Germany Special Protection Area for birds
Vogelschutzgebiet Hellwegbörde
121 bird species recorded; the most in May.
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This month here
60 species in January.32 species in February.51 species in March.57 species in April.100 species in May.33 species in June.17 species in July.58 species in August.50 species in September.5 species in October.34 species in November.35 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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VU
VU- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
121 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).
- 121Speciesrecorded more than once
- 46Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 1ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 3,306Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 105 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 10Raptors
- 4Owls
- 10Waders
- 2Gulls & seabirds
- 16Ducks & geese
- 5Herons, ibises & grebes
- 2Storks & cranes
- 58Songbirds
- 14Other 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 121 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
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Red KiteMilvus milvus
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
- Eurasian GoshawkAccipiter gentilis
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- European HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
Owls4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Western Barn OwlTyto alba
- Northern Eagle OwlBubo bubo
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
Waders10 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Eurasian DotterelCharadrius morinellus
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Little ringed ploverCharadrius dubius
Gulls & seabirds2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Ducks & geese16 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
Herons, ibises & grebes5 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Storks & cranes2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Common CraneGrus grus
Songbirds58 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great titParus major
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Short-toed treecreeperCerthia brachydactyla
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- European Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- WhitethroatSylvia communis
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Icterine warblerHippolais icterina
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Lesser whitethroatSylvia curruca
- Eurasian Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Other birds14 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- CootFulica atra
- European SwiftApus apus
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Grey-headed WoodpeckerPicus canus
- 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.
- Jan3°/-2°85 mm
- Feb4°/-2°63 mm
- Mar8°/0°60 mm
- Apr14°/4°47 mm
- May17°/8°70 mm
- Jun21°/11°70 mm
- Jul24°/13°83 mm
- Aug23°/13°79 mm
- Sep19°/9°65 mm
- Oct14°/6°64 mm
- Nov8°/2°75 mm
- Dec4°/-1°82 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Vogelschutzgebiet Hellwegbörde.
Special protection area in the EU defined by the birds directive in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Vogelschutzgebiet Hellwegbörde is a Special Protection Area under the EU Birds Directive in Germany.
121 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 3,306 open records.
The most recorded are the Eurasian Blackbird, the Eurasian Blue Tit and the Common Wood Pigeon.
31 species come for the summer, 15 for the winter and 0 only pass through.
1 are threatened worldwide, including Common Pochard.
The most species are recorded in May.
Get there and watch
- An den Sole-Thermencampsite · 6.2 km · 7 within 10 km
- Hotel Bükerplace to stay · 4.6 km · 42 within 10 km
- Erwittenearest town · 4.4 km in a straight line
- Paderborn Lippstadt Airport (PAD)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 24 km in a straight lineCar hire at PAD airport (Büren)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 kmBlick über den Steinbruch, Aussichtsturm Woeste
- 1marked trails within 4 kmJakobs-Pilgerweg Corvey-Dortmund
- 1visitor centres within 6 kmTouristeninformationen Bad Westernkotten
- 1viewpoints within 5 km
- 40car parks within 3 km
- 3restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 7campsites within 10 kmAn den Sole-Thermen, Restaurant Gerling, Wohnmobilstellplatz Waldfreibad Anröchte and 4 more
- 42places to stay within 10 kmHotel Büker, Motel Schlegel, Hotel - Cafe' - Restaurant Buddeus and 39 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 Vogelschutzgebiet Hellwegbörde.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas88 mountains within 25 kmÖnkhaus-Berg136 m · 18 kmDiestedder Berg140 m · 19 kmHöx-Berg163 m · 21 kmMackenberg174 m · 22 kmPlackweghöhe582 m · 23 kmLemmberg360 m · 24 kmLüttke-Berg · 24 kmBruns-Berg126 m · 24 km
Cavernyas1 caves within 20 kmBilsteinhöhle · 20 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Other places nearby.
Vogelschutzgebiet Hellwegbörde
Germany
- 52Birdyas Score
- 121Species
- 46Migrants
- 1Threatened
Vogelschutzgebiet 'Rieselfelder Münster'
Germany · 65 km
- 86Birdyas Score
- 253Species
- 141Migrants
- 8Threatened
Vogelschutzgebiet 'Rietberger Emsnied. mit Steinhorster Becken'
Germany · 29 km
- 64Birdyas Score
- 165Species
- 77Migrants
- 3Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q61040464) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 3,306 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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