South Korea Ramsar wetland
Ganghwa Maehwamarum Habitat
207 bird species recorded; the most from April to May and in October.
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This month here
64 species in January.60 species in February.95 species in March.127 species in April.128 species in May.80 species in June.78 species in July.94 species in August.116 species in September.127 species in October.116 species in November.79 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.
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- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
207 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).
- 207Speciesrecorded more than once
- 132Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 12ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 14,094Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 16Raptors
- 2Owls
- 30Waders
- 7Gulls & seabirds
- 25Ducks & geese
- 16Herons, ibises & grebes
- 4Storks & cranes
- 87Songbirds
- 20Other 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 207 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors16 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Japanese BuzzardButeo japonicus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- European HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Eurasian Black VultureAegypius monachusNT
- Crested Honey BuzzardPernis ptilorhynchus
- Eastern Imperial EagleAquila heliacaVU
- Grey-faced BuzzardButastur indicus
- Amur FalconFalco amurensis
- Rough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopus
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Upland BuzzardButeo hemilasius
Owls2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Northern BoobokNinox japonica
Waders30 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Far Eastern CurlewNumenius madagascariensis
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquataNT
- Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusNT
- Bar-tailed godwitLimosa lapponicaNT
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Great KnotCalidris tenuirostris
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Gray-tailed TattlerTringa brevipes
- Red-necked StintCalidris ruficollisNT
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNT
- Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinus
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminataVU
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- Red KnotCalidris canutusNT
- Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
- Long-toed StintCalidris subminuta
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaVU
- Pin-tailed SnipeGallinago stenura
Gulls & seabirds7 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black-tailed GullLarus crassirostris
- Saunders's GullChroicocephalus saundersi
- Vega GullLarus vegae
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
Ducks & geese25 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Chinese Spot-billed DuckAnas zonorhyncha
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostris
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- Falcated DuckMareca falcata
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalis
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Anas poecilorhynchaAnas poecilorhyncha
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Snow gooseAnser caerulescens
- SmewMergellus albellus
- Swan GooseAnser cygnoides
Herons, ibises & grebes16 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Black-faced SpoonbillPlatalea minorVU
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Egretta intermediaEgretta intermedia
- Chinese EgretEgretta eulophotesVU
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Striated HeronButorides striata
- Chinese Pond HeronArdeola bacchus
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Japanese CormorantPhalacrocorax capillatus
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
Storks & cranes4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Red-crowned CraneGrus japonensisVU
- Hooded CraneGrus monachaVU
- Japanese White StorkCiconia boyciana
- White-naped CraneGrus vipioVU
Songbirds87 species
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- Oriental MagpiePica serica
- Large-billed CrowCorvus macrorhynchos
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Brown-eared BulbulHypsipetes amaurotis
- Cinereous TitParus cinereus
- Daurian RedstartPhoenicurus auroreus
- Azure-winged MagpieCyanopica cyanus
- Vinous-throated ParrotbillSinosuthora webbiana
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Poecile variusPoecile varius
- White-cheeked StarlingSpodiopsar cineraceus
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Yellow-throated BuntingEmberiza elegans
- Grey-backed ThrushTurdus hortulorum
- Grey-capped GreenfinchChloris sinica
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Bull-headed ShrikeLanius bucephalus
- Oriolus chinensisOriolus chinensis
- Light-vented BulbulPycnonotus sinensis
- Rustic BuntingEmberiza rusticaNT
- Oriental Reed WarblerAcrocephalus orientalis
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Black-faced buntingEmberiza spodocephala
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
- Turdus naumanniTurdus naumanni
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Long-tailed RosefinchCarpodacus sibiricus
- Stejneger's StonechatSaxicola stejnegeri
- Olive-backed PipitAnthus hodgsoni
- Chinese GrosbeakEophona migratoria
- Meadow BuntingEmberiza cioides
- Tristram’s BuntingEmberiza tristrami
- Blue-and-white FlycatcherCyanoptila cyanomelana
- Eastern Crowned Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus coronatus
- Muscicapa latirostrisMuscicapa latirostris
- Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurus
- Japanese Bush WarblerHorornis diphone
- Zosterops japonicusZosterops japonicus
- Common crossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Turdus eunomusTurdus eunomus
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Pallas's Reed HuntingEmberiza pallasi
- White's ThrushZoothera aurea
- Yellow-rumped FlycatcherFicedula zanthopygia
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Chinese NuthatchSitta villosa
- Pale ThrushTurdus pallidus
- Eastern Yellow WagtailMotacilla tschutschensis
- Eastern Red-rumped SwallowCecropis daurica
- Little BuntingEmberiza pusilla
- Brown ShrikeLanius cristatus
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Siberian AccentorPrunella montanella
- Yellow-browed BuntingEmberiza chrysophrys
- Grey-streaked FlycatcherMuscicapa griseisticta
- Red-billed StarlingSpodiopsar sericeus
- Chinese Penduline TitRemiz consobrinus
- Tiger ShrikeLanius tigrinus
- Arctic warblerPhylloscopus borealis
- Pallas's Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus proregulus
- Asian StubtailUrosphena squameiceps
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Ashy MinivetPericrocotus divaricatus
- Dark-sided FlycatcherMuscicapa sibirica
- Pallas's RosefinchCarpodacus roseus
- Mugimaki FlycatcherFicedula mugimaki
- Kamchatka Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus examinandus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Fairy PittaPitta nymphaVU
- Chestnut-eared BuntingEmberiza fucata
- Chinese Grey ShrikeLanius sphenocercus
- Parus variusParus varius
- Larvivora sibilansLarvivora sibilans
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Yellow-bellied TitPeriparus venustulus
- Forest WagtailDendronanthus indicus
- Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
- Chestnut BuntingEmberiza rutila
- Great titParus major
Other birds20 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Oriental Turtle DoveStreptopelia orientalis
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Japanese Pygmy WoodpeckerYungipicus kizuki
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Oriental DollarbirdEurystomus orientalis
- Grey-headed WoodpeckerPicus canus
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- CootFulica atra
- Indian CuckooCuculus micropterus
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Grey-capped Pygmy WoodpeckerYungipicus canicapillus
- White-backed WoodpeckerDendrocopos leucotos
- Black-capped KingfisherHalcyon pileataVU
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- WatercockGallicrex cinerea
- Oriental CuckooCuculus optatus
- Lesser CuckooCuculus poliocephalus
- Needle-tailed SwiftHirundapus caudacutus
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 and in October.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan1°/-2°22 mm
- Feb3°/-2°32 mm
- Mar6°/2°36 mm
- Apr12°/7°69 mm
- May17°/12°86 mm
- Jun21°/18°103 mm
- Jul24°/22°323 mm
- Aug26°/23°246 mm
- Sep24°/20°129 mm
- Oct18°/14°52 mm
- Nov11°/7°51 mm
- Dec4°/0°26 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Ganghwa Maehwamarum Habitat.
Habitat in Ganghwa County, Incheon
Ganghwa Maehwamarum Habitat is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in South Korea.
207 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 14,094 open records.
The most recorded are the Oriental Magpie, the Chinese Spot-billed Duck and the Great White Egret.
69 species come for the summer, 54 for the winter and 9 only pass through.
12 are threatened worldwide, including Black-faced Spoonbill, Chinese Egret and Grey Plover.
The most species are recorded from April to May and in October.
Get there and watch
- 강화카라반캠핑장campsite · 1.7 km · 14 within 10 km
- 크루즈모텔place to stay · 1.4 km · 113 within 10 km
- Seonwonnearest town · 11 km in a straight line
- Incheon International Airport (ICN)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 17 km in a straight lineCar hire at ICN airport (Seoul)Discover Cars · sponsored link↗
Plan the visit
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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
- 1marked trails within 4 km평화누리길1코스
- 2viewpoints within 5 km강화 황산도, 회전전망대
- 30car parks within 3 km
- 73restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 14campsites within 10 km강화카라반캠핑장, 하늘정원캠핑장, 검디관광농원캠핑장 and 11 more
- 113places to stay within 10 km크루즈모텔, K2 모텔, 모텔임페리얼 and 110 more
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- visitor centres within 6 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 Ganghwa Maehwamarum Habitat.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas65 mountains within 25 kmManisan469 m · 7.7 kmMunsusan (Gimpo)376 m · 14 kmMansusan575 m · 15 kmHaemyeongsan309 m · 16 kmGoryeosan436 m · 17 kmGyeyangsan395 m · 19 kmNakgasan235 m · 19 kmSangbongsan316 m · 20 km
Coastya2 beaches within 10 kmDongmakhaebyeon · 5.8 kmNeungwonihaebyeon · 9.7 km
Lakeyas1 lakes within 15 kmGukhwajeosuji0.2 km² · 15 km
Darkskyas1 dark-sky places within 30 kmMt. Ohdu Unification ObservatoryBortle 7 · 22 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.
Ganghwa Maehwamarum Habitat
South Korea
- 86Birdyas Score
- 207Species
- 132Migrants
- 12Threatened
The High Moor, Yongneup of Mt. Daeam
South Korea · 156 km
- 36Birdyas Score
- 57Species
- 1Migrants
- 0Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q5521127) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 14,094 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, Islandyas, Coastya, Lakeyas, Darkskyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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