Germany Special Protection Area for birds
Renchniederung
121 bird species recorded; the most in May.
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data), CC BY 4.0, with relief shading from Copernicus WorldDEM-30
This month here
72 species in January.45 species in February.65 species in March.62 species in April.88 species in May.54 species in June.10 species in July.24 species in August.12 species in September.31 species in October.3 species in November.17 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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NT- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
121 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).
- 121Speciesrecorded more than once
- 43Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 1ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 3,171Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 133 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 8Raptors
- 3Owls
- 6Waders
- 3Gulls & seabirds
- 11Ducks & geese
- 5Herons, ibises & grebes
- 2Storks & cranes
- 65Songbirds
- 18Other 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 121 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors8 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Red KiteMilvus milvus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Eurasian GoshawkAccipiter gentilis
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- European HobbyFalco subbuteo
Owls3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Northern Eagle OwlBubo bubo
Waders6 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquataNT
Gulls & seabirds3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Common GullLarus canus
Ducks & geese11 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
Herons, ibises & grebes5 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Storks & cranes2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Common CraneGrus grus
Songbirds65 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great titParus major
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Short-toed treecreeperCerthia brachydactyla
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- WhitethroatSylvia communis
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Eurasian Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Lesser whitethroatSylvia curruca
- European Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
- Marsh warblerAcrocephalus palustris
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Icterine warblerHippolais icterina
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
Other birds18 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- CootFulica atra
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- European SwiftApus apus
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
- Middle Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocoptes medius
- Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Grey-headed WoodpeckerPicus canus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- WryneckJynx torquilla
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.
- Jan3°/-3°84 mm
- Feb4°/-3°63 mm
- Mar9°/0°70 mm
- Apr14°/4°58 mm
- May18°/8°99 mm
- Jun22°/12°83 mm
- Jul24°/14°92 mm
- Aug24°/13°89 mm
- Sep20°/9°65 mm
- Oct14°/5°81 mm
- Nov8°/1°74 mm
- Dec4°/-2°90 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Renchniederung.
Special Protection Area in Ortenaukreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Renchniederung is a Special Protection Area under the EU Birds Directive in Germany.
121 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 3,171 open records.
The most recorded are the Eurasian Blackbird, the Great tit and the House Sparrow.
23 species come for the summer, 18 for the winter and 2 only pass through.
1 are threatened worldwide, including Common Pochard.
The most species are recorded in May.
Get there and watch
- Camping am Achernseecampsite · 5.8 km · 9 within 10 km
- Ferienwohnung Karin Bayerplace to stay · 3.6 km · 47 within 10 km
- Rheinaunearest town · 5.1 km in a straight line
- Karlsruhe Baden-Baden Airport (FKB)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 19 km in a straight lineCar hire at FKB airport (Rheinmünster)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
- 35marked trails within 4 kmAcherbrücke Engert - Schwanzgass, Angelsee - Rittgraben, Wagshurst Ortsmitte - Angelsee and 32 more
- 1visitor centres within 6 kmTourist-Info
- 1viewpoints within 5 km
- 19car parks within 3 km
- 1restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 9campsites within 10 kmCamping am Achernsee, Wohnmobilstellplatz Badesee Rheinau Freistett, Wohnmobilstellplatz Renchen-Ulm and 6 more
- 47places to stay within 10 kmFerienwohnung Karin Bayer, Gasthaus zum Waldhorn, Radler-Ferienwohnung Hartmann and 44 more
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers 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 Renchniederung.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas86 mountains within 25 kmHornisgrinde1,164 m · 18 kmKleine Grinde1,135 m · 18 kmHochkopf1,038 m · 18 kmMehliskopf1,008 m · 21 kmSeekopf1,055 m · 21 kmSchliffkopf1,056 m · 21 kmHoher Ochsenkopf1,054 m · 23 kmBadener Höhe1,002 m · 24 km
Lakeyas1 lakes within 15 kmPeterhafen0.5 km² · 7.5 km
Riveryasthe river nearbyAcher54 kmRench57 kmFautenbach16 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Other places nearby.
Renchniederung
Germany
- 51Birdyas Score
- 121Species
- 43Migrants
- 1Threatened
Elzniederung zwischen Kenzingen und Rust
Germany · 46 km
- 74Birdyas Score
- 185Species
- 102Migrants
- 5Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q29028584) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 3,171 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, 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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