Japan Ramsar wetland
Sarobetsu Plain
72 bird species recorded; the most from June to July.
Unknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0
This month here
11 species in January.0 species in February.0 species in March.16 species in April.12 species in May.53 species in June.54 species in July.26 species in August.19 species in September.6 species in October.0 species in November.9 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.
No records for this 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
72 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).
- 72Speciesrecorded more than once
- 33Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 1ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 1,041Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 7Raptors
- 2Waders
- 5Gulls & seabirds
- 11Ducks & geese
- 4Herons, ibises & grebes
- 34Songbirds
- 9Other 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 72 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors7 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
- Steller's Sea-eagleHaliaeetus pelagicusVU
- Japanese BuzzardButeo japonicus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Rough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
Waders2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Japanese SnipeGallinago hardwickiiNT
- Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinus
Gulls & seabirds5 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Slaty-backed GullLarus schistisagus
- Black-tailed GullLarus crassirostris
- Rhinoceros AukletCerorhinca monocerata
- Glaucous-winged GullLarus glaucescens
- Common TernSterna hirundo
Ducks & geese11 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Stejneger's ScoterMelanitta stejnegeri
- Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalis
- Harlequin DuckHistrionicus histrionicus
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- Chinese Spot-billed DuckAnas zonorhyncha
- American ScoterMelanitta americanaNT
- Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostris
- GoosanderMergus merganser
Herons, ibises & grebes4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Japanese CormorantPhalacrocorax capillatus
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
Songbirds34 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Stejneger's StonechatSaxicola stejnegeri
- Chestnut-eared BuntingEmberiza fucata
- Japanese Bush WarblerHorornis diphone
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Masked buntingEmberiza personata
- Large-billed CrowCorvus macrorhynchos
- Black-browed Reed WarblerAcrocephalus bistrigiceps
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Eastern Yellow WagtailMotacilla tschutschensis
- Sakhalin Grasshopper WarblerLocustella amnicola
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Grey-capped GreenfinchChloris sinica
- Siberian RubythroatLuscinia calliope
- Lanceolated WarblerLocustella lanceolata
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Cinereous TitParus cinereus
- Narcissus FlycatcherFicedula narcissina
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Long-tailed RosefinchCarpodacus sibiricus
- Olive-backed PipitAnthus hodgsoni
- Middendorff's Grasshopper-warblerLocustella ochotensis
- White-cheeked StarlingSpodiopsar cineraceus
- Brown-headed ThrushTurdus chrysolaus
- Chestnut-cheeked StarlingAgropsar philippensis
- Bull-headed ShrikeLanius bucephalus
- Brown-eared BulbulHypsipetes amaurotis
- Passer cinnamomeusPasser cinnamomeus
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- Meadow BuntingEmberiza cioides
- Sakhalin Leaf-warblerPhylloscopus borealoides
- Muscicapa latirostrisMuscicapa latirostris
Other birds9 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Oriental Turtle DoveStreptopelia orientalis
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Oriental CuckooCuculus optatus
- Japanese Pygmy WoodpeckerYungipicus kizuki
- White-bellied Green-PigeonTreron sieboldii
- Pacific SwiftApus pacificus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Eastern Water RailRallus indicus
- WryneckJynx torquilla
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 June to July.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan-4°/-7°83 mm
- Feb-3°/-8°71 mm
- Mar1°/-4°64 mm
- Apr7°/1°55 mm
- May13°/6°74 mm
- Jun17°/11°82 mm
- Jul21°/15°114 mm
- Aug23°/17°141 mm
- Sep20°/14°126 mm
- Oct13°/8°120 mm
- Nov6°/1°119 mm
- Dec-1°/-5°114 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Sarobetsu Plain.
Coastal plain in Northwestern Hokkaido
Sarobetsu Plain is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Japan.
72 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 1,041 open records.
The most recorded are the Stejneger's Stonechat, the Chestnut-eared Bunting and the Japanese Bush Warbler.
26 species come for the summer, 6 for the winter and 1 only pass through.
1 are threatened worldwide, including Steller's Sea-eagle.
The most species are recorded from June to July.
Get there and watch
- あしたの城place to stay · 4.5 km · 6 within 10 km
- Toyotominearest town · 7.1 km in a straight line
- Wakkanai Airport (WKJ)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 38 km in a straight lineCar hire at WKJ airport (Wakkanai)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
- 1visitor centres within 6 km豊富町観光情報センター
- 3viewpoints within 5 km
- 6places to stay within 10 kmあしたの城, 豊富町セミナーハウス, ヤドカリハウス and 3 more
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- car parks within 3 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 Sarobetsu Plain.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas3 mountains within 25 kmMount Maru · 5.6 kmMount Ubushi · 18 kmMount Sekiyu-kōzan · 19 km
Lakeyas2 lakes within 15 kmPenke Numa1.4 km² · 0.4 kmPanke-numa3.5 km² · 4.0 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.
Sarobetsu Plain
Japan
- 46Birdyas Score
- 72Species
- 33Migrants
- 1Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q3390983) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 1,041 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, Lakeyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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