Turdus philomelos

Interesting facts: The song thrush is considered to be one of the best singers in our native bird life. We can hear its melodic,...

Regulus ignicapillus

Interesting facts: The firecrest and the goldcrest are among the smallest birds in Europe. It lives in coniferous and mixed...

Accipiter nisus

Interesting facts: The sparrow hawk is from the hawk family. It colonises well structured landscapes. Increasingly, it also builds...

Sturnus vulgaris

Interesting facts: The about 20 cm large, purple-coloured starling is a real “star” when singing. It can perfectly imitate other...

Carduelis carduelis

Interesting facts: The not quite sparrow size goldfinch feeds almost exclusively on thistle seeds and other composite flowers....

Anas platyrhynchos

Interesting facts: The mallard duck is the largest and most common swimming duck in Europe. It is in no respect reliant on...

Columba livia f. domestica

Interesting facts: The domestic pigeon is found in almost every town in the world. The breeding pair stay together for...

Poecile palustris

Interesting facts: The marsh tit has a black cap, so that it is also known in German as the “nun tit. It is widely distributed...

Acrocephalus palustris

Interesting facts: It can be distinguished from it twin species, the reed warbler, mainly by its song. Its cup-shaped nest...

Nucifraga caryocatactes

Interesting facts: The nutcracker is a very territorial corvid. Its usually maintains its territory for its entire life...