Germany Special Protection Area for birds
Wurzacher Ried
152 bird species recorded; the most in May and from July to August.
KlaraLang · CC BY-SA 3.0
This month here
55 species in January.54 species in February.58 species in March.81 species in April.105 species in May.83 species in June.101 species in July.99 species in August.88 species in September.84 species in October.53 species in November.13 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
152 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).
- 152Speciesrecorded more than once
- 70Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 3ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 4,082Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 652 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 12Raptors
- 1Owls
- 20Waders
- 3Gulls & seabirds
- 20Ducks & geese
- 9Herons, ibises & grebes
- 3Storks & cranes
- 67Songbirds
- 17Other 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 152 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors12 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Red KiteMilvus milvus
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Short-toed eagleCircaetus gallicus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- European HobbyFalco subbuteo
- White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
- Eurasian GoshawkAccipiter gentilis
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Owls1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
Waders20 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquataNT
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaVU
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- White-tailed LapwingVanellus leucurus
- Little ringed ploverCharadrius dubius
Gulls & seabirds3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Black TernChlidonias niger
Ducks & geese20 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Red-crested pochardNetta rufina
- Maned DuckChenonetta jubata
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Bar-headed GooseAnser indicus
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
Herons, ibises & grebes9 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Purple heronArdea purpurea
- Microcarbo pygmaeusMicrocarbo pygmaeus
Storks & cranes3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Common CraneGrus grus
- Black storkCiconia nigra
Songbirds67 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great titParus major
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- European Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
- Eurasian Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Short-toed treecreeperCerthia brachydactyla
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Common crossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Marsh warblerAcrocephalus palustris
- Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Northern NutcrackerNucifraga caryocatactes
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Bearded ReedlingPanurus biarmicus
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Icterine warblerHippolais icterina
- Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioides
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Lanius excubitorLanius excubitor
Other birds17 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- CootFulica atra
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- European SwiftApus apus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- European Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Middle Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocoptes medius
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- Spotted CrakePorzana porzana
- Grey-headed WoodpeckerPicus canus
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 and from July to August.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan2°/-4°75 mm
- Feb3°/-4°58 mm
- Mar8°/-1°70 mm
- Apr13°/3°70 mm
- May17°/8°120 mm
- Jun21°/12°124 mm
- Jul23°/14°130 mm
- Aug22°/13°131 mm
- Sep18°/9°89 mm
- Oct13°/5°77 mm
- Nov7°/0°68 mm
- Dec2°/-3°76 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Wurzacher Ried.
Special Protection Area in Bad Wurzach, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Wurzacher Ried is a Special Protection Area under the EU Birds Directive in Germany, 652 m above the sea.
152 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 4,082 open records.
The most recorded are the Carrion Crow, the Great tit and the Eurasian Blackbird.
56 species come for the summer, 13 for the winter and 1 only pass through.
3 are threatened worldwide, including Common Pochard, Grey Plover and Curlew Sandpiper.
The most species are recorded in May and from July to August.
Get there and watch
- Stellplatz am Wurzacher Riedcampsite · 1.6 km · 9 within 10 km
- Gasthof Adlerplace to stay · 1.9 km · 24 within 10 km
- Bad Wurzachnearest town · 2.0 km in a straight line
- Memmingen Allgau Airport (FMM)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 27 km in a straight lineCar hire at FMM airport (Memmingen)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 kmPlattform Quellseen
- 13marked trails within 4 kmHW 5 - Schwarzwald-Schwäbische Alb-Allgäu-Weg, 1 - Moor-Weg, Höhenwanderweg 5 and 10 more
- 4viewpoints within 5 kmGrabener Höhe and 3 more
- 76car parks within 3 km
- 11restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 9campsites within 10 kmStellplatz am Wurzacher Ried, Freizeitplatz Truilz, Holzweiher and 6 more
- 24places to stay within 10 kmGasthof Adler, Gesundheitshotel Rössle, feelMoor - Das Gesundresort and 21 more
- observation towers within 6 km
- visitor centres 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 Wurzacher Ried.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas123 mountains within 25 kmHaidgauer Berg764 m · 4.7 kmZiegelberg768 m · 5.4 kmTristolzer Berg700 m · 7.6 kmWachbühl793 m · 8.5 kmHohbäumle712 m · 8.8 kmVogelberg788 m · 21 kmP.799799 m · 23 kmP.815815 m · 24 km
Lakeyas2 lakes within 15 kmRohrsee0.5 km² · 6.6 kmEllerazhofer Weiher0.3 km² · 13 km
Cascadyas1 waterfalls within 15 kmWasserfall in Weißenbronn · 14 km
Riveryasthe river nearbyWurzacher Ach24 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.
Wurzacher Ried
Germany
- 62Birdyas Score
- 152Species
- 70Migrants
- 3Threatened
Europaschutzgebiet Soren, Gleggen–Köblern, Schweizer Ried und Birken–Schwarzes Zeug
Austria · 55 km
- 87Birdyas Score
- 269Species
- 170Migrants
- 11Threatened
Konstanzer Bucht des Bodensees
Germany · 59 km
- 84Birdyas Score
- 234Species
- 129Migrants
- 9Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q22675357) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 4,082 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, 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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