Germany Special Protection Area for birds
Ziegelberg
95 bird species recorded; the most in May.
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data), CC BY 4.0, with relief shading from Copernicus WorldDEM-30
This month here
59 species in January.15 species in February.19 species in March.41 species in April.81 species in May.60 species in June.24 species in July.23 species in August.19 species in September.27 species in October.4 species in November.32 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
95 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).
- 95Speciesrecorded more than once
- 42Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 0ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 3,328Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 494 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 8Raptors
- 1Owls
- 4Ducks & geese
- 4Herons, ibises & grebes
- 2Storks & cranes
- 61Songbirds
- 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 95 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors8 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Red KiteMilvus milvus
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- European HobbyFalco subbuteo
- European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorus
Owls1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
Ducks & geese4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
Herons, ibises & grebes4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Storks & cranes2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common CraneGrus grus
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
Songbirds61 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great titParus major
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- European Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- Short-toed treecreeperCerthia brachydactyla
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- WhitethroatSylvia communis
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Lesser whitethroatSylvia curruca
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- White-throated DipperCinclus cinclus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Eurasian Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Common Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlus
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Common crossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
Other birds15 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- European SwiftApus apus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- CootFulica atra
- Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Middle Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocoptes medius
- Grey-headed WoodpeckerPicus canus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
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
Ziegelberg.
Special Protection Area in Nagold, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Ziegelberg is a Special Protection Area under the EU Birds Directive in Germany, 494 m above the sea.
95 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 3,328 open records.
The most recorded are the Great tit, the Eurasian Blue Tit and the Eurasian Blackbird.
24 species come for the summer, 16 for the winter and 2 only pass through.
The most species are recorded in May.
Get there and watch
- Wohnmobilstellplatz am Bahnhofcampsite · 2.7 km · 13 within 10 km
- Arthotelplace to stay · 2.0 km · 33 within 10 km
- Nagoldnearest town · 1.8 km in a straight line
- Stuttgart Airport (STR)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 40 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
- 120marked trails within 4 kmGäurandweg, Birkensteig - Rötenbad, Jettingen Rundwanderweg 2 - Spitalwald and 117 more
- 9viewpoints within 5 kmKeltengrab Baisinger Bühl, Bähnlefelsen and 7 more
- 202car parks within 3 km
- 30restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 13campsites within 10 kmWohnmobilstellplatz am Bahnhof, Jugendzeltplatz an der Nagold, Camping Graf Nagold and 10 more
- 33places to stay within 10 kmArthotel, Freizeitheim Rötenbachtal des CVJM Nagold, Waldeck and 30 more
- bird hides within 6 km
- 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 Ziegelberg.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas106 mountains within 25 kmKühlenberg627 m · 6.7 kmKapf635 m · 7.8 kmLerchenberg603 m · 15 kmStellberg580 m · 15 kmTäfelberg565 m · 21 kmBromberg583 m · 21 kmSpitzberg474 m · 21 kmSchnarrenberg450 m · 23 km
Darkskyas1 dark-sky places within 30 kmSternwarte TübingenBortle 5 · 24 km
Cavernyas2 caves within 20 kmPommerlesloch · 4.3 kmSieben-Täler-Höhle · 16 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Other places nearby.
Ziegelberg
Germany
- 47Birdyas Score
- 95Species
- 42Migrants
- 0Threatened
Kochhartgraben und Ammertalhänge
Germany · 13 km
- 78Birdyas Score
- 223Species
- 118Migrants
- 6Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q24196080) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 3,328 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, Cavernyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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