Germany Special Protection Area for birds
Südliches Steigerwaldvorland
82 bird species recorded; the most in May.
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This month here
42 species in January.47 species in February.51 species in March.58 species in April.70 species in May.43 species in June.40 species in July.31 species in August.25 species in September.26 species in October.22 species in November.33 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
82 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).
- 82Speciesrecorded more than once
- 41Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 0ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 3,975Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 278 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 4Raptors
- 2Ducks & geese
- 3Herons, ibises & grebes
- 1Storks & cranes
- 59Songbirds
- 13Other 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 82 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Red KiteMilvus milvus
Ducks & geese2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Herons, ibises & grebes3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great White EgretArdea alba
Storks & cranes1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common CraneGrus grus
Songbirds59 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great titParus major
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Short-toed treecreeperCerthia brachydactyla
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibillatrix
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Lesser whitethroatSylvia curruca
- Eurasian Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- European Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
Other birds13 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- European SwiftApus apus
- CootFulica atra
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Middle Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocoptes medius
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
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°60 mm
- Feb4°/-4°46 mm
- Mar8°/-1°50 mm
- Apr14°/3°40 mm
- May18°/8°78 mm
- Jun23°/12°64 mm
- Jul25°/14°78 mm
- Aug25°/13°72 mm
- Sep20°/9°55 mm
- Oct14°/5°55 mm
- Nov7°/1°60 mm
- Dec3°/-2°64 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Südliches Steigerwaldvorland.
Special protection area in the EU defined by the birds directive in Bavaria, Germany
Südliches Steigerwaldvorland is a Special Protection Area under the EU Birds Directive in Germany, 278 m above the sea.
82 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 3,975 open records.
The most recorded are the Eurasian Blackbird, the Great tit and the Eurasian Blue Tit.
26 species come for the summer, 14 for the winter and 1 only pass through.
The most species are recorded in May.
Get there and watch
- Wohnmobilstellplatz Castellcampsite · 1.0 km · 23 within 10 km
- Hotel Behringerplace to stay · 2.2 km · 100 within 10 km
- Kleinlangheimnearest town · 4.6 km in a straight line
- Nuremberg Airport (NUE)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 60 km in a straight lineCar hire at NUE airport (Nuremberg)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
- 35marked trails within 4 kmKelten-Erlebnisweg, Steigerwald Panoramaweg, W1 and 32 more
- 3visitor centres within 6 kmMittelwald-Informationszentrum, Touristinformation Iphofen
- 15viewpoints within 5 kmHardthütte, Frankenblick, Kappelrangen and 12 more
- 16car parks within 3 km
- 9restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 23campsites within 10 kmWohnmobilstellplatz Castell, Steinbergers Weine, Wohnmobilstellplatz Wiesenbronn and 20 more
- 100places to stay within 10 kmHotel Behringer, Haus Respiratio, Gästehaus Düring and 97 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 Südliches Steigerwaldvorland.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas188 mountains within 25 kmGreuther Berg457 m · 3.3 kmSchwanberg474 m · 5.4 kmIffigheimer Berg482 m · 14 kmScheinberg498 m · 15 kmStollberg476 m · 16 kmHoher Landsberg498 m · 17 kmZabelstein489 m · 23 kmGangolfsberg469 m · 24 km
Cavernyas2 caves within 20 kmGipshöhle Höllern · 19 kmGipshügel Sieben Buckel · 19 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.
Südliches Steigerwaldvorland
Germany
- 46Birdyas Score
- 82Species
- 41Migrants
- 0Threatened
Maintal zwischen Schweinfurt und Dettelbach
Germany · 19 km
- 80Birdyas Score
- 228Species
- 141Migrants
- 7Threatened
Schweinfurter Becken und nördliches Steigerwaldvorland
Germany · 22 km
- 80Birdyas Score
- 231Species
- 145Migrants
- 7Threatened
Altmühltal mit Brunst-Schwaigau und Altmühlsee
Germany · 70 km
- 87Birdyas Score
- 262Species
- 158Migrants
- 12Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q61018177) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 3,975 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, Cavernyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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