Germany Special Protection Area for birds
Südschwarzwald
126 bird species recorded; the most in May.
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This month here
49 species in January.35 species in February.56 species in March.91 species in April.108 species in May.86 species in June.88 species in July.74 species in August.67 species in September.62 species in October.48 species in November.28 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
126 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).
- 126Speciesrecorded more than once
- 76Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 0ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 9,207Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 1,189 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 14Raptors
- 3Owls
- 1Waders
- 1Gulls & seabirds
- 8Ducks & geese
- 2Herons, ibises & grebes
- 2Storks & cranes
- 78Songbirds
- 17Other 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 126 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors14 species
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- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Red KiteMilvus milvus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorus
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- European HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
- Rough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopus
- Eurasian GoshawkAccipiter gentilis
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
Owls3 species
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- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Eurasian Pygmy-OwlGlaucidium passerinum
- Tengmalm's OwlAegolius funereus
Waders1 species
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- Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola
Gulls & seabirds1 species
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- European Herring GullLarus argentatus
Ducks & geese8 species
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- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- GoosanderMergus merganser
Herons, ibises & grebes2 species
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- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Storks & cranes2 species
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- Common CraneGrus grus
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
Songbirds78 species
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- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great titParus major
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- European Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
- Common crossbillLoxia curvirostra
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Citril FinchCarduelis citrinella
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Northern NutcrackerNucifraga caryocatactes
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Short-toed treecreeperCerthia brachydactyla
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibillatrix
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- White-throated DipperCinclus cinclus
- Spectacled WarblerSylvia conspicillata
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Eurasian Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestris
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- WhitethroatSylvia communis
- Western Bonelli's WarblerPhylloscopus bonelli
- Common RedpollAcanthis flammea
- Lesser whitethroatSylvia curruca
- Alpine AccentorPrunella collaris
- Rock BuntingEmberiza cia
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Snow FinchMontifringilla nivalis
- Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinus
Other birds17 species
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- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
- Eurasian Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides tridactylus
- European SwiftApus apus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- CootFulica atra
- Grey-headed WoodpeckerPicus canus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Middle Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocoptes medius
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Western CapercaillieTetrao urogallus
- WryneckJynx torquilla
- Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
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°/-4°110 mm
- Feb2°/-4°83 mm
- Mar7°/-1°94 mm
- Apr13°/2°80 mm
- May17°/7°131 mm
- Jun21°/10°110 mm
- Jul22°/12°117 mm
- Aug22°/12°114 mm
- Sep18°/8°88 mm
- Oct13°/4°111 mm
- Nov7°/0°97 mm
- Dec2°/-3°122 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Südschwarzwald.
Special Protection Area in Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Südschwarzwald is a Special Protection Area under the EU Birds Directive in Germany, 1,189 m above the sea.
126 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 9,207 open records.
The most recorded are the Eurasian Chaffinch, the Coal Tit and the Carrion Crow.
54 species come for the summer, 21 for the winter and 1 only pass through.
The most species are recorded in May.
Get there and watch
- Trekking-Camp Steinbruchcampsite · 2.4 km · 31 within 10 km
- Albhof am Wasserfallplace to stay · 2.8 km · 403 within 10 km
- Bernaunearest town · 2.5 km in a straight line
- EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg (BSL)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 46 km in a straight lineCar hire at BSL airport (Bâle / Mulhouse)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
- 7observation towers within 6 kmRäuberfels, Feldbergturm, Hasenhornturm and 4 more
- 208marked trails within 4 kmWestweg (Östliche Variante), Feldberg - Schluchsee, European Long distance path E1 - part Germany, Baden-Wuerttemberg (region Schwar and 205 more
- 3visitor centres within 6 kmTourist-Information Bernau im Schwarzwald, Touristinformation Menzenschwand, Touristinformation
- 41viewpoints within 5 kmSpießhorn, Koepfle, Pavillon and 38 more
- 48car parks within 3 km
- 10restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 31campsites within 10 kmTrekking-Camp Steinbruch, Wohnmobil Stellplatz Keller Todtnau, Trekking-Camp "Im Neubruch" and 28 more
- 403places to stay within 10 kmAlbhof am Wasserfall, Jugendherberge Menzenschwand, Berggasthaus Gisiboden-Alm and 400 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 Südschwarzwald.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas188 mountains within 25 kmSpießhorn1,351 m · 1.1 kmHerzogenhorn1,416 m · 1.8 kmSilberberg1,359 m · 3.3 kmSeebuck1,449 m · 4.7 kmFeldberg1,494 m · 6.1 km↗Stübenwasen1,389 m · 6.8 kmSchauinsland1,284 m · 14 kmBelchen1,414 m · 15 km
Darkskyas1 dark-sky places within 30 kmPlanetarium FreiburgBortle 7 · 24 km
Cascadyas5 waterfalls within 15 kmMenzenschwander Waterfall · 2.9 kmWasserfälle im Maria-Loch · 3.7 kmFeldsee-Wasserfall · 5.3 kmTodtnau Waterfall · 7.5 kmTodtmooser Wasserfall · 7.6 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.
Südschwarzwald
Germany
- 56Birdyas Score
- 126Species
- 76Migrants
- 0Threatened
Elzniederung zwischen Kenzingen und Rust
Germany · 51 km
- 74Birdyas Score
- 185Species
- 102Migrants
- 5Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q22675306) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 9,207 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, Cascadyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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