Germany Special Protection Area for birds
Wiesenlandschaft bei Balingen
109 bird species recorded; the most in May.
Rainer Halama · CC BY-SA 4.0
This month here
63 species in January.54 species in February.69 species in March.83 species in April.91 species in May.77 species in June.48 species in July.47 species in August.57 species in September.57 species in October.46 species in November.47 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
109 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).
- 109Speciesrecorded more than once
- 58Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 0ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 5,732Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 560 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 9Raptors
- 2Owls
- 2Waders
- 3Ducks & geese
- 3Herons, ibises & grebes
- 3Storks & cranes
- 69Songbirds
- 18Other 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 109 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors9 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Red KiteMilvus milvus
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- European HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Eurasian GoshawkAccipiter gentilis
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Owls2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
Waders2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
Ducks & geese3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
Herons, ibises & grebes3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Great White EgretArdea alba
Storks & cranes3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black storkCiconia nigra
- Common CraneGrus grus
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
Songbirds69 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great titParus major
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Short-toed treecreeperCerthia brachydactyla
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- European Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
- Lesser whitethroatSylvia curruca
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- WhitethroatSylvia communis
- Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- White-throated DipperCinclus cinclus
- Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulus
- Common crossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Lanius excubitorLanius excubitor
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibillatrix
- Northern NutcrackerNucifraga caryocatactes
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Marsh warblerAcrocephalus palustris
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Common Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
Other birds18 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- European SwiftApus apus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
- WryneckJynx torquilla
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Middle Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocoptes medius
- Grey-headed WoodpeckerPicus canus
- CootFulica atra
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
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°80 mm
- Feb3°/-4°60 mm
- Mar8°/-1°68 mm
- Apr14°/3°59 mm
- May18°/7°100 mm
- Jun22°/11°87 mm
- Jul24°/13°96 mm
- Aug23°/13°92 mm
- Sep19°/8°66 mm
- Oct14°/5°77 mm
- Nov7°/1°72 mm
- Dec3°/-3°85 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Wiesenlandschaft bei Balingen.
Special Protection Area in Zollernalbkreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Wiesenlandschaft bei Balingen is a Special Protection Area under the EU Birds Directive in Germany, 560 m above the sea.
109 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 5,732 open records.
The most recorded are the Carrion Crow, the Eurasian Blackbird and the Great tit.
33 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 Freibad Balingencampsite · 3.0 km · 5 within 10 km
- Hotel Bahnhof Balingenplace to stay · 2.2 km · 34 within 10 km
- Geislingennearest town · 1.3 km in a straight line
- Stuttgart Airport (STR)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 53 km in a straight lineCar hire at STR airport (Stuttgart)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
- 24marked trails within 4 kmStreuobstlehrpfad, Beuroner Jakobsweg (2), Historischer Stadtrundgang Balingen and 21 more
- 1visitor centres within 6 kmTourismusinformation Balingen
- 14viewpoints within 5 km
- 167car parks within 3 km
- 40restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 5campsites within 10 kmWohnmobilstellplatz Freibad Balingen, beim Sofienbad, Wohnmobilstellplatz Haigerloch and 2 more
- 34places to stay within 10 kmHotel Bahnhof Balingen, Ferienwohnungen "Ferien auf der Au", Hotel Thum and 31 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 Wiesenlandschaft bei Balingen.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas145 mountains within 25 kmSchafberg1,000 m · 8.6 kmPlettenberg1,002 m · 8.8 kmWandbühl1,007 m · 14 kmWeichenwang988 m · 15 kmHochberg1,009 m · 16 kmLemberg1,016 m · 17 kmHummelsberg1,002 m · 20 kmDreifaltigkeitsberg988 m · 24 km
Cavernyas2 caves within 20 kmLinkenboldshöhle · 15 kmSieben-Täler-Höhle · 18 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.
Wiesenlandschaft bei Balingen
Germany
- 51Birdyas Score
- 109Species
- 58Migrants
- 0Threatened
Kochhartgraben und Ammertalhänge
Germany · 28 km
- 78Birdyas Score
- 223Species
- 118Migrants
- 6Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q21955251) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 5,732 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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