Germany Special Protection Area for birds
Rendaer Höhe
83 bird species recorded; the most in May.
Heinz K. S. · CC BY-SA 4.0
This month here
44 species in January.18 species in February.42 species in March.38 species in April.63 species in May.30 species in June.10 species in July.16 species in August.48 species in September.46 species in October.18 species in November.8 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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- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
83 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).
- 83Speciesrecorded more than once
- 41Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 0ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 1,635Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 379 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 8Raptors
- 1Waders
- 2Ducks & geese
- 2Herons, ibises & grebes
- 3Storks & cranes
- 55Songbirds
- 12Other 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 83 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
- Red KiteMilvus milvus
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- MerlinFalco columbarius
Waders1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
Ducks & geese2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Herons, ibises & grebes2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Storks & cranes3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common CraneGrus grus
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Black storkCiconia nigra
Songbirds55 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Great titParus major
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- European Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- WhitethroatSylvia communis
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Lesser whitethroatSylvia curruca
- Short-toed treecreeperCerthia brachydactyla
- Common crossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Lanius excubitorLanius excubitor
Other birds12 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- European SwiftApus apus
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Grey-headed WoodpeckerPicus canus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
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°67 mm
- Feb3°/-3°48 mm
- Mar8°/-1°52 mm
- Apr13°/3°40 mm
- May18°/7°76 mm
- Jun21°/11°65 mm
- Jul24°/13°82 mm
- Aug24°/13°68 mm
- Sep19°/8°58 mm
- Oct13°/4°56 mm
- Nov7°/1°63 mm
- Dec3°/-2°68 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Rendaer Höhe.
Special protection area in the EU defined by the birds directive in Hesse, Germany
Rendaer Höhe is a Special Protection Area under the EU Birds Directive in Germany, 379 m above the sea.
83 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 1,635 open records.
The most recorded are the Eurasian Blackbird, the Eurasian Blue Tit and the Eurasian Magpie.
17 species come for the summer, 17 for the winter and 7 only pass through.
The most species are recorded in May.
Get there and watch
- Stellplatz am Festplatz Grandenborncampsite · 5.2 km · 9 within 10 km
- Pension Klaus Höckelplace to stay · 8.0 km · 51 within 10 km
- Iftanearest town · 4.7 km in a straight line
- Erfurt-Weimar Airport (ERF)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 60 km in a straight lineCar hire at PAD airport (Büren)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 kmTurm der Einheit
- 13marked trails within 4 kmWerra-Burgen-Steig Hessen, Europäischer Fernwanderweg E6, Deutschland, Hessen, Wartburgpfad and 10 more
- 12viewpoints within 5 kmAnger, Rabenkuppe, Aussichtspunkt Dreiherrenstein and 9 more
- 16car parks within 3 km
- 1restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 9campsites within 10 kmStellplatz am Festplatz Grandenborn, Biwakplatz Heldra, Werratal Camping Creuzburg and 6 more
- 51places to stay within 10 kmPension Klaus Höckel, Herberge im Kleegarten, Gemeindeschänke Heldra and 48 more
- bird hides within 6 km
- visitor centres 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 Rendaer Höhe.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas396 mountains within 25 kmHeldrastein504 m · 6.5 kmBlaue Kuppe309 m · volcano · 11 kmHülfensberg448 m · 16 kmHohestein569 m · 20 kmKalbe720 m · 23 kmRachels-Berg523 m · 23 kmHoher Meissner753 m · 24 kmKasseler Kuppe754 m · 25 km
Lakeyas1 lakes within 15 kmLake Werratal0.6 km² · 14 km
Cavernyas1 caves within 20 kmDas verfluchte Jungfernloch · 18 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.
Rendaer Höhe
Germany
- 46Birdyas Score
- 83Species
- 41Migrants
- 0Threatened
Felsklippen im Werra-Meißner-Kreis
Germany · 12 km
- 52Birdyas Score
- 104Species
- 51Migrants
- 1Threatened
Fuldatal zwischen Rotenburg und Niederaula
Germany · 32 km
- 50Birdyas Score
- 124Species
- 38Migrants
- 1Threatened
Schweinfurter Becken und nördliches Steigerwaldvorland
Germany · 126 km
- 80Birdyas Score
- 231Species
- 145Migrants
- 7Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q61021232) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 1,635 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, Cavernyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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