Japan Ramsar wetland
Lake Furen
162 bird species recorded; the most in June.
Yamaguchi Yoshiaki from Japan · CC BY-SA 2.0
This month here
72 species in January.65 species in February.50 species in March.43 species in April.74 species in May.84 species in June.66 species in July.75 species in August.44 species in September.61 species in October.73 species in November.43 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
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
162 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).
- 162Speciesrecorded more than once
- 84Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 10ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 3,425Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 8Raptors
- 1Owls
- 33Waders
- 14Gulls & seabirds
- 24Ducks & geese
- 10Herons, ibises & grebes
- 1Storks & cranes
- 56Songbirds
- 15Other 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 162 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
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
- Steller's Sea-eagleHaliaeetus pelagicusVU
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Japanese BuzzardButeo japonicus
- Rough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
Owls1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
Waders33 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- Gray-tailed TattlerTringa brevipes
- Red-necked StintCalidris ruficollisNT
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- Japanese SnipeGallinago hardwickiiNT
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusNT
- Charadrius mongolusCharadrius mongolus
- Bar-tailed godwitLimosa lapponicaNT
- Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Far Eastern CurlewNumenius madagascariensis
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
- Great KnotCalidris tenuirostris
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminataVU
- Broad-billed SandpiperCalidris falcinellusVU
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
- Spoon-billed SandpiperCalidris pygmaeaCR
- Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinus
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Long-toed StintCalidris subminuta
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Little ringed ploverCharadrius dubius
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNT
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
Gulls & seabirds14 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Slaty-backed GullLarus schistisagus
- Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Black-tailed GullLarus crassirostris
- Glaucous-winged GullLarus glaucescens
- Spectacled GuillemotCepphus carbo
- Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
- Black-throated DiverGavia arctica
- Vega GullLarus vegae
- Pacific LoonGavia pacifica
- Rhinoceros AukletCerorhinca monocerata
- Common MurreUria aalge
- Common TernSterna hirundo
Ducks & geese24 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- American ScoterMelanitta americanaNT
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- Harlequin DuckHistrionicus histrionicus
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Long-tailed duckClangula hyemalisVU
- Stejneger's ScoterMelanitta stejnegeri
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Brent GooseBranta bernicla
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Falcated DuckMareca falcata
- SmewMergellus albellus
- Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalis
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Velvet scoterMelanitta fuscaVU
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Chinese Spot-billed DuckAnas zonorhyncha
Herons, ibises & grebes10 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Pelagic CormorantPhalacrocorax pelagicus
- Japanese CormorantPhalacrocorax capillatus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritusVU
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Storks & cranes1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Red-crowned CraneGrus japonensisVU
Songbirds56 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Large-billed CrowCorvus macrorhynchos
- Grey-capped GreenfinchChloris sinica
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Cinereous TitParus cinereus
- Japanese Bush WarblerHorornis diphone
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- Brown-eared BulbulHypsipetes amaurotis
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Asian Rosy-finchLeucosticte arctoa
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Common RedpollAcanthis flammea
- Stejneger's StonechatSaxicola stejnegeri
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Long-tailed RosefinchCarpodacus sibiricus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Masked buntingEmberiza personata
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Eastern Crowned Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus coronatus
- Chestnut-cheeked StarlingAgropsar philippensis
- Brown-headed ThrushTurdus chrysolaus
- Turdus eunomusTurdus eunomus
- Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Sakhalin Grasshopper WarblerLocustella amnicola
- Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus
- Muscicapa latirostrisMuscicapa latirostris
- Black-browed Reed WarblerAcrocephalus bistrigiceps
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Narcissus FlycatcherFicedula narcissina
- Olive-backed PipitAnthus hodgsoni
- Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Grey BuntingEmberiza variabilis
- Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurus
- Siberian RubythroatLuscinia calliope
- Middendorff's Grasshopper-warblerLocustella ochotensis
- Bull-headed ShrikeLanius bucephalus
- Sakhalin Leaf-warblerPhylloscopus borealoides
- Lanceolated WarblerLocustella lanceolata
- White-cheeked StarlingSpodiopsar cineraceus
- Zosterops japonicusZosterops japonicus
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Meadow BuntingEmberiza cioides
- Japanese RobinErithacus akahige
- Siberian Blue RobinLuscinia cyane
- Chestnut-eared BuntingEmberiza fucata
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- White's ThrushZoothera aurea
- Brown DipperCinclus pallasii
- Shore LarkEremophila alpestris
- Passer cinnamomeusPasser cinnamomeus
Other birds15 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Oriental Turtle DoveStreptopelia orientalis
- Japanese Pygmy WoodpeckerYungipicus kizuki
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- White-bellied Green-PigeonTreron sieboldii
- Needle-tailed SwiftHirundapus caudacutus
- Pacific SwiftApus pacificus
- White-backed WoodpeckerDendrocopos leucotos
- Grey-headed WoodpeckerPicus canus
- Oriental CuckooCuculus optatus
- Crested KingfisherMegaceryle lugubris
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- 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 in June.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan-2°/-4°46 mm
- Feb-2°/-6°39 mm
- Mar1°/-3°66 mm
- Apr4°/1°70 mm
- May8°/4°97 mm
- Jun12°/9°99 mm
- Jul16°/13°118 mm
- Aug19°/16°132 mm
- Sep18°/15°128 mm
- Oct14°/10°118 mm
- Nov8°/4°81 mm
- Dec2°/-1°68 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Lake Furen.
Lake in Japan
Lake Furen is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Japan.
162 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 3,425 open records.
The most recorded are the Black Kite, the White-tailed Eagle and the Steller's Sea-eagle.
45 species come for the summer, 39 for the winter and 0 only pass through.
10 are threatened worldwide, including Steller's Sea-eagle, Red-crowned Crane and Long-tailed duck.
The most species are recorded in June.
Get there and watch
- 築拓キャンプ場campsite · 10 km · 1 within 10 km
- Nemuronearest town · 18 km in a straight line
- Nakashibetsu Airport (SHB)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 44 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
- 1campsites within 10 km築拓キャンプ場
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- viewpoints within 5 km
- car parks within 3 km
- restaurants and cafés within 3 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 Lake Furen.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas2 mountains within 25 kmMount Kinchaku · 4.1 kmMount Taka · 13 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.
Lake Furen
Japan
- 81Birdyas Score
- 162Species
- 84Migrants
- 10Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q846979) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 3,425 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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