Japan Ramsar wetland
Izunuma-Uchinuma
125 bird species recorded; the most from November to January.
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This month here
91 species in January.81 species in February.74 species in March.41 species in April.2 species in May.24 species in June.38 species in July.26 species in August.40 species in September.58 species in October.91 species in November.95 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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VUVUVU- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
125 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).
- 125Speciesrecorded more than once
- 66Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 4ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 7,593Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 11Raptors
- 13Waders
- 8Gulls & seabirds
- 28Ducks & geese
- 11Herons, ibises & grebes
- 41Songbirds
- 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 125 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors11 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Japanese BuzzardButeo japonicus
- Eastern Marsh-harrierCircus spilonotus
- White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Steller's Sea-eagleHaliaeetus pelagicusVU
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
Waders13 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Grey-headed LapwingVanellus cinereus
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Little ringed ploverCharadrius dubius
- Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Japanese SnipeGallinago hardwickiiNT
Gulls & seabirds8 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Black-tailed GullLarus crassirostris
- Slaty-backed GullLarus schistisagus
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Black-legged kittiwakeRissa tridactylaVU
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Vega GullLarus vegae
Ducks & geese28 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- SmewMergellus albellus
- Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalis
- Chinese Spot-billed DuckAnas zonorhyncha
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Lesser white-fronted gooseAnser erythropusVU
- Bewick's SwanCygnus columbianus
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Snow gooseAnser caerulescens
- Anas poecilorhynchaAnas poecilorhyncha
- Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostris
- Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsii
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Falcated DuckMareca falcata
- Baikal TealSibirionetta formosa
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- Brent GooseBranta bernicla
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Scaly-sided MerganserMergus squamatus
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
Herons, ibises & grebes11 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Egretta intermediaEgretta intermedia
- Striated HeronButorides striata
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
Songbirds41 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Large-billed CrowCorvus macrorhynchos
- Turdus eunomusTurdus eunomus
- Brown-eared BulbulHypsipetes amaurotis
- Bull-headed ShrikeLanius bucephalus
- Japanese WagtailMotacilla grandis
- Grey-capped GreenfinchChloris sinica
- Meadow BuntingEmberiza cioides
- Cinereous TitParus cinereus
- Daurian RedstartPhoenicurus auroreus
- White-cheeked StarlingSpodiopsar cineraceus
- Long-tailed RosefinchCarpodacus sibiricus
- Rustic BuntingEmberiza rusticaNT
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Japanese Bush WarblerHorornis diphone
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Masked buntingEmberiza personata
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Poecile variusPoecile varius
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Zosterops japonicusZosterops japonicus
- Oriental Reed WarblerAcrocephalus orientalis
- Pale ThrushTurdus pallidus
- Azure-winged MagpieCyanopica cyanus
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
- Asian House MartinDelichon dasypus
- Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Chestnut-eared BuntingEmberiza fucata
- Stejneger's StonechatSaxicola stejnegeri
- Daurian JackdawColoeus dauuricus
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Other birds13 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- CootFulica atra
- Oriental Turtle DoveStreptopelia orientalis
- Japanese Pygmy WoodpeckerYungipicus kizuki
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Green PheasantPhasianus versicolor
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Japanese Green WoodpeckerPicus awokera
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Eastern Water RailRallus indicus
- Japanese QuailCoturnix japonicaNT
- 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 November to January.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan4°/-2°78 mm
- Feb4°/-2°52 mm
- Mar8°/0°83 mm
- Apr14°/5°100 mm
- May19°/10°101 mm
- Jun23°/15°116 mm
- Jul26°/19°176 mm
- Aug27°/21°139 mm
- Sep24°/18°140 mm
- Oct19°/12°151 mm
- Nov13°/5°86 mm
- Dec7°/0°93 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Izunuma-Uchinuma.
Connected pair of lakes in Japan
Izunuma-Uchinuma is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Japan.
125 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 7,593 open records.
The most recorded are the Greater White-fronted Goose, the Whooper Swan and the Mallard.
13 species come for the summer, 52 for the winter and 1 only pass through.
4 are threatened worldwide, including Common Pochard, Lesser white-fronted goose and Steller's Sea-eagle.
The most species are recorded from November to January.
Get there and watch
- 長沼フートピア公園キャンプ場campsite · 4.2 km · 2 within 10 km
- 公共の宿 栗原市伊豆沼交流センターplace to stay · 1.8 km · 25 within 10 km
- Tomenearest town · 4.9 km in a straight line
- Sendai Airport (SDJ)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 66 km in a straight lineCar hire in SendaiDiscover 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
- 1observation towers within 6 km
- 6viewpoints within 5 km兵粮山, 栗原市築館B&G, 日良館跡 and 3 more
- 15car parks within 3 km
- 3restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 2campsites within 10 km長沼フートピア公園キャンプ場, KIKORI campsite
- 25places to stay within 10 km公共の宿 栗原市伊豆沼交流センター, ホテルエポカ, 月のウサギ and 22 more
- bird hides within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 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 Izunuma-Uchinuma.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas9 mountains within 25 kmKagobō Yama · 14 kmNonodake Yama · 18 kmKenjō Zan · 20 kmHanganmori150 m · 20 kmJikyō Zan · 21 kmKitsunega Mori · 21 kmŌdoga Mori · 23 kmKandori Yama · 24 km
Lakeyas1 lakes within 15 kmIzunuma-Uchinuma3.4 km² · 0.6 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Other places nearby.
Izunuma-Uchinuma
Japan
- 63Birdyas Score
- 125Species
- 66Migrants
- 4Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q3156508) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 7,593 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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