Germany Special Protection Area for birds
Schwarzensee und Kolbenmoos
120 bird species recorded; the most from April to May.
Harald Hetzner · CC0
This month here
72 species in January.60 species in February.74 species in March.79 species in April.85 species in May.58 species in June.47 species in July.65 species in August.61 species in September.63 species in October.45 species in November.51 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.
VU
VU
- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
120 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).
- 120Speciesrecorded more than once
- 55Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 1ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 5,280Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 555 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 10Raptors
- 4Waders
- 3Gulls & seabirds
- 13Ducks & geese
- 9Herons, ibises & grebes
- 3Storks & cranes
- 62Songbirds
- 16Other 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 120 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors10 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Red KiteMilvus milvus
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- European HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Eurasian GoshawkAccipiter gentilis
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Waders4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
Gulls & seabirds3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
Ducks & geese13 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
Herons, ibises & grebes9 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Little BitternIxobrychus minutus
- Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
- Purple heronArdea purpurea
Storks & cranes3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Common CraneGrus grus
- Black storkCiconia nigra
Songbirds62 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great titParus major
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Eurasian Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Short-toed treecreeperCerthia brachydactyla
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- European Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- White-throated DipperCinclus cinclus
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Bearded ReedlingPanurus biarmicus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Marsh warblerAcrocephalus palustris
- Common Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulus
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- Common crossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Other birds16 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- CootFulica atra
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- European SwiftApus apus
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- European Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Porzana parvaPorzana parva
- Grey-headed WoodpeckerPicus canus
- 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 from April to May.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan0°/-6°98 mm
- Feb1°/-6°76 mm
- Mar6°/-2°93 mm
- Apr11°/2°88 mm
- May15°/6°148 mm
- Jun19°/11°166 mm
- Jul21°/12°163 mm
- Aug20°/12°176 mm
- Sep16°/8°120 mm
- Oct12°/4°97 mm
- Nov6°/-1°84 mm
- Dec2°/-5°97 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Schwarzensee und Kolbenmoos.
Special Protection Area in Wangen im Allgäu, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Schwarzensee und Kolbenmoos is a Special Protection Area under the EU Birds Directive in Germany, 555 m above the sea.
120 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 5,280 open records.
The most recorded are the Eurasian Blackbird, the Great tit and the Eurasian Blue Tit.
28 species come for the summer, 25 for the winter and 2 only pass through.
1 are threatened worldwide, including Common Pochard.
The most species are recorded from April to May.
Get there and watch
- Wohnmobilstellplatz Wangen im Allgäucampsite · 0.9 km · 14 within 10 km
- Alte Postplace to stay · 1.7 km · 118 within 10 km
- Wangennearest town · 2.0 km in a straight line
- Bodensee Airport Friedrichshafen (FDH)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 24 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
- 1observation towers within 6 kmAussichtsturm
- 18marked trails within 4 kmHW 9 - Heuberg-Allgäu-Weg, Halbmarathonstrecke bei Wangen, Wanderweg 1 Wangen im Allgäu and 15 more
- 4visitor centres within 6 kmTourist-Information, Gemeinde Hergatz, Rathaus and 1 more
- 15viewpoints within 5 kmBerger Höhe, Säntisblick, Kögeleck and 12 more
- 175car parks within 3 km
- 51restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 14campsites within 10 kmWohnmobilstellplatz Wangen im Allgäu, Camping Röhrenmoos, Wohnmobilstellplatz "Zum Brennerwirt" and 11 more
- 118places to stay within 10 kmAlte Post, Allgäu Meadow Ranch GmbH, Blaue Traube and 115 more
- bird hides 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 Schwarzensee und Kolbenmoos.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas265 mountains within 25 kmHochberg1,069 m · 14 kmHirschberg1,095 m · 17 kmRiedholzer Kugel1,065 m · 18 kmOchsenberg1,126 m · 22 kmFluh1,391 m · 22 kmSalmaser Höhe1,254 m · 22 kmHochsiedel1,126 m · 23 kmHochhäderich1,566 m · 25 km
Lakeyas2 lakes within 15 kmWuhrmühleweiher0.2 km² · 12 kmArgensee0.2 km² · 14 km
Darkskyas1 dark-sky places within 30 kmEistobelBortle 3 · 16 km
Cavernyas1 caves within 20 kmWellensteinhöhle · 17 km
Cascadyas1 waterfalls within 15 kmScheidegg Waterfalls · 8.9 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Other places nearby.
Schwarzensee und Kolbenmoos
Germany
- 54Birdyas Score
- 120Species
- 55Migrants
- 1Threatened
Europaschutzgebiet Soren, Gleggen–Köblern, Schweizer Ried und Birken–Schwarzes Zeug
Austria · 27 km
- 87Birdyas Score
- 269Species
- 170Migrants
- 11Threatened
Konstanzer Bucht des Bodensees
Germany · 47 km
- 84Birdyas Score
- 234Species
- 129Migrants
- 9Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q22675237) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 5,280 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, Canyonyas, Cavernyas, Cascadyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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