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Saalbachniederung Bruchsal

Baden- Württemberg  >  Germany

Wide grassland landscape with scattered trees, including a flooded gravel pit and a lake with some good silt areas for waders during migration.

Added* by Jannik Stipp
Most recent update 8 marec 2025

Description

During spring and summer, common species that can be found at Saalbachniederung Bruchsal are veliki strnad, mali deževnik, priba, mali ponirek, kozica, repaljščica, črnoglavi muhar and rakar. Sometimes a rjava čaplja can be seen, čapljica breed since 2021, but often hard to see. In fall, migration is quite good for waders (August to mid October). Common waders like togotnik, spremenljivi prodnik, močvirski martinec, pikasti martinec, mali martinec, rdečenogi martinec, zelenonogi martinec, črni martinec and kozica in small numbers every year, but also often good for rare waders like srpokljuni prodnik, črna prosenka, veliki škurh, Temminckov prodnik, mali prodnikand črnorepi kljunač (often all of these waders every year present but only single individuals). polojnik in 2018 and 2019 with single individuals present. Later in fall (September and October) high numbers of bela štorklja, some črna štorklja and žerjav. Good numbers of vriskarica(up to 30 individuals), some repaljščica, prosnik, different species of ducks and single ribji orel. In reed some Mokož and sometimes grahasta tukalica, but difficult to see. In winter single individuals of veliki srakoper and pepelasti lunj.

Details

Access

Best way by car or train.

Terrain and Habitat

Grassland , Mud flats , Scattered trees and bushes , Lake

Conditions

Flat , No shadow , Open landscape

Circular trail

No

Is a telescope useful?

Yes

Good birding season

Spring , Autumn

Best time to visit

Autumn migration , Spring migration , Spring

Route

Unpaved road , Wide path

Difficulty walking trail

Easy

Accessible by

Foot , Bicycle

Birdwatching hide / platform

No

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