Denmark Ramsar wetland
Ringkøbing Fjord
61 bird species recorded; the most in January.
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This month here
27 species in January.22 species in February.15 species in March.10 species in April.22 species in May.15 species in June.8 species in July.13 species in August.14 species in September.2 species in October.4 species in November.6 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.
- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
61 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).
- 61Speciesrecorded more than once
- 23Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 0ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 799Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 7Raptors
- 7Waders
- 7Gulls & seabirds
- 19Ducks & geese
- 4Herons, ibises & grebes
- 12Songbirds
- 5Other 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 61 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors7 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
Waders7 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNT
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- European Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusNT
- RuffCalidris pugnax
Gulls & seabirds7 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Common GullLarus canus
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- European Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
Ducks & geese19 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Bewick's SwanCygnus columbianus
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Brent GooseBranta bernicla
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- SmewMergellus albellus
Herons, ibises & grebes4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
Songbirds12 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- WhitethroatSylvia communis
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
Other birds5 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- CootFulica atra
- European Water RailRallus aquaticus
- European SwiftApus apus
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 January.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan4°/2°84 mm
- Feb4°/1°66 mm
- Mar5°/2°54 mm
- Apr9°/5°46 mm
- May13°/9°54 mm
- Jun16°/12°75 mm
- Jul19°/15°75 mm
- Aug19°/15°92 mm
- Sep17°/13°86 mm
- Oct12°/10°103 mm
- Nov9°/6°92 mm
- Dec6°/3°90 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Ringkøbing Fjord.
Danish fresh water fjord
Ringkøbing Fjord is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Denmark.
61 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 799 open records.
The most recorded are the Hen Harrier, the Common Goldeneye and the Mute Swan.
8 species come for the summer, 13 for the winter and 2 only pass through.
The most species are recorded in January.
Get there and watch
- Velling ved Venner Å - Shelterpladscampsite · 5.8 km · 17 within 10 km
- Guesthouse Hvide Sandeplace to stay · 8.3 km · 32 within 10 km
- Hvide Sandenearest town · 7.7 km in a straight line
- Esbjerg Airport (EBJ)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 56 km in a straight lineCar hire at BLL airport (Billund)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
- 17campsites within 10 kmVelling ved Venner Å - Shelterplads, Camp Åvang, Hvide Sande ved Mamrelund - Shelterplads and 14 more
- 32places to stay within 10 kmGuesthouse Hvide Sande, drivethru Surfcamp Hvide Sande, Hotel Smedegården Lem and 29 more
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- viewpoints within 5 km
- car parks within 3 km
- restaurants and cafés within 3 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 Ringkøbing Fjord.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas10 mountains within 25 kmTroldbjerg · 7.6 kmTrenatbjerg · 12 kmBavnshøje · 12 kmTophøj · 15 kmFiskerbod Bjerg · 16 kmFinderup Rishøj · 17 kmOmme Bakker · 24 kmMangehøje · 25 km
Coastya1 beaches within 10 kmHvide Sande North Beach · 8.6 km
Lakeyas1 lakes within 15 kmSandene278 km² · 3.0 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.
Ringkøbing Fjord
Denmark
- 41Birdyas Score
- 61Species
- 23Migrants
- 0Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q1424942) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 799 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, Coastya, Lakeyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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