House red -tailed for the bird of 2025 - celebration in Mülheim!

Today is the 3,04,2025

Date: 3.04.2025 - Source 1 ( ):
- Event on Saturday, April 5, in Mülheim an der Ruhr
-Speaker: Thomas Brüseke, NABU bird expert
- Topic: Hausrotchwanz, a colorful songbird with rust red tail
- Habitat: nesting in caves, niches, rocky columns and building, also in city centers
- Duration of the presentation: approx. 2 hours
- Start of the presentation: 2 p.m. in the Ruhrnatur
house - A week later: Excursion for places of the house red -tailed in Mülheim
-Meeting point for the excursion: Kurt-Schumacher Platte, 9 a.m.
- Both events are free of charge
-Contact information: Haus Ruhrnatur, Alte Schluse 3, 45468 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Tel.: 0208/ 4433-380 (every day except Mondays 10 a.m.-5 p.m.), www.haus-ruhrnatur.de

SOURCE 2 ( ):
- The house red -tailed is the bird of 2025.
- He will take over from the Kiebitz from January 2025.
- The house red -tailed received 30.2 percent of the vote, followed by the forest ear owl with 28.2 percent.
- Other candidates: Schwarzpecht (15.8 percent), black stork (14.5 percent), crane (11.3 percent).
- The election took place from September 3 to October 10, 2024.
- The house red -tail is known for its striking vocals, which is described as getting used to.
- he starts singing about 70 minutes before sunrise and is active until after dusk.
- The bird nested in rock columns and caves, but has also settled in urban areas.
- The house red -tail is a semi -cavity breeder and needs nesting options in columns and holes.
- It is adaptable and often nestes under roofs or in the wall holes.
- The house red -tailed is not at risk in Germany and has between 800,000 and 1 million breeding pairs.
- It feeds mainly from insects and spiders.
- The bird has a characteristic rust red tail and shows a trembling behavior.
- The garden red tail is a related bird that differs in habitat and vocals.
- The house red -tail is a cultural successor and has adapted to human settlements.
- Natural gardens can help the house red -tailed by offering insects as a source of food.
- Nesting boxes and nesting aids on buildings support the settlement of the house red -tailed.

SOURCE 3 ( https://www.nabu.de/news/2024/10/vofeltesjahrejahs-2025.html ):
- The house red -tailed was chosen as the "bird of the year 2025".
- Over 140,000 people took part in the election organized by the NABU and the Landesbund for Bird and Nature Conservation (LBV).
- The house red -tailed received 43,235 votes (30.2 %).
- Further voting distributions: Wald ear owl (40,455 votes, 28.2 %), Schwarzspecht (22,656 votes, 15.8 %), Schwarzstork (20,839 votes, 14.5 %), crane (16,205 votes, 11.3 %). - The election took place in October 2024 and the house red -tailed will be the annual bird from January 2025.
- The “Vogel of the Year” has been chosen in Germany since 1971, since 2021 by a public election.
- The House Red Chancement (Phoenicurus Ochruros) is a Grazil songbird that sings in the morning.
- It is about 13 to 15 cm tall, males are gray -black, females and young males are gray -brown.
- Males have a white wing field and a rust -colored tail.
- Originally, the house red -tailed was widespread in the mountains, now also in settlements as building brothers.
- Nesting opportunities are made more difficult by house renovations.
- The house red -tail is insect -eater and suffers from the insect decline.
- The stocks of the house red -tailed are not endangered.
- Election slogan of the house red -tailed: "Courage to the gap!"