South Korea Ramsar wetland
Bamseom
193 bird species recorded; the most in October.
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This month here
115 species in January.109 species in February.114 species in March.118 species in April.118 species in May.78 species in June.72 species in July.78 species in August.97 species in September.132 species in October.117 species in November.104 species in December.
The birds you are most likely to see in the month you choose, those that come for the season first. It opens on today's month.
VU
VU
- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
193 species, counted.
Our own rating, from the records only: species (50 points), threatened species (20), migrants (20) and protected status — Ramsar, IBA, SPA, observatory (10).
- 193Speciesrecorded more than once
- 117Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 4ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 84,648Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 14Raptors
- 4Owls
- 3Waders
- 7Gulls & seabirds
- 28Ducks & geese
- 11Herons, ibises & grebes
- 104Songbirds
- 22Other birds
From open records (eBird and others, through GBIF, licensed for any use). More birdwatchers mean more records: a quiet place may have more birds than it shows.
The checklist
All 193 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors14 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Japanese BuzzardButeo japonicus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- European HobbyFalco subbuteo
- White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Eurasian Black VultureAegypius monachusNT
- Grey-faced BuzzardButastur indicus
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Upland BuzzardButeo hemilasius
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Crested Honey BuzzardPernis ptilorhynchus
- Steller's Sea-eagleHaliaeetus pelagicusVU
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
Owls4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Northern BoobokNinox japonica
- Japanese Scops OwlOtus semitorques
- Brown BoobookNinox scutulata
- Oriental Scops-owlOtus sunia
Waders3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola
Gulls & seabirds7 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black-tailed GullLarus crassirostris
- Vega GullLarus vegae
- Slaty-backed GullLarus schistisagus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- European Herring GullLarus argentatus
Ducks & geese28 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Chinese Spot-billed DuckAnas zonorhyncha
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyrocaNT
- Falcated DuckMareca falcata
- SmewMergellus albellus
- Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostris
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- Baikal TealSibirionetta formosa
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Anas poecilorhynchaAnas poecilorhyncha
- Cairina moschataCairina moschata
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalis
- Swan GooseAnser cygnoides
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Herons, ibises & grebes11 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Striated HeronButorides striata
- Egretta intermediaEgretta intermedia
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Chinese Pond HeronArdeola bacchus
Songbirds104 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Oriental MagpiePica serica
- Brown-eared BulbulHypsipetes amaurotis
- Cinereous TitParus cinereus
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Large-billed CrowCorvus macrorhynchos
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Vinous-throated ParrotbillSinosuthora webbiana
- Daurian RedstartPhoenicurus auroreus
- Poecile variusPoecile varius
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Turdus naumanniTurdus naumanni
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Azure-winged MagpieCyanopica cyanus
- Grey-backed ThrushTurdus hortulorum
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Yellow-throated BuntingEmberiza elegans
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus
- Oriolus chinensisOriolus chinensis
- Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurus
- Chinese GrosbeakEophona migratoria
- Turdus eunomusTurdus eunomus
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- Zosterops japonicusZosterops japonicus
- Pale ThrushTurdus pallidus
- Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Grey-capped GreenfinchChloris sinica
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Muscicapa latirostrisMuscicapa latirostris
- Arctic warblerPhylloscopus borealis
- Eastern Crowned Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus coronatus
- Larvivora sibilansLarvivora sibilans
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Mugimaki FlycatcherFicedula mugimaki
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Blue-and-white FlycatcherCyanoptila cyanomelana
- Light-vented BulbulPycnonotus sinensis
- Yellow-rumped FlycatcherFicedula zanthopygia
- Tristram’s BuntingEmberiza tristrami
- Bull-headed ShrikeLanius bucephalus
- Yellow-bellied TitPeriparus venustulus
- Olive-backed PipitAnthus hodgsoni
- Kamchatka Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus examinandus
- Chinese BlackbirdTurdus mandarinus
- White's ThrushZoothera aurea
- Asian StubtailUrosphena squameiceps
- Rustic BuntingEmberiza rusticaNT
- Pallas's Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus proregulus
- Japanese WaxwingBombycilla japonicaNT
- Pale-legged WarblerPhylloscopus tenellipes
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Chinese NuthatchSitta villosa
- Black-faced buntingEmberiza spodocephala
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulus
- Chestnut-flanked White-eyeZosterops erythropleurus
- Grey-streaked FlycatcherMuscicapa griseisticta
- Red-breasted flycatcherFicedula parva
- Oriental Reed WarblerAcrocephalus orientalis
- White-cheeked StarlingSpodiopsar cineraceus
- Pallas's RosefinchCarpodacus roseus
- Great titParus major
- Taiga FlycatcherFicedula albicilla
- Japanese Bush WarblerHorornis diphone
- Tiger ShrikeLanius tigrinus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Dark-sided FlycatcherMuscicapa sibirica
- Long-tailed RosefinchCarpodacus sibiricus
- Eyebrowed thrushTurdus obscurus
- Red-throated ThrushTurdus ruficollis
- Brown ShrikeLanius cristatus
- Siberian Blue RobinLuscinia cyane
- Dusky warblerPhylloscopus fuscatus
- Siberian AccentorPrunella montanella
- Stejneger's StonechatSaxicola stejnegeri
- Ashy MinivetPericrocotus divaricatus
- Yellow-browed BuntingEmberiza chrysophrys
- Eastern Red-rumped SwallowCecropis daurica
- Japanese WagtailMotacilla grandis
- Forest WagtailDendronanthus indicus
- Chestnut BuntingEmberiza rutila
- Eastern Yellow WagtailMotacilla tschutschensis
- Meadow BuntingEmberiza cioides
- Pallas's Reed HuntingEmberiza pallasi
- Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Radde’s warblerPhylloscopus schwarzi
- Alpine AccentorPrunella collaris
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Fairy PittaPitta nymphaVU
- Janpanese ThrushTurdus cardis
- Asian House MartinDelichon dasypus
- Little BuntingEmberiza pusilla
- Two-barred WarblerPhylloscopus plumbeitarsus
- Parus variusParus varius
- Crested larkGalerida cristata
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Japanese GrosbeakEophona personata
- Chestnut-cheeked StarlingAgropsar philippensis
Other birds22 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Oriental Turtle DoveStreptopelia orientalis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Japanese Pygmy WoodpeckerYungipicus kizuki
- Grey-headed WoodpeckerPicus canus
- CootFulica atra
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Oriental DollarbirdEurystomus orientalis
- Grey-capped Pygmy WoodpeckerYungipicus canicapillus
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- White-backed WoodpeckerDendrocopos leucotos
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- Indian CuckooCuculus micropterus
- Pacific SwiftApus pacificus
- Black-capped KingfisherHalcyon pileataVU
- Japanese QuailCoturnix japonicaNT
- Grey NightjarCaprimulgus jotaka
- Hazel GrouseTetrastes bonasia
- Oriental CuckooCuculus optatus
- Cuculus hyperythrusCuculus hyperythrus
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species in October.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan0°/-7°20 mm
- Feb3°/-5°30 mm
- Mar8°/-1°37 mm
- Apr15°/4°72 mm
- May21°/11°84 mm
- Jun25°/16°116 mm
- Jul27°/21°360 mm
- Aug28°/22°260 mm
- Sep24°/16°138 mm
- Oct18°/10°53 mm
- Nov10°/2°47 mm
- Dec2°/-5°22 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Bamseom.
Two islets in Seoul, South Korea
Bamseom is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in South Korea.
193 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 84,648 open records.
The most recorded are the Oriental Magpie, the Brown-eared Bulbul and the Cinereous Tit.
44 species come for the summer, 65 for the winter and 8 only pass through.
4 are threatened worldwide, including Common Pochard, Black-capped Kingfisher and Fairy Pitta.
The most species are recorded in October.
Get there and watch
- 난지캠핑장campsite · 6.0 km · 11 within 10 km
- 일성콘도미니엄place to stay · 1.5 km · 1,149 within 10 km
- Yongsan-dongnearest town · 4.9 km in a straight line
- Seoul Gimpo International Airport (GMP)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 12 km in a straight lineCar hire at GMP airport (Seoul)Discover Cars · sponsored link↗
Plan the visit
A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.
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From above
The place and its surroundings.
The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the bird hides, towers and trails that OpenStreetMap shows.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- 1bird hides within 6 km반딧불이생태관
- 2observation towers within 6 km용왕정
- 4marked trails within 4 km서울로 7017, 반려예술행동, Seoul City Trail and 1 more
- 29visitor centres within 6 km마포관광안내소, 남대문시장관광안내소, 명동관광정보센터 and 26 more
- 48viewpoints within 5 km북촌7경 : 가회동31번지, 북촌8경 : 삼청동돌계단길, 북촌4경 : 가회동 31번지 언덕 and 45 more
- 280car parks within 3 km
- 5,892restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 11campsites within 10 km난지캠핑장, 노을캠핑장, Tondemon samarkand and 8 more
- 1,149places to stay within 10 km일성콘도미니엄, 카르페디엠 게스트하우스, 명성콘도 and 1,146 more
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
Around Bamseom.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas120 mountains within 25 kmNamsan265 m · 5.5 kmGwanaksan632 m · 11 kmBukhansan836 m · 15 kmBuramsan508 m · 16 kmDobongsan740 m · 19 kmDogyongsan956 m · 19 kmSuraksan638 m · 22 kmGwanggyosan582 m · 24 km
Cavernyas1 caves within 20 kmGwangmyeong Cave · 14 km
Cascadyas1 waterfalls within 15 kmKupabal Falls · 11 km
Riveryasthe river nearbyDorimcheonAnyangcheon
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Photographs
The place, as people saw it.
Other places nearby.
Bamseom
South Korea
- 73Birdyas Score
- 193Species
- 117Migrants
- 4Threatened
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- 86Birdyas Score
- 207Species
- 132Migrants
- 12Threatened
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- 36Birdyas Score
- 57Species
- 1Migrants
- 0Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q626158) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 84,648 open bird records within 6 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only; mostly eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology) |
| See these records | gbif.org |
| Species | GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikidata (CC0); Wikimedia Commons |
| Altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Temperature and rain | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Sister atlases | Peakyas, Cavernyas, Cascadyas, Riveryas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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