Germany Special Protection Area for birds
Werra-Aue zwischen Breitungen und Creuzburg
69 bird species recorded; the most in May.
Heinz K. S. · CC BY-SA 4.0
This month here
45 species in January.0 species in February.2 species in March.14 species in April.59 species in May.7 species in June.13 species in July.27 species in August.2 species in September.3 species in October.2 species in November.5 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.
No records for this month.
- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
69 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).
- 69Speciesrecorded more than once
- 20Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 0ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 1,451Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 351 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 5Raptors
- 2Ducks & geese
- 3Herons, ibises & grebes
- 1Storks & cranes
- 48Songbirds
- 10Other 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 69 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors5 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Red KiteMilvus milvus
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Eurasian GoshawkAccipiter gentilis
Ducks & geese2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Herons, ibises & grebes3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Great White EgretArdea alba
Storks & cranes1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common CraneGrus grus
Songbirds48 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great titParus major
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Lesser whitethroatSylvia curruca
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- European Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Short-toed treecreeperCerthia brachydactyla
Other birds10 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- European SwiftApus apus
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
- Grey-headed WoodpeckerPicus canus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- WryneckJynx torquilla
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.
- Jan2°/-4°67 mm
- Feb3°/-3°48 mm
- Mar8°/-1°52 mm
- Apr13°/3°40 mm
- May18°/7°76 mm
- Jun21°/11°65 mm
- Jul24°/13°82 mm
- Aug24°/13°68 mm
- Sep19°/8°58 mm
- Oct13°/4°56 mm
- Nov7°/1°63 mm
- Dec3°/-2°68 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Werra-Aue zwischen Breitungen und Creuzburg.
Special protection area in the EU defined by the birds directive in Thüringen, Germany
Werra-Aue zwischen Breitungen und Creuzburg is a Special Protection Area under the EU Birds Directive in Germany, 351 m above the sea.
69 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 1,451 open records.
The most recorded are the Eurasian Blackbird, the Great tit and the House Sparrow.
16 species come for the summer, 1 for the winter and 3 only pass through.
The most species are recorded in May.
Get there and watch
- Auszeit Lindigshofcampsite · 2.5 km · 11 within 10 km
- Waldhaus-Hutzelhöhplace to stay · 8.4 km · 101 within 10 km
- Marksuhlnearest town · 4.1 km in a straight line
- Erfurt-Weimar Airport (ERF)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 51 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
- 10marked trails within 4 kmFernwanderweg Eisenacher Haus, Sallmannshäuser Rennsteig, Rad- und Wanderweg Förtha-Marksuhl and 7 more
- 1visitor centres within 6 kmFremdenverkehrsbüro
- 11viewpoints within 5 kmRhönblick, Wartburgblick, Am Böttchers Häuschen and 8 more
- 14car parks within 3 km
- 2restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 11campsites within 10 kmAuszeit Lindigshof, Campingpark Eisenach, Wartburg Parkplatz and 8 more
- 101places to stay within 10 kmWaldhaus-Hutzelhöh, Panorama Hotel am Frankenstein, Pension Stegmann and 98 more
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers 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 Werra-Aue zwischen Breitungen und Creuzburg.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas409 mountains within 25 kmGerberstein728 m · 11 kmDrehberg754 m · 14 kmGroßer Inselsberg916 m · 16 kmPleß645 m · 17 kmSeimberg803 m · 17 kmTrockenberg808 m · 18 kmÖchsen627 m · volcano · 19 kmBaier714 m · 19 km
Darkskyas1 dark-sky places within 30 kmPlanetariumBortle 3 · 9.7 km
Cavernyas3 caves within 20 kmDas verfluchte Jungfernloch · 8.5 kmAltenstein cave · 10 kmKittelsthaler Tropfsteinhöhle · 11 km
Cascadyas1 waterfalls within 15 kmLuisenthaler Wasserfall · 9.1 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.
Werra-Aue zwischen Breitungen und Creuzburg
Germany
- 40Birdyas Score
- 69Species
- 20Migrants
- 0Threatened
Schweinfurter Becken und nördliches Steigerwaldvorland
Germany · 106 km
- 80Birdyas Score
- 231Species
- 145Migrants
- 7Threatened
Maintal zwischen Schweinfurt und Dettelbach
Germany · 109 km
- 80Birdyas Score
- 228Species
- 141Migrants
- 7Threatened
Felsklippen im Werra-Meißner-Kreis
Germany · 30 km
- 52Birdyas Score
- 104Species
- 51Migrants
- 1Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q60882220) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 1,451 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, Canyonyas, Cavernyas, Cascadyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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