South Korea Ramsar wetland
Du-ung wetland
90 bird species recorded; the most from April to May.
Jjw · CC BY-SA 4.0
This month here
11 species in January.21 species in February.25 species in March.62 species in April.58 species in May.41 species in June.6 species in July.27 species in August.1 species in September.8 species in October.7 species in November.5 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.
- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
90 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).
- 90Speciesrecorded more than once
- 35Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 1ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 1,204Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 2Raptors
- 1Owls
- 8Waders
- 2Gulls & seabirds
- 9Ducks & geese
- 8Herons, ibises & grebes
- 48Songbirds
- 12Other 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 90 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors2 species
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- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
Owls1 species
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- Oriental Scops-owlOtus sunia
Waders8 species
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- Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinus
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Little ringed ploverCharadrius dubius
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Gray-tailed TattlerTringa brevipes
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
Gulls & seabirds2 species
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- Black-tailed GullLarus crassirostris
- European Herring GullLarus argentatus
Ducks & geese9 species
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- Anas poecilorhynchaAnas poecilorhyncha
- Chinese Spot-billed DuckAnas zonorhyncha
- Falcated DuckMareca falcata
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostris
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
Herons, ibises & grebes8 species
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- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Egretta intermediaEgretta intermedia
- Striated HeronButorides striata
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Japanese CormorantPhalacrocorax capillatus
Songbirds48 species
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- Brown-eared BulbulHypsipetes amaurotis
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Daurian RedstartPhoenicurus auroreus
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Vinous-throated ParrotbillSinosuthora webbiana
- Grey-capped GreenfinchChloris sinica
- Great titParus major
- Large-billed CrowCorvus macrorhynchos
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Cinereous TitParus cinereus
- Azure-winged MagpieCyanopica cyanus
- Oriental MagpiePica serica
- Grey-backed ThrushTurdus hortulorum
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Parus variusParus varius
- Bull-headed ShrikeLanius bucephalus
- White-cheeked StarlingSpodiopsar cineraceus
- Oriolus chinensisOriolus chinensis
- Yellow-throated BuntingEmberiza elegans
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Meadow BuntingEmberiza cioides
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Poecile variusPoecile varius
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus
- White's ThrushZoothera aurea
- Oriental Reed WarblerAcrocephalus orientalis
- Japanese Bush WarblerHorornis diphone
- Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
- Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
- Olive-backed PipitAnthus hodgsoni
- Black-faced buntingEmberiza spodocephala
- Light-vented BulbulPycnonotus sinensis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Stejneger's StonechatSaxicola stejnegeri
- Pale ThrushTurdus pallidus
- Tristram’s BuntingEmberiza tristrami
- African StonechatSaxicola torquatus
- Eastern Crowned Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus coronatus
- Chinese GrosbeakEophona migratoria
- Ashy MinivetPericrocotus divaricatus
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Yellow-browed BuntingEmberiza chrysophrys
- Lanceolated WarblerLocustella lanceolata
- Japanese GrosbeakEophona personata
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Turdus eunomusTurdus eunomus
Other birds12 species
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- Oriental Turtle DoveStreptopelia orientalis
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Oriental DollarbirdEurystomus orientalis
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Grey-headed WoodpeckerPicus canus
- Japanese Pygmy WoodpeckerYungipicus kizuki
- Indian CuckooCuculus micropterus
- CootFulica atra
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Pacific SwiftApus pacificus
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species from April to May.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan2°/-1°24 mm
- Feb3°/-1°35 mm
- Mar7°/2°41 mm
- Apr12°/7°77 mm
- May17°/12°86 mm
- Jun22°/17°116 mm
- Jul25°/21°329 mm
- Aug26°/23°244 mm
- Sep24°/20°134 mm
- Oct18°/14°52 mm
- Nov12°/8°51 mm
- Dec5°/2°31 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Du-ung wetland.
Du-ung wetland is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in South Korea.
90 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 1,204 open records.
The most recorded are the Brown-eared Bulbul, the Eurasian Tree Sparrow and the Black-tailed Gull.
22 species come for the summer, 11 for the winter and 2 only pass through.
1 are threatened worldwide, including Common Pochard.
The most species are recorded from April to May.
Get there and watch
- 이태백캠핑장campsite · 2.3 km · 5 within 10 km
- 하늘과 바다사이 리조트place to stay · 0.2 km · 81 within 10 km
- Seosannearest town · 25 km in a straight line
- Incheon International Airport (ICN)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 75 km in a straight lineCar hire at ICN 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
- 1viewpoints within 5 km태배전망대
- 5campsites within 10 km이태백캠핑장, 학암포나로글램핑캠핑장, 학암포오토캠핑장 and 2 more
- 81places to stay within 10 km하늘과 바다사이 리조트, 자작나무리조트, 터틀베이리조트 and 78 more
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- car parks within 3 km
- restaurants and cafés within 3 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
Around Du-ung wetland.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas71 mountains within 25 kmPaguni-san · 9.3 kmKaje-san · 10 kmKuksa-bong · 11 kmPaekhwa-san · 13 kmChirei-san · 15 kmPalbongsan362 m · 17 kmChayong-san · 21 kmHwanggeumsan · 22 km
Coastya5 beaches within 10 kmPaengnip’o-haesuyokchang · 3.5 kmCh’ŏllip’o-haesuyokchang · 5.0 kmMallip’o-haesuyokchang · 6.4 kmMalli-p’o · 6.6 kmHagam-p’o · 8.2 km
Lakeyas1 lakes within 15 kmSolgam-jŏsuji0.3 km² · 14 km
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.
Du-ung wetland
South Korea
- 48Birdyas Score
- 90Species
- 35Migrants
- 1Threatened
Ganghwa Maehwamarum Habitat
South Korea · 92 km
- 86Birdyas Score
- 207Species
- 132Migrants
- 12Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q30156824) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 1,204 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, Coastya, Lakeyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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