Germany Special Protection Area for birds
VSG Feuchtwiesen im nördlichen Münsterland
124 bird species recorded; the most in May.
Rainer Halama · CC BY-SA 4.0
This month here
70 species in January.50 species in February.65 species in March.75 species in April.94 species in May.64 species in June.42 species in July.36 species in August.34 species in September.44 species in October.22 species in November.54 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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- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
124 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).
- 124Speciesrecorded more than once
- 60Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 0ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 4,260Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 10Raptors
- 2Owls
- 7Waders
- 4Gulls & seabirds
- 16Ducks & geese
- 4Herons, ibises & grebes
- 3Storks & cranes
- 63Songbirds
- 15Other 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 124 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
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Red KiteMilvus milvus
- European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorus
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
- White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
Owls2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
Waders7 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquataNT
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNT
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusNT
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- RuffCalidris pugnax
Gulls & seabirds4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- European Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Common GullLarus canus
Ducks & geese16 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- GadwallMareca strepera
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalis
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Herons, ibises & grebes4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Storks & cranes3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common CraneGrus grus
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Black storkCiconia nigra
Songbirds63 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great titParus major
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- European Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Short-toed treecreeperCerthia brachydactyla
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- WhitethroatSylvia communis
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Lesser whitethroatSylvia curruca
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Lanius excubitorLanius excubitor
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Common Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibillatrix
Other birds15 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- European SwiftApus apus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- CootFulica atra
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- European Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
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.
- Jan4°/-1°76 mm
- Feb5°/-1°58 mm
- Mar9°/1°54 mm
- Apr15°/4°41 mm
- May18°/8°61 mm
- Jun22°/12°63 mm
- Jul24°/14°75 mm
- Aug23°/13°77 mm
- Sep20°/10°59 mm
- Oct14°/6°63 mm
- Nov9°/3°69 mm
- Dec5°/0°75 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
VSG Feuchtwiesen im nördlichen Münsterland.
Special protection area in the EU defined by the birds directive in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
VSG Feuchtwiesen im nördlichen Münsterland is a Special Protection Area under the EU Birds Directive in Germany.
124 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 4,260 open records.
The most recorded are the Common Wood Pigeon, the Great tit and the European Robin.
35 species come for the summer, 23 for the winter and 2 only pass through.
The most species are recorded in May.
Get there and watch
- Wohnmobilstellplatz Emsdettencampsite · 2.0 km · 8 within 10 km
- Lindenhofplace to stay · 1.4 km · 35 within 10 km
- Emsdettennearest town · 1.7 km in a straight line
- Münster Osnabrück Airport (FMO)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 13 km in a straight lineCar hire at FMO airport (Greven)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
- 1observation towers within 6 km
- 9marked trails within 4 kmX11 Rheine - Maria-Veen, X24 Münster - Bad Bentheim, X13 Schale - Lüdinghausen and 6 more
- 1visitor centres within 6 kmVerkehrsverein Emsdetten e. V.
- 6viewpoints within 5 kmAussichtsturm Emsdettener Venn, Aussichtsplattform / Hütte and 4 more
- 114car parks within 3 km
- 34restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 8campsites within 10 kmWohnmobilstellplatz Emsdetten, Stellplatz Brüggemann, Wohnmobilstellplatz Rathaus Saerbeck and 5 more
- 35places to stay within 10 kmLindenhof, Wefers Hotel, X-Hotel and 32 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 VSG Feuchtwiesen im nördlichen Münsterland.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas38 mountains within 25 kmBergeshöveder Berg115 m · 12 kmBirgter Berg132 m · 13 kmKlotenberg158 m · 17 kmKälberberg91 m · 20 kmIbbenbürener Bergplatte176 m · 22 kmKleeberg178 m · 22 kmLengericher Berg168 m · 24 kmLeeder-Berg202 m · 24 km
Lakeyas2 lakes within 15 kmTorfmoorsee0.2 km² · 11 kmOfflumer See0.3 km² · 13 km
Darkskyas1 dark-sky places within 30 kmAlte SternwarteBortle 5 · 24 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.
VSG Feuchtwiesen im nördlichen Münsterland
Germany
- 53Birdyas Score
- 124Species
- 60Migrants
- 0Threatened
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Germany · 19 km
- 86Birdyas Score
- 253Species
- 141Migrants
- 8Threatened
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Germany · 84 km
- 86Birdyas Score
- 211Species
- 99Migrants
- 9Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q61040456) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 4,260 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, Riveryas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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