- 107places to stay within 10 kmBäckerei Heinerich, Funk, Schillerhof and 104 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 Pleidelsheimer Wiesental mit Altneckar.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas128 mountains within 25 kmBaiselsberg477 m · 16 kmKappelberg469 m · 18 kmKernen513 m · 20 kmJuxkopf533 m · 20 kmFrauenkopf462 m · 20 kmBirkenkopf511 m · 21 kmStocksberg539 m · 21 kmBopser485 m · 22 km
Darkskyas3 dark-sky places within 30 kmCarl-Zeiss-Planetarium StuttgartBortle 8 · 18 kmStuttgart ObservatoryBortle 8 · 18 kmUniversitätssternwarte PfaffenwaldBortle 8 · 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.
Pleidelsheimer Wiesental mit Altneckar
Germany
- 70Birdyas Score
- 195Species
- 115Migrants
- 3Threatened
Kochhartgraben und Ammertalhänge
Germany · 50 km
- 78Birdyas Score
- 223Species
- 118Migrants
- 6Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q60998994) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 78,821 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, Riveryas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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