Germany Special Protection Area for birds
Überlinger See des Bodensees
181 bird species recorded; the most from April to May.
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This month here
112 species in January.86 species in February.95 species in March.128 species in April.120 species in May.99 species in June.84 species in July.89 species in August.77 species in September.85 species in October.84 species in November.98 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.
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NT- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
181 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).
- 181Speciesrecorded more than once
- 84Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 5ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 11,128Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 401 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 12Raptors
- 2Owls
- 16Waders
- 10Gulls & seabirds
- 30Ducks & geese
- 11Herons, ibises & grebes
- 2Storks & cranes
- 76Songbirds
- 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 181 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors12 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Red KiteMilvus milvus
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- European HobbyFalco subbuteo
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Eurasian GoshawkAccipiter gentilis
- Griffon VultureGyps fulvus
- MerlinFalco columbarius
Owls2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Northern Eagle OwlBubo bubo
Waders16 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- RedshankTringa totanus
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusNT
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquataNT
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNT
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
Gulls & seabirds10 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Common GullLarus canus
- European Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Pontic gullLarus cachinnans
- Sabine's GullXema sabini
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Common LoonGavia immer
Ducks & geese30 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Red-crested pochardNetta rufina
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyrocaNT
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Common EiderSomateria mollissimaNT
- Velvet scoterMelanitta fuscaVU
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- SmewMergellus albellus
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Black swanCygnus atratus
- Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostris
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- Long-tailed duckClangula hyemalisVU
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
Herons, ibises & grebes11 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- WaldrappGeronticus eremita
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritusVU
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Storks & cranes2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Common CraneGrus grus
Songbirds76 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great titParus major
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Short-toed treecreeperCerthia brachydactyla
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- European Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Eurasian Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Marsh warblerAcrocephalus palustris
- Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- Common Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- WhitethroatSylvia communis
- Lesser whitethroatSylvia curruca
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Eurasian Penduline TitRemiz pendulinus
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibillatrix
- Common crossbillLoxia curvirostra
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Icterine warblerHippolais icterina
- Bearded ReedlingPanurus biarmicus
- White-throated DipperCinclus cinclus
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
Other birds22 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- CootFulica atra
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- European SwiftApus apus
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- European Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- Grey-headed WoodpeckerPicus canus
- Middle Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocoptes medius
- WryneckJynx torquilla
- Spotted CrakePorzana porzana
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turturVU
- Corncrake, corn crakeCrex crex
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.
- Jan2°/-4°72 mm
- Feb3°/-4°56 mm
- Mar8°/-1°68 mm
- Apr14°/4°70 mm
- May18°/8°114 mm
- Jun21°/12°112 mm
- Jul23°/14°121 mm
- Aug22°/13°118 mm
- Sep18°/9°81 mm
- Oct13°/5°79 mm
- Nov7°/0°68 mm
- Dec2°/-3°78 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Überlinger See des Bodensees.
Special Protection Area in Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Überlinger See des Bodensees is a Special Protection Area under the EU Birds Directive in Germany, 401 m above the sea.
181 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 11,128 open records.
The most recorded are the Eurasian Chaffinch, the Eurasian Blackbird and the Carrion Crow.
42 species come for the summer, 41 for the winter and 1 only pass through.
5 are threatened worldwide, including Common Pochard, Velvet scoter and Horned Grebe.
The most species are recorded from April to May.
Get there and watch
- Wohnmobilstellplatz Gebhardshofcampsite · 5.2 km · 39 within 10 km
- Abacco Überlingenplace to stay · 1.0 km · 228 within 10 km
- Sipplingennearest town · 1.7 km in a straight line
- Bodensee Airport Friedrichshafen (FDH)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 32 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
- 1bird hides within 6 km
- 2observation towers within 6 kmRutschturm
- 27marked trails within 4 kmJakobsweg Linzgau, Querweg Freiburg-Bodensee [Allensbach], Querweg Freiburg-Bodensee [Konstanz] and 24 more
- 6visitor centres within 6 kmTourist-Information, Tourist Information, Tourist-Information Bodman-Ludwigshafen, Büro Bodman and 3 more
- 63viewpoints within 5 kmHaldenhof, Aussichtspunkt Weißer Pavillon, Pfeifenlöters Ruh' and 60 more
- 76car parks within 3 km
- 13restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 39campsites within 10 kmWohnmobilstellplatz Gebhardshof, Wohnmobilstellplätze Klausenhorn, Wohnmobilstellplatz Dettingen and 36 more
- 228places to stay within 10 kmAbacco Überlingen, Seeliebe, Sternen and 225 more
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
Around Überlinger See des Bodensees.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas48 mountains within 25 kmSeerücken721 m · 17 kmSturmberg770 m · 21 kmHöhe832 m · 21 kmHöchsten843 m · 22 kmHohenkrähen644 m · 22 kmHohentwiel696 m · 22 kmGehrenberg752 m · 24 kmMägdeberg664 m · 24 km
Lakeyas2 lakes within 15 kmAndelshofer Weiher0.3 km² · 4.6 kmMindelsee0.9 km² · 7.8 km
Cavernyas1 caves within 20 kmHeidenhöhlen · 1.9 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.
Überlinger See des Bodensees
Germany
- 71Birdyas Score
- 181Species
- 84Migrants
- 5Threatened
Konstanzer Bucht des Bodensees
Germany · 15 km
- 84Birdyas Score
- 234Species
- 129Migrants
- 9Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q332906) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 11,128 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, Cavernyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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