Austria bird sanctuary
Vogelschutzgebiet Weinzödl
94 bird species recorded; the most from March to April.
Clemens Stockner · CC BY-SA 4.0
This month here
32 species in January.50 species in February.63 species in March.63 species in April.55 species in May.47 species in June.50 species in July.34 species in August.31 species in September.45 species in October.54 species in November.36 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
94 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).
- 94Speciesrecorded more than once
- 32Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 1ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 4,558Recordsopen records within 4 km
- 366 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 7Raptors
- 2Owls
- 3Gulls & seabirds
- 4Ducks & geese
- 2Herons, ibises & grebes
- 3Storks & cranes
- 59Songbirds
- 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 94 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors7 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- European HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinusVU
Owls2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Northern Eagle OwlBubo bubo
Gulls & seabirds3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Common GullLarus canus
Ducks & geese4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
Herons, ibises & grebes2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Storks & cranes3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Common CraneGrus grus
- Black storkCiconia nigra
Songbirds59 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great titParus major
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Short-toed treecreeperCerthia brachydactyla
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Collared FlycatcherFicedula albicollis
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- European Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Eurasian Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestris
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Eurasian Penduline TitRemiz pendulinus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- WhitethroatSylvia communis
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus
- White-throated DipperCinclus cinclus
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibillatrix
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
Other birds14 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- European SwiftApus apus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus
- Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
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 March to April.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan2°/-5°32 mm
- Feb4°/-4°40 mm
- Mar10°/-1°43 mm
- Apr16°/4°52 mm
- May20°/9°90 mm
- Jun25°/14°104 mm
- Jul27°/16°107 mm
- Aug26°/15°110 mm
- Sep21°/10°96 mm
- Oct15°/5°61 mm
- Nov9°/1°56 mm
- Dec3°/-4°42 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Vogelschutzgebiet Weinzödl.
Protected area in Austria
Vogelschutzgebiet Weinzödl is a bird sanctuary in Austria, 366 m above the sea.
94 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 4,558 open records.
The most recorded are the Great tit, the Eurasian Blackbird and the Hooded Crow.
18 species come for the summer, 14 for the winter and 0 only pass through.
1 are threatened worldwide, including Red-footed Falcon.
The most species are recorded from March to April.
Get there and watch
- Reisemobil-Stellplatz Grazcampsite · 9.0 km · 2 within 10 km
- BHost - Best in Hosting Grazplace to stay · 3.6 km · 115 within 10 km
- Göstingnearest town · 1.1 km in a straight line
- Graz Airport (GRZ)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 13 km in a straight lineCar hire at GRZ airport (Feldkirchen bei Graz)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
- 3observation towers within 6 kmKernstockwarte, Stephanienwarte
- 60marked trails within 4 kmSteirischer Mariazellerweg 06, Wanderweg 25, Wanderweg 26 and 57 more
- 7visitor centres within 6 kmInfoPoint, Universalmuseum Joanneum - Schloss Eggenberg, Tourismus Information and 4 more
- 48viewpoints within 5 kmJungfernsprung, Wiedner-Platzl, Fürstenstand and 45 more
- 574car parks within 3 km
- 107restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 2campsites within 10 kmReisemobil-Stellplatz Graz
- 115places to stay within 10 kmBHost - Best in Hosting Graz, Hotel Mercure Graz City, Austria Trend Hotel Europa and 112 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 Weinzödl.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas157 mountains within 25 kmSchöckl1,445 m · 11 kmSchöcklkopf1,423 m · 12 kmHochtrötsch1,239 m · 16 kmFuchskogel1,293 m · 22 kmSchiffall1,221 m · 24 kmWalzkogel1,456 m · 24 kmSadningkogel1,449 m · 24 kmRöthelstein1,263 m · 25 km
Lakeyas1 lakes within 15 kmSchwarzlsee1.1 km² · 13 km
Cavernyas6 caves within 20 kmEisbründlhöhle · 7.3 kmLurgrotte · 14 kmBadlhöhle · 14 kmRepolusthöhle · 14 kmGrasslhöhle · 19 kmKaterloch · 20 km
Cascadyas1 waterfalls within 15 kmKesselfall · 11 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.
Vogelschutzgebiet Weinzödl
Austria
- 47Birdyas Score
- 94Species
- 32Migrants
- 1Threatened
Fertő-Hanság National Park
Hungary · 118 km
- 75Birdyas Score
- 183Species
- 108Migrants
- 5Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q95966112) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 4,558 open bird records within 4 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, Canyonyas, Cavernyas, Cascadyas, Riveryas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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