Japan Ramsar wetland
Lake Akkeshi
90 bird species recorded; the most in February and in December.
Yauchi · CC BY-SA 4.0
This month here
47 species in January.57 species in February.43 species in March.36 species in April.33 species in May.24 species in June.4 species in July.15 species in August.22 species in September.0 species in October.36 species in November.53 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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VUNT- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
90 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).
- 90Speciesrecorded more than once
- 43Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 3ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 2,107Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 6Raptors
- 8Waders
- 10Gulls & seabirds
- 20Ducks & geese
- 9Herons, ibises & grebes
- 1Storks & cranes
- 28Songbirds
- 8Other 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 90 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors6 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Steller's Sea-eagleHaliaeetus pelagicusVU
- White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Japanese BuzzardButeo japonicus
- Rough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
Waders8 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- Gray-tailed TattlerTringa brevipes
- Japanese SnipeGallinago hardwickiiNT
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNT
- Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
- Red-necked StintCalidris ruficollisNT
Gulls & seabirds10 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Slaty-backed GullLarus schistisagus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus
- Glaucous-winged GullLarus glaucescens
- Common GullLarus canus
- Black-tailed GullLarus crassirostris
- Vega GullLarus vegae
- Ancient MurreletSynthliboramphus antiquus
- Spectacled GuillemotCepphus carbo
- Cepphus columbaCepphus columba
Ducks & geese20 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- American ScoterMelanitta americanaNT
- Harlequin DuckHistrionicus histrionicus
- SmewMergellus albellus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Long-tailed duckClangula hyemalisVU
- Falcated DuckMareca falcata
- American WigeonMareca americana
- CanvasbackAythya valisineria
- Brent GooseBranta bernicla
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Stejneger's ScoterMelanitta stejnegeri
Herons, ibises & grebes9 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Pelagic CormorantPhalacrocorax pelagicus
- Japanese CormorantPhalacrocorax capillatus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
Storks & cranes1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Red-crowned CraneGrus japonensisVU
Songbirds28 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Large-billed CrowCorvus macrorhynchos
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Brown-eared BulbulHypsipetes amaurotis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Masked buntingEmberiza personata
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- Cinereous TitParus cinereus
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Red-billed StarlingSpodiopsar sericeus
- Grey-capped GreenfinchChloris sinica
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Turdus eunomusTurdus eunomus
- Asian Rosy-finchLeucosticte arctoa
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Poecile variusPoecile varius
- Olive-backed PipitAnthus hodgsoni
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Japanese WagtailMotacilla grandis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Yellow-throated BuntingEmberiza elegans
- Bull-headed ShrikeLanius bucephalus
- Eastern Crowned Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus coronatus
- Stejneger's StonechatSaxicola stejnegeri
Other birds8 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- CootFulica atra
- Japanese Pygmy WoodpeckerYungipicus kizuki
- White-backed WoodpeckerDendrocopos leucotos
- Oriental Turtle DoveStreptopelia orientalis
- Pacific SwiftApus pacificus
- Hazel GrouseTetrastes bonasia
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 February and in December.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan-1°/-6°41 mm
- Feb-1°/-7°35 mm
- Mar2°/-3°63 mm
- Apr6°/1°71 mm
- May10°/5°101 mm
- Jun14°/9°104 mm
- Jul18°/14°123 mm
- Aug20°/16°133 mm
- Sep19°/14°131 mm
- Oct14°/9°116 mm
- Nov8°/3°76 mm
- Dec2°/-3°64 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Lake Akkeshi.
Lake
Lake Akkeshi is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Japan.
90 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 2,107 open records.
The most recorded are the Whooper Swan, the Common Goldeneye and the Slaty-backed Gull.
12 species come for the summer, 28 for the winter and 3 only pass through.
3 are threatened worldwide, including Steller's Sea-eagle, Long-tailed duck and Red-crowned Crane.
The most species are recorded in February and in December.
Get there and watch
- 筑紫恋キャンプ場campsite · 4.6 km · 1 within 10 km
- ホテル五味place to stay · 4.7 km · 1 within 10 km
- Akkeshinearest town · 3.6 km in a straight line
- Kushiro Airport (KUH)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 57 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
- 1visitor centres within 6 km道の駅厚岸グルメパーク
- 2viewpoints within 5 kmお供山展望台
- 1car parks within 3 km
- 1campsites within 10 km筑紫恋キャンプ場
- 1places to stay within 10 kmホテル五味
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- restaurants and cafés within 3 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 Lake Akkeshi.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas4 mountains within 25 kmMount Tomata73 m · 12 kmMount Maru205 m · 18 kmMount Oboro · 18 kmMount Sankaku78 m · 25 km
Coastya3 beaches within 10 kmMaruichi Hama · 8.0 kmKojari Hama · 8.8 kmRiruran · 9.2 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Other places nearby.
Lake Akkeshi
Japan
- 54Birdyas Score
- 90Species
- 43Migrants
- 3Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q847282) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 2,107 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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