Germany / Denmark Ramsar wetland
Wadden Sea National Parks
83 bird species recorded; the most in August.
Ralf Roletschek · CC BY-SA 3.0
This month here
21 species in January.12 species in February.12 species in March.16 species in April.52 species in May.28 species in June.45 species in July.60 species in August.48 species in September.32 species in October.18 species in November.0 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
83 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).
- 83Speciesrecorded more than once
- 46Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 2ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 2,848Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 5Raptors
- 21Waders
- 12Gulls & seabirds
- 9Ducks & geese
- 3Herons, ibises & grebes
- 26Songbirds
- 7Other 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 83 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors5 species
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- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Waders21 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusNT
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquataNT
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- Bar-tailed godwitLimosa lapponicaNT
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Red KnotCalidris canutusNT
- European Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNT
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaVU
Gulls & seabirds12 species
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- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- European Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Common MurreUria aalge
- Northern gannetMorus bassanus
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
Ducks & geese9 species
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- Common EiderSomateria mollissimaNT
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Common ScoterMelanitta nigra
- Brent GooseBranta bernicla
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
Herons, ibises & grebes3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Songbirds26 species
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- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Great titParus major
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
Other birds7 species
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- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- CootFulica atra
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- European SwiftApus apus
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 August.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan4°/1°90 mm
- Feb4°/1°71 mm
- Mar6°/2°60 mm
- Apr10°/5°44 mm
- May14°/9°59 mm
- Jun18°/13°76 mm
- Jul20°/15°86 mm
- Aug20°/16°99 mm
- Sep17°/13°85 mm
- Oct13°/9°97 mm
- Nov8°/6°90 mm
- Dec5°/3°94 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Wadden Sea National Parks.
Wadden Sea national parks of the North Sea
Wadden Sea National Parks is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Germany.
83 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 2,848 open records.
The most recorded are the Black-headed Gull, the European Herring Gull and the Common Gull.
32 species come for the summer, 14 for the winter and 0 only pass through.
2 are threatened worldwide, including Grey Plover and Curlew Sandpiper.
The most species are recorded in August.
Get there and watch
- Wattenmeerhaus Pellwormcampsite · 7.5 km · 1 within 10 km
- MeerLandplace to stay · 4.5 km · 66 within 10 km
- Pellwormnearest town · 6.7 km in a straight line
- Westerland Sylt Airport (GWT)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 54 km in a straight lineCar hire at HAM airport (Hamburg)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
- 1viewpoints within 5 kmSternenkiek
- 1campsites within 10 kmWattenmeerhaus Pellworm
- 66places to stay within 10 kmMeerLand, Dat Both´s Hus, Hotel Landhaus Leuchtfeuer and 63 more
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- car parks within 3 km
- restaurants and cafés within 3 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 Wadden Sea National Parks.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas1 mountains within 25 kmSimonsberg · 21 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.
Wadden Sea National Parks
Germany
- 52Birdyas Score
- 83Species
- 46Migrants
- 2Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q1965925) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 2,848 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, Darkskyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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