Japan Ramsar wetland
Yatsu-higata
193 bird species recorded; the most from March to April and from September to October.
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This month here
111 species in January.95 species in February.116 species in March.126 species in April.111 species in May.79 species in June.93 species in July.106 species in August.119 species in September.122 species in October.104 species in November.107 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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- Summer visitor comes to breed
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- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
193 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).
- 193Speciesrecorded more than once
- 111Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 11ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 54,081Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 8Raptors
- 50Waders
- 24Gulls & seabirds
- 29Ducks & geese
- 16Herons, ibises & grebes
- 50Songbirds
- 16Other 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 193 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors8 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Japanese BuzzardButeo japonicus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Grey-faced BuzzardButastur indicus
- Eastern Marsh-harrierCircus spilonotus
- Crested Honey BuzzardPernis ptilorhynchus
Waders50 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- Gray-tailed TattlerTringa brevipes
- Bar-tailed godwitLimosa lapponicaNT
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusNT
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinus
- Red-necked StintCalidris ruficollisNT
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Great KnotCalidris tenuirostris
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Charadrius mongolusCharadrius mongolus
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquataNT
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Far Eastern CurlewNumenius madagascariensis
- Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
- Red KnotCalidris canutusNT
- Little ringed ploverCharadrius dubius
- Greater Sand PloverCharadrius leschenaultii
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNT
- Broad-billed SandpiperCalidris falcinellusVU
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaVU
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- RedshankTringa totanus
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminataVU
- Long-billed dowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusNT
- Wandering (Alaskan) TattlerTringa incana
- Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Long-toed StintCalidris subminuta
- Spoon-billed SandpiperCalidris pygmaeaCR
- Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Grey (Red) PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
- Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdii
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Long-billed PloverCharadrius placidus
- Little CurlewNumenius minutus
- Grey-headed LapwingVanellus cinereus
Gulls & seabirds24 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black-tailed GullLarus crassirostris
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- Slaty-backed GullLarus schistisagus
- Saunders's GullChroicocephalus saundersi
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Vega GullLarus vegae
- Common GullLarus canus
- Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Streaked ShearwaterCalonectris leucomelasNT
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Red-footed BoobySula sula
- Puffinus tenuirostrisPuffinus tenuirostris
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Ross's GullRhodostethia rosea
- Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
- Great Crested-TernThalasseus bergii
- Great FrigatebirdFregata minor
- Glaucous-winged GullLarus glaucescens
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Leach's Storm PetrelOceanodroma leucorhoaVU
- Tristram's Storm-petrelOceanodroma tristrami
Ducks & geese29 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- Chinese Spot-billed DuckAnas zonorhyncha
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Stejneger's ScoterMelanitta stejnegeri
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Anas poecilorhynchaAnas poecilorhyncha
- American ScoterMelanitta americanaNT
- Falcated DuckMareca falcata
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Brent GooseBranta bernicla
- Harlequin DuckHistrionicus histrionicus
- BuffleheadBucephala albeola
- Long-tailed duckClangula hyemalisVU
- American WigeonMareca americana
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
- Baikal TealSibirionetta formosa
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- SmewMergellus albellus
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- GoosanderMergus merganser
Herons, ibises & grebes16 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Egretta intermediaEgretta intermedia
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Japanese CormorantPhalacrocorax capillatus
- Chinese EgretEgretta eulophotesVU
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritusVU
- Striated HeronButorides striata
- Reef HeronEgretta sacra
- Black-faced SpoonbillPlatalea minorVU
Songbirds50 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- White-cheeked StarlingSpodiopsar cineraceus
- Brown-eared BulbulHypsipetes amaurotis
- Large-billed CrowCorvus macrorhynchos
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Cinereous TitParus cinereus
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Zosterops japonicusZosterops japonicus
- Azure-winged MagpieCyanopica cyanus
- Grey-capped GreenfinchChloris sinica
- Turdus eunomusTurdus eunomus
- Bull-headed ShrikeLanius bucephalus
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Japanese Bush WarblerHorornis diphone
- Daurian RedstartPhoenicurus auroreus
- Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
- Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
- Masked buntingEmberiza personata
- Oriental Reed WarblerAcrocephalus orientalis
- Brown-headed ThrushTurdus chrysolaus
- Pale ThrushTurdus pallidus
- Japanese WagtailMotacilla grandis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Asian House MartinDelichon dasypus
- Poecile variusPoecile varius
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Meadow BuntingEmberiza cioides
- Narcissus FlycatcherFicedula narcissina
- Chestnut-cheeked StarlingAgropsar philippensis
- Long-tailed RosefinchCarpodacus sibiricus
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Ochre-rumped BuntingEmberiza yessoensisNT
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- White-shouldered StarlingSturnia sinensis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Rustic BuntingEmberiza rusticaNT
- Grey-streaked FlycatcherMuscicapa griseisticta
- Japanese Paradise-FlycatcherTerpsiphone atrocaudata
- Olive-backed PipitAnthus hodgsoni
- Chestnut-eared BuntingEmberiza fucata
- Blue-and-white FlycatcherCyanoptila cyanomelana
- Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurus
- Eastern Crowned Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus coronatus
- Muscicapa latirostrisMuscicapa latirostris
- Black-browed Reed WarblerAcrocephalus bistrigiceps
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Stejneger's StonechatSaxicola stejnegeri
Other birds16 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Oriental Turtle DoveStreptopelia orientalis
- CootFulica atra
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Japanese Pygmy WoodpeckerYungipicus kizuki
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Ruddy-breasted CrakePorzana fusca
- Eastern Water RailRallus indicus
- WryneckJynx torquilla
- House SwiftApus nipalensis
- White-bellied Green-PigeonTreron sieboldii
- Green PheasantPhasianus versicolor
- Pacific SwiftApus pacificus
- Oriental CuckooCuculus optatus
- Lesser CuckooCuculus poliocephalus
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
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 March to April and from September to October.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan9°/1°80 mm
- Feb10°/1°75 mm
- Mar13°/4°124 mm
- Apr18°/9°135 mm
- May23°/14°148 mm
- Jun26°/18°185 mm
- Jul29°/22°152 mm
- Aug30°/23°134 mm
- Sep27°/20°211 mm
- Oct22°/14°246 mm
- Nov17°/9°120 mm
- Dec11°/3°83 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Yatsu-higata.
Japanese tidal flat
Yatsu-higata is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Japan.
193 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 54,081 open records.
The most recorded are the Grey Plover, the Great Cormorant and the Dunlin.
45 species come for the summer, 63 for the winter and 3 only pass through.
11 are threatened worldwide, including Grey Plover, Common Pochard and Broad-billed Sandpiper.
The most species are recorded from March to April and from September to October.
Get there and watch
- 船橋大神保青少年キャンプ場campsite · 12 km · 2 within 10 km
- 市松place to stay · 1.9 km · 89 within 10 km
- Honchōnearest town · 3.0 km in a straight line
- Tokyo Haneda International Airport (HND)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 24 km in a straight lineCar hire at HND airport (Tokyo)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
- 1viewpoints within 5 km展望台
- 540car parks within 3 km
- 254restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 2campsites within 10 km船橋大神保青少年キャンプ場
- 89places to stay within 10 km市松, 東横イン 津田沼, アトレ and 86 more
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 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 Yatsu-higata.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas3 mountains within 25 kmDōkanyama · 22 kmMount Atago26 m · 23 kmGoten-yama · 25 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.
Yatsu-higata
Japan
- 85Birdyas Score
- 193Species
- 111Migrants
- 11Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q3554940) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 54,081 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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