Birdweather summary

88 species were so seldom 'detected' that I think they were a mistake or a rarity, and will omit them from the table below: Common kingfisher, Common whitethroat, Common redstart, Common stonechat, Northern shoveler, Eurasian crag-martin, Eurasian golden oriole, Graylag goose, Water pipit, Eurasian skylark, Barn swallow, Great crested grebe, Eurasian siskin, Eurasian green woodpecker, Eurasian sparrowhawk, Goosander, European nuthatch, Willow tit, Corn bunting, Spotted nutcracker, Great egret, Eurasian bullfinch, Common goldeneye, Willow warbler, Cetti's warbler, Sedge warbler, Red crossbill, White stork, Wood sandpiper, Common linnet, European pied flycatcher, European serin, Bluethroat, Common raven, Bank swallow, Common kestrel, Little ringed plover, Wood lark, Great bittern, Black-headed gull, Common cuckoo, Common starling, Rock dove, Black-crowned night-heron, Common nightingale, Common pheasant, Black woodpecker, Common firecrest, Brambling, Mute swan, Eurasian hoopoe, Western yellow wagtail, Eurasian reed warbler, Turtle dove, Garden warbler, Red-backed shrike, Green sandpiper, Tree pipit, Common house martin, Eurasian jay, Black kite, Meadow pipit, Mistle thrush, Yellow-legged gull, Water rail, Great spotted woodpecker, Common snipe, Rook, Little egret, Egyptian goose, Marsh warbler, Western bonelli's warbler, Eurasian crane, Great cormorant, Fieldfare, Melodious warbler, Common reed bunting, Little grebe, Common wood pigeon, Gadwall, Yellowhammer, Northern lapwing, Lesser whitethroat, Alpine chough, Cirl bunting, Eurasian treecreeper, Dunnock, Eurasian teal.

Ignoring those rare detections, let's look at birds seen especially in the summer, or in the fall.

4 migratory birds detected before May that weren't here after November: Common sandpiper, Common swift, Spotted flycatcher, Black cap warbler.

31 birds that stay here year-round: Common blackbird, Hawfinch, Black redstart, Goldcrest, Red kite, European robin, Common moorhen, Common buzzard, White wagtail, Eurasian tree sparrow, European crested tit, House sparrow, Long-tailed tit, Eurasian collared dove, Short-toed treecreeper, Eurasian coot, Eurasian wren, Coal tit, Grey wagtail, Grey heron, Eurasian blue tit, Great tit, Mallard, European goldfinch, European greenfinch, Song thrush, Eurasian magpie, Common chaffinch, Jackdaw, Marsh tit, Carrion crow.

Dawn chorus

NABU in Germany has a very nice listing of which bird sings when, starting at 80 minutes before sunrise. Sunrise was 7:05 on March 1 2025 and 6:10 on March 29, the last morning before summer time. Assuming the times you see above were on March 29 (not true), the robin would be singing 85 minutes before sunrise - NABU says 50 is normal. The zilpzalp would be 35 minutes before sunrise. Maybe I'll do some more exact analysis sometime.

Gaps with no detections

Top birds per month

Birds of the night

It's clear that a number of these are frequent mistakes.

• Common blackbird: x 5
• Hawfinch: x 8
• Common pheasant: x 15
• Black redstart: x 5
• Goldcrest: x 7
• European robin: x 136
• Common sandpiper: x 15
• Common moorhen: x 847
• Common chiffchaff: x 16
• Common buzzard: x 3
• Long-tailed tit: x 4
• Spotted flycatcher: x 5
• Eurasian coot: x 249
• Water rail: x 4
• Grey heron: x 74
• Mallard: x 26
• European goldfinch: x 3
• Song thrush: x 689
• Common raven: x 4
• Eurasian magpie: x 72
• Black-headed gull: x 5
• Jackdaw: x 3
• Carrion crow: x 17
• Black-crowned night-heron: x 5
• Eurasian teal: x 7

Hourly frequency of detection