Japan Ramsar wetland
Higashiyoka-higata
175 bird species recorded; the most in April and in September.
Peka · CC BY-SA 4.0
This month here
99 species in January.88 species in February.101 species in March.118 species in April.102 species in May.35 species in June.36 species in July.75 species in August.113 species in September.107 species in October.105 species in November.102 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
175 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).
- 175Speciesrecorded more than once
- 95Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 10ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 16,494Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 10Raptors
- 1Owls
- 49Waders
- 16Gulls & seabirds
- 25Ducks & geese
- 13Herons, ibises & grebes
- 1Storks & cranes
- 50Songbirds
- 10Other 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 175 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors10 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Japanese BuzzardButeo japonicus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Eastern Marsh-harrierCircus spilonotus
- Crested Honey BuzzardPernis ptilorhynchus
- Upland BuzzardButeo hemilasius
- MerlinFalco columbarius
Owls1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
Waders49 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquataNT
- Red-necked StintCalidris ruficollisNT
- Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinus
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Bar-tailed godwitLimosa lapponicaNT
- Far Eastern CurlewNumenius madagascariensis
- Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
- Great KnotCalidris tenuirostris
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNT
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Gray-tailed TattlerTringa brevipes
- Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
- Red KnotCalidris canutusNT
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminataVU
- Broad-billed SandpiperCalidris falcinellusVU
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Long-billed dowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusNT
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- Greater Sand PloverCharadrius leschenaultii
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Charadrius mongolusCharadrius mongolus
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaVU
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Long-toed StintCalidris subminuta
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusNT
- Nordmann's GreenshankTringa guttifer
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Oriental PratincoleGlareola maldivarum
- Little ringed ploverCharadrius dubius
- Asian DowitcherLimnodromus semipalmatusNT
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- Spoon-billed SandpiperCalidris pygmaeaCR
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
- Little CurlewNumenius minutus
- Swinhoe's SnipeGallinago megala
- Greater Painted-snipeRostratula benghalensis
Gulls & seabirds16 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Saunders's GullChroicocephalus saundersi
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Vega GullLarus vegae
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Black-tailed GullLarus crassirostris
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Slaty-backed GullLarus schistisagus
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Common GullLarus canus
- Red-footed BoobySula sula
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- European Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Roseate TernSterna dougallii
- Great Crested-TernThalasseus bergii
Ducks & geese25 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Chinese Spot-billed DuckAnas zonorhyncha
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- Falcated DuckMareca falcata
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- GadwallMareca strepera
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Anas poecilorhynchaAnas poecilorhyncha
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- Baikal TealSibirionetta formosa
- Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostris
- Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalis
- Lesser white-fronted gooseAnser erythropusVU
- Swan GooseAnser cygnoides
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Velvet scoterMelanitta fuscaVU
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
Herons, ibises & grebes13 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Black-faced SpoonbillPlatalea minorVU
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Egretta intermediaEgretta intermedia
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Chinese EgretEgretta eulophotesVU
- Japanese CormorantPhalacrocorax capillatus
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
Storks & cranes1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Japanese White StorkCiconia boyciana
Songbirds50 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Large-billed CrowCorvus macrorhynchos
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Bull-headed ShrikeLanius bucephalus
- Meadow BuntingEmberiza cioides
- White-cheeked StarlingSpodiopsar cineraceus
- Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
- Brown-eared BulbulHypsipetes amaurotis
- Oriental MagpiePica serica
- Grey-capped GreenfinchChloris sinica
- Daurian RedstartPhoenicurus auroreus
- Turdus eunomusTurdus eunomus
- Oriental Reed WarblerAcrocephalus orientalis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Pale ThrushTurdus pallidus
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Zosterops japonicusZosterops japonicus
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Japanese Bush WarblerHorornis diphone
- Chinese Penduline TitRemiz consobrinus
- Japanese WagtailMotacilla grandis
- Grey-streaked FlycatcherMuscicapa griseisticta
- Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
- Daurian JackdawColoeus dauuricus
- Poecile variusPoecile varius
- Cinereous TitParus cinereus
- Masked buntingEmberiza personata
- Red-breasted flycatcherFicedula parva
- Rustic BuntingEmberiza rusticaNT
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
- Chestnut-eared BuntingEmberiza fucata
- Olive-backed PipitAnthus hodgsoni
- Chestnut-cheeked StarlingAgropsar philippensis
- Eastern Red-rumped SwallowCecropis daurica
- Asian House MartinDelichon dasypus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Ryukyu MinivetPericrocotus tegimae
- Eastern Yellow WagtailMotacilla tschutschensis
- Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurus
- Muscicapa latirostrisMuscicapa latirostris
- Stejneger's StonechatSaxicola stejnegeri
- Blue-and-white FlycatcherCyanoptila cyanomelana
- Arctic warblerPhylloscopus borealis
- Passer cinnamomeusPasser cinnamomeus
Other birds10 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Oriental Turtle DoveStreptopelia orientalis
- CootFulica atra
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Green PheasantPhasianus versicolor
- White-bellied Green-PigeonTreron sieboldii
- Japanese Pygmy WoodpeckerYungipicus kizuki
- Pacific SwiftApus pacificus
- House SwiftApus nipalensis
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 April and in September.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan9°/3°71 mm
- Feb11°/3°99 mm
- Mar14°/6°131 mm
- Apr18°/10°167 mm
- May23°/14°186 mm
- Jun26°/18°333 mm
- Jul29°/23°352 mm
- Aug30°/24°225 mm
- Sep27°/20°201 mm
- Oct22°/15°117 mm
- Nov17°/10°103 mm
- Dec11°/5°92 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Higashiyoka-higata.
Tidal flat in Japan
Higashiyoka-higata is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Japan.
175 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 16,494 open records.
The most recorded are the Dunlin, the Grey Heron and the Grey Plover.
34 species come for the summer, 57 for the winter and 4 only pass through.
10 are threatened worldwide, including Grey Plover, Black-faced Spoonbill and Sharp-tailed Sandpiper.
The most species are recorded in April and in September.
Get there and watch
- ホテルニューオータニ佐賀place to stay · 10 km · 8 within 10 km
- Saganearest town · 8.8 km in a straight line
- Kyushu Saga International Airport (HSG)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 5 km in a straight lineCar hire at FUK airport (Fukuoka)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
- 2viewpoints within 5 km東与賀海岸展望台
- 1car parks within 3 km
- 8places to stay within 10 kmホテルニューオータニ佐賀, Cottage Ureshino and 6 more
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- campsites within 10 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 Higashiyoka-higata.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas19 mountains within 25 kmMount Jōdo (Saga)501 m · 19 kmMount Hiko845 m · 20 kmMount Kinryū502 m · 21 kmMount Tōsen410 m · 21 kmKotoji Dake501 m · 22 kmMount Ten1,046 m · 22 kmHachiman Dake764 m · 24 kmMount Shiraishi (Saga)794 m · 25 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
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- 95Migrants
- 10Threatened
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Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q48761660) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 16,494 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 |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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