Birdweather summary

57 species were so seldom 'detected' that I think they were a mistake or a rarity, and will omit them from the table below: Gadwall, Garden warbler, Barn swallow, Common wood pigeon, Water pipit, Common swift, Common house martin, Eurasian jay, Great spotted woodpecker, Mistle thrush, Great bittern, Little grebe, Great cormorant, Common raven, Eurasian bullfinch, Meadow pipit, Common pheasant, Willow warbler, Eurasian teal, Yellowhammer, Common starling, Spotted flycatcher, Mallard, European pied flycatcher, Little egret, Song thrush, Egyptian goose, Black woodpecker, Eurasian skylark, Mute swan, Northern lapwing, Common reed bunting, Rock dove, Common snipe, Brambling, Eurasian green woodpecker, Common nightingale, European serin, Common firecrest, Western yellow wagtail, Little ringed plover, Tree pipit, Common kingfisher, Fieldfare, Dunnock, European nuthatch, Yellow-legged gull, Black-headed gull, Common linnet, Willow tit, Green sandpiper, Black kite, Common redstart, Graylag goose, Common moorhen, Great egret, Common stonechat.

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

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

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

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

• European robin: x 55
• Song thrush: x 30
• Common chiffchaff: x 16
• Eurasian magpie: x 15
• Common blackbird: x 4
• Grey heron: x 11
• Eurasian coot: x 45
• Eurasian teal: x 3
• Mallard: x 10
• Common moorhen: x 12
• Carrion crow: x 6

Hourly frequency of detection