Germany bird observatory
Radolfzell bird observatory
150 bird species recorded; the most from April to May.
Stefan-Xp · CC BY-SA 3.0
This month here
89 species in January.69 species in February.94 species in March.119 species in April.111 species in May.94 species in June.68 species in July.52 species in August.78 species in September.78 species in October.69 species in November.70 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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VU
NTVU- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
150 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).
- 150Speciesrecorded more than once
- 68Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 2ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 7,986Recordsopen records within 2 km
- 422 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 13Raptors
- 3Owls
- 3Waders
- 5Gulls & seabirds
- 20Ducks & geese
- 7Herons, ibises & grebes
- 2Storks & cranes
- 77Songbirds
- 20Other 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 150 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
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- European HobbyFalco subbuteo
- European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
- Eurasian GoshawkAccipiter gentilis
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
Owls3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Western Barn OwlTyto alba
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
Waders3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
Gulls & seabirds5 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- European Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Common GullLarus canus
Ducks & geese20 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyrocaNT
- Red-crested pochardNetta rufina
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Bar-headed GooseAnser indicus
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- SmewMergellus albellus
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
Herons, ibises & grebes7 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
- Purple heronArdea purpurea
Storks & cranes2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Common CraneGrus grus
Songbirds77 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great titParus major
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Short-toed treecreeperCerthia brachydactyla
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Common Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- Eurasian Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Marsh warblerAcrocephalus palustris
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- WhitethroatSylvia communis
- Lanius excubitorLanius excubitor
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- European Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Lesser whitethroatSylvia curruca
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Eurasian River WarblerLocustella fluviatilis
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibillatrix
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioides
- Common RedpollAcanthis flammea
- Eurasian Penduline TitRemiz pendulinus
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- Common crossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
- Icterine warblerHippolais icterina
Other birds20 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- CootFulica atra
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- European Water RailRallus aquaticus
- European SwiftApus apus
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Grey-headed WoodpeckerPicus canus
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Middle Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocoptes medius
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- WryneckJynx torquilla
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turturVU
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
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.
- Jan1°/-5°68 mm
- Feb3°/-5°54 mm
- Mar8°/-1°66 mm
- Apr13°/2°67 mm
- May17°/7°109 mm
- Jun21°/11°108 mm
- Jul22°/12°108 mm
- Aug22°/12°106 mm
- Sep18°/8°76 mm
- Oct13°/4°80 mm
- Nov7°/0°68 mm
- Dec2°/-4°77 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Radolfzell bird observatory.
Radolfzell bird observatory is a bird observatory in Germany, 422 m above the sea.
150 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 7,986 open records.
The most recorded are the Eurasian Chaffinch, the Eurasian Blackbird and the Carrion Crow.
35 species come for the summer, 32 for the winter and 1 only pass through.
2 are threatened worldwide, including Common Pochard and European Turtle Dove.
The most species are recorded from April to May.
Get there and watch
- Official informationAccess, hours and rules from those who manage the place.Official site↗
- Hirtenhofcampsite · 2.8 km · 36 within 10 km
- Pension Edeltraudplace to stay · 3.4 km · 177 within 10 km
- Radolfzellnearest town · 3.3 km in a straight line
- Bodensee Airport Friedrichshafen (FDH)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 40 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
- 1bird hides within 6 km
- 7observation towers within 6 kmMettnau-Turm, Rutschturm and 5 more
- 121marked trails within 4 kmQuerweg Freiburg-Bodensee [Steißlingen], Querweg Freiburg-Bodensee [Allensbach], Bodensee-Rundwanderweg (Stein a. R. - Lindau) and 118 more
- 8visitor centres within 6 kmBUND Naturschutzzentrum, Tourist-Information Radolfzell, Tourist-Information Bodman-Ludwigshafen, Büro Bodman and 5 more
- 47viewpoints within 5 kmBeobachtungsplattform and 46 more
- 170car parks within 3 km
- 25restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 36campsites within 10 kmHirtenhof, Campingplatz Markelfingen, Wohnmobilstellplatz Halbinsel Mettnau and 33 more
- 177places to stay within 10 kmPension Edeltraud, Hotel Kreuz, Hotel am Stadtgarten and 174 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 Radolfzell bird observatory.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas54 mountains within 25 kmHohentwiel696 m · 13 kmSeerücken721 m · 13 kmHohenkrähen644 m · 14 kmMägdeberg664 m · 16 kmHegau867 m · 19 kmHohenstoffeln844 m · 19 kmHohenhewen844 m · 20 kmNeuhewen867 m · volcano · 24 km
Lakeyas2 lakes within 15 kmMindelsee0.9 km² · 2.4 kmAndelshofer Weiher0.3 km² · 14 km
Cavernyas1 caves within 20 kmHeidenhöhlen · 10 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.
Radolfzell bird observatory
Germany
- 62Birdyas Score
- 150Species
- 68Migrants
- 2Threatened
Konstanzer Bucht des Bodensees
Germany · 19 km
- 84Birdyas Score
- 234Species
- 129Migrants
- 9Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q2530162) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 7,986 open bird records within 2 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, Cavernyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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