Germany Special Protection Area for birds
Streuobst- und Weinberggebiete zwischen Geradstetten, Rudersberg und Waldhausen
145 bird species recorded; the most from April to May.
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This month here
88 species in January.85 species in February.96 species in March.112 species in April.116 species in May.92 species in June.86 species in July.86 species in August.94 species in September.90 species in October.86 species in November.90 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
145 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).
- 145Speciesrecorded more than once
- 75Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 1ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 30,346Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 384 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 13Raptors
- 6Owls
- 5Waders
- 2Gulls & seabirds
- 12Ducks & geese
- 4Herons, ibises & grebes
- 3Storks & cranes
- 78Songbirds
- 22Other 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 145 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors13 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Red KiteMilvus milvus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Eurasian GoshawkAccipiter gentilis
- European HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorus
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Rough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopus
Owls6 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Northern Eagle OwlBubo bubo
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Western Barn OwlTyto alba
- Eurasian Scops OwlOtus scops
Waders5 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- Little ringed ploverCharadrius dubius
- Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
Gulls & seabirds2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
Ducks & geese12 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Cairina moschataCairina moschata
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Herons, ibises & grebes4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Storks & cranes3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common CraneGrus grus
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Black storkCiconia nigra
Songbirds78 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great titParus major
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Short-toed treecreeperCerthia brachydactyla
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Collared FlycatcherFicedula albicollis
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- European Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Lesser whitethroatSylvia curruca
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Lanius excubitorLanius excubitor
- African StonechatSaxicola torquatus
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Marsh warblerAcrocephalus palustris
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Common crossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulus
- White-throated DipperCinclus cinclus
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibillatrix
- WhitethroatSylvia communis
- Eurasian Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Common Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- Common RedpollAcanthis flammea
- Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
- Icterine warblerHippolais icterina
Other birds22 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Grey-headed WoodpeckerPicus canus
- European SwiftApus apus
- Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
- WryneckJynx torquilla
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Middle Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocoptes medius
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- CootFulica atra
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- European Water RailRallus aquaticus
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.
- Jan3°/-3°67 mm
- Feb4°/-3°50 mm
- Mar9°/0°56 mm
- Apr15°/4°46 mm
- May19°/8°84 mm
- Jun23°/12°69 mm
- Jul26°/14°82 mm
- Aug25°/14°78 mm
- Sep21°/9°54 mm
- Oct15°/5°64 mm
- Nov8°/1°63 mm
- Dec4°/-2°70 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Streuobst- und Weinberggebiete zwischen Geradstetten, Rudersberg und Waldhausen.
Special protection area in the EU defined by the birds directive in Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Streuobst- und Weinberggebiete zwischen Geradstetten, Rudersberg und Waldhausen is a Special Protection Area under the EU Birds Directive in Germany, 384 m above the sea.
145 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 30,346 open records.
The most recorded are the Great tit, the Eurasian Blackbird and the Eurasian Blue Tit.
41 species come for the summer, 30 for the winter and 4 only pass through.
1 are threatened worldwide, including Common Pochard.
The most species are recorded from April to May.
Get there and watch
- Wohnmobilstellplatz Sportpark Remscampsite · 2.5 km · 8 within 10 km
- Goldenes Lammplace to stay · 3.2 km · 80 within 10 km
- Schorndorfnearest town · 3.4 km in a straight line
- Stuttgart Airport (STR)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 27 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
- 2observation towers within 6 kmNasslagerturm
- 43marked trails within 4 kmStromberg-Schwäbischer-Wald-Weg, Urbacher Wanderweg 1, Urbacher Wanderweg 2 and 40 more
- 1visitor centres within 6 kmVVS Verkaufsstelle / WEG Information
- 16viewpoints within 5 kmNasslagerturm, Burg Urbach, Bergrutsch Urbach and 13 more
- 103car parks within 3 km
- 16restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 8campsites within 10 kmWohnmobilstellplatz Sportpark Rems, Wohnmobilstellplatz Gmünder Straße, Oskar Frech SeeBad and 5 more
- 80places to stay within 10 kmGoldenes Lamm, Hotel an der Stadtmauer, Boutique Hotel Pfauen and 77 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 Streuobst- und Weinberggebiete zwischen Geradstetten, Rudersberg und Waldhausen.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas96 mountains within 25 kmKernen513 m · 16 kmHohenstaufen684 m · 18 kmHagberg585 m · 18 kmKappelberg469 m · 18 kmRechberg708 m · 22 kmHohe Brach587 m · 22 kmJuxkopf533 m · 23 kmStuifen757 m · 24 km
Darkskyas2 dark-sky places within 30 kmStuttgart ObservatoryBortle 8 · 25 kmCarl-Zeiss-Planetarium StuttgartBortle 8 · 25 km
Cavernyas1 caves within 20 kmKesselgrotte · 7.2 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
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Streuobst- und Weinberggebiete zwischen Geradstetten, Rudersberg und Waldhausen
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- 59Birdyas Score
- 145Species
- 75Migrants
- 1Threatened
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- 70Birdyas Score
- 195Species
- 115Migrants
- 3Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q23943846) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 30,346 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, 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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