Japan Ramsar wetland
Notsuke Peninsula
160 bird species recorded; the most in June.
100yen · CC BY-SA 3.0
This month here
69 species in January.81 species in February.55 species in March.52 species in April.72 species in May.92 species in June.64 species in July.74 species in August.54 species in September.66 species in October.70 species in November.76 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
160 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).
- 160Speciesrecorded more than once
- 95Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 10ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 10,181Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 9Raptors
- 1Owls
- 26Waders
- 24Gulls & seabirds
- 28Ducks & geese
- 11Herons, ibises & grebes
- 1Storks & cranes
- 47Songbirds
- 13Other 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 160 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors9 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
- Steller's Sea-eagleHaliaeetus pelagicusVU
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Japanese BuzzardButeo japonicus
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Rough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopus
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Eastern Marsh-harrierCircus spilonotus
- European HobbyFalco subbuteo
Owls1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
Waders26 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Japanese SnipeGallinago hardwickiiNT
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- Red-necked StintCalidris ruficollisNT
- Gray-tailed TattlerTringa brevipes
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Bar-tailed godwitLimosa lapponicaNT
- Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
- Great KnotCalidris tenuirostris
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinus
- Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusNT
- Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaVU
- Charadrius mongolusCharadrius mongolus
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNT
- Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Grey (Red) PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius
Gulls & seabirds24 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Slaty-backed GullLarus schistisagus
- Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus
- Spectacled GuillemotCepphus carbo
- Glaucous-winged GullLarus glaucescens
- Common GullLarus canus
- Black-tailed GullLarus crassirostris
- Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Vega GullLarus vegae
- Common MurreUria aalge
- Ancient MurreletSynthliboramphus antiquus
- Black-throated DiverGavia arctica
- Pacific LoonGavia pacifica
- Black-legged kittiwakeRissa tridactylaVU
- Rhinoceros AukletCerorhinca monocerata
- Cepphus columbaCepphus columba
- Brünnich's GuillemotUria lomvia
- Iceland GullLarus glaucoides
- Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus
- Puffinus tenuirostrisPuffinus tenuirostris
- Ross's GullRhodostethia rosea
- Pomarine SkuaStercorarius pomarinus
- Least AukletAethia pusilla
- Common TernSterna hirundo
Ducks & geese28 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- American ScoterMelanitta americanaNT
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Long-tailed duckClangula hyemalisVU
- Harlequin DuckHistrionicus histrionicus
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Stejneger's ScoterMelanitta stejnegeri
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Brent GooseBranta bernicla
- Falcated DuckMareca falcata
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- SmewMergellus albellus
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalis
- Velvet scoterMelanitta fuscaVU
- Chinese Spot-billed DuckAnas zonorhyncha
- White-winged ScoterMelanitta deglandi
- Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostris
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsii
Herons, ibises & grebes11 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Pelagic CormorantPhalacrocorax pelagicus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
- Japanese CormorantPhalacrocorax capillatus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritusVU
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Egretta intermediaEgretta intermedia
Storks & cranes1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Red-crowned CraneGrus japonensisVU
Songbirds47 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Large-billed CrowCorvus macrorhynchos
- Asian Rosy-finchLeucosticte arctoa
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Grey-capped GreenfinchChloris sinica
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Stejneger's StonechatSaxicola stejnegeri
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Turdus eunomusTurdus eunomus
- Middendorff's Grasshopper-warblerLocustella ochotensis
- Black-browed Reed WarblerAcrocephalus bistrigiceps
- Common RedpollAcanthis flammea
- Brown-eared BulbulHypsipetes amaurotis
- Cinereous TitParus cinereus
- Siberian RubythroatLuscinia calliope
- Masked buntingEmberiza personata
- Chestnut-cheeked StarlingAgropsar philippensis
- Long-tailed RosefinchCarpodacus sibiricus
- Japanese Bush WarblerHorornis diphone
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus
- White-cheeked StarlingSpodiopsar cineraceus
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Japanese WagtailMotacilla grandis
- Sakhalin Grasshopper WarblerLocustella amnicola
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Yellow-breasted BuntingEmberiza aureolaCR
- Eastern Crowned Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus coronatus
- Passer cinnamomeusPasser cinnamomeus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Meadow BuntingEmberiza cioides
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Sakhalin Leaf-warblerPhylloscopus borealoides
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Muscicapa latirostrisMuscicapa latirostris
- Brown DipperCinclus pallasii
- Shore LarkEremophila alpestris
Other birds13 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- CootFulica atra
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Oriental Turtle DoveStreptopelia orientalis
- Pacific SwiftApus pacificus
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Oriental CuckooCuculus optatus
- Needle-tailed SwiftHirundapus caudacutus
- Eastern Water RailRallus indicus
- Japanese Pygmy WoodpeckerYungipicus kizuki
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- White-backed WoodpeckerDendrocopos leucotos
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 June.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan-4°/-10°43 mm
- Feb-3°/-11°35 mm
- Mar1°/-6°56 mm
- Apr7°/-1°67 mm
- May13°/4°94 mm
- Jun17°/9°103 mm
- Jul21°/13°118 mm
- Aug22°/15°136 mm
- Sep19°/12°125 mm
- Oct13°/6°115 mm
- Nov6°/0°73 mm
- Dec-1°/-7°65 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Notsuke Peninsula.
Peninsula on the east coast of Hokkaido, Japan
Notsuke Peninsula is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Japan.
160 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 10,181 open records.
The most recorded are the Slaty-backed Gull, the American Scoter and the Red-breasted Merganser.
51 species come for the summer, 43 for the winter and 1 only pass through.
10 are threatened worldwide, including Steller's Sea-eagle, Long-tailed duck and Grey Plover.
The most species are recorded in June.
Get there and watch
- 尾岱沼ふれあいキャンプ場campsite · 6.9 km · 2 within 10 km
- Shibetsunearest town · 15 km in a straight line
- Nakashibetsu Airport (SHB)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 27 km in a straight lineCar hire at KUH airport (Kushiro)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
- 3viewpoints within 5 km野付半島ネイチャーセンター, トドワラ
- 2car parks within 3 km
- 1restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 2campsites within 10 km尾岱沼ふれあいキャンプ場, ふぁーむながの
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- places to stay 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 Notsuke Peninsula.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas1 mountains within 25 kmMount Toride19 m · 12 km
Coastya2 beaches within 10 kmRyūjin Wan · 3.9 kmNotsuke Wan · 4.3 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.
Notsuke Peninsula
Japan
- 83Birdyas Score
- 160Species
- 95Migrants
- 10Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q11645050) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 10,181 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 |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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