Germany Special Protection Area for birds
Schlichemtal
53 bird species recorded; the most in May.
Michael Apel · CC BY-SA 3.0
This month here
38 species in January.2 species in February.15 species in March.4 species in April.44 species in May.2 species in June.4 species in July.12 species in August.3 species in September.4 species in October.0 species in November.1 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.
No records for this month.
No records for this month.
- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
53 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).
- 53Speciesrecorded more than once
- 17Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 0ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 463Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 500 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 3Raptors
- 1Ducks & geese
- 2Herons, ibises & grebes
- 41Songbirds
- 6Other 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 53 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Red KiteMilvus milvus
Ducks & geese1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Herons, ibises & grebes2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great White EgretArdea alba
Songbirds41 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great titParus major
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulus
- European Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Short-toed treecreeperCerthia brachydactyla
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Other birds6 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- European SwiftApus apus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
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.
- 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
Schlichemtal.
Special Protection Area in Rottweil district, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Schlichemtal is a Special Protection Area under the EU Birds Directive in Germany, 500 m above the sea.
53 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 463 open records.
The most recorded are the Eurasian Blackbird, the House Sparrow and the Great tit.
11 species come for the summer, 3 for the winter and 3 only pass through.
The most species are recorded in May.
Get there and watch
- Turm und Kristallecampsite · 5.0 km · 5 within 10 km
- Wanderhütte Bochingenplace to stay · 5.6 km · 38 within 10 km
- Epfendorfnearest town · 1.9 km in a straight line
- Stuttgart Airport (STR)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 67 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
- 1observation towers within 6 km
- 25marked trails within 4 kmNeckarweg Abschnitt 1: Schwenningen - Oberndorf, Schlichemklammweg, Hugenotten- und Waldenserpfad, Etappe Epfendorf - Sulz am Neckar and 22 more
- 16viewpoints within 5 kmTischfelsen, Höhinger Fels, Kreuz and 13 more
- 34car parks within 3 km
- 6restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 5campsites within 10 kmTurm und Kristalle, Dollau-Zeltplatz am Neckartalradweg, Wohnmobil Stellplatz an der Neckarhalle and 2 more
- 38places to stay within 10 kmWanderhütte Bochingen, Pension Dölker, Leidringer Gästehaus and 35 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 Schlichemtal.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas84 mountains within 25 kmHochberg1,009 m · 14 kmLemberg1,016 m · 14 kmPlettenberg1,002 m · 14 kmSchafberg1,000 m · 16 kmWandbühl1,007 m · 16 kmHummelsberg1,002 m · 17 kmDreifaltigkeitsberg988 m · 21 kmWeichenwang988 m · 25 km
Darkskyas1 dark-sky places within 30 kmBlack Forest ObservatoryBortle 3 · 24 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.
Schlichemtal
Germany
- 38Birdyas Score
- 53Species
- 17Migrants
- 0Threatened
Kochhartgraben und Ammertalhänge
Germany · 39 km
- 78Birdyas Score
- 223Species
- 118Migrants
- 6Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q23926349) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 463 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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