South Korea Ramsar wetland
Upo wetland
152 bird species recorded; the most from November to January.
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This month here
96 species in January.87 species in February.84 species in March.77 species in April.70 species in May.68 species in June.83 species in July.65 species in August.63 species in September.76 species in October.92 species in November.94 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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NTNTNT- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
152 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).
- 152Speciesrecorded more than once
- 81Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 7ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 9,105Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 13Raptors
- 2Owls
- 14Waders
- 4Gulls & seabirds
- 25Ducks & geese
- 15Herons, ibises & grebes
- 4Storks & cranes
- 57Songbirds
- 18Other 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 152 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors13 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Japanese BuzzardButeo japonicus
- White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
- Eurasian Black VultureAegypius monachusNT
- European HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Upland BuzzardButeo hemilasius
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Steller's Sea-eagleHaliaeetus pelagicusVU
- Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
Owls2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Northern BoobokNinox japonica
- Northern Eagle OwlBubo bubo
Waders14 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Pheasant-tailed JacanaHydrophasianus chirurgus
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Long-billed PloverCharadrius placidus
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- Little ringed ploverCharadrius dubius
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Red-necked StintCalidris ruficollisNT
Gulls & seabirds4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Vega GullLarus vegae
- Black-tailed GullLarus crassirostris
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Ducks & geese25 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Chinese Spot-billed DuckAnas zonorhyncha
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalis
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- Falcated DuckMareca falcata
- Anas poecilorhynchaAnas poecilorhyncha
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostris
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- SmewMergellus albellus
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- Baikal TealSibirionetta formosa
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Swan GooseAnser cygnoides
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
Herons, ibises & grebes15 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Crested IbisNipponia nippon
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Egretta intermediaEgretta intermedia
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Striated HeronButorides striata
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Black-faced SpoonbillPlatalea minorVU
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- Chinese EgretEgretta eulophotesVU
- Chinese Pond HeronArdeola bacchus
Storks & cranes4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Japanese White StorkCiconia boyciana
- White-naped CraneGrus vipioVU
- Red-crowned CraneGrus japonensisVU
- Hooded CraneGrus monachaVU
Songbirds57 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Brown-eared BulbulHypsipetes amaurotis
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Vinous-throated ParrotbillSinosuthora webbiana
- Cinereous TitParus cinereus
- Daurian RedstartPhoenicurus auroreus
- Large-billed CrowCorvus macrorhynchos
- Oriental MagpiePica serica
- Azure-winged MagpieCyanopica cyanus
- Bull-headed ShrikeLanius bucephalus
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Oriolus chinensisOriolus chinensis
- White-cheeked StarlingSpodiopsar cineraceus
- Yellow-throated BuntingEmberiza elegans
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Grey-backed ThrushTurdus hortulorum
- Oriental Reed WarblerAcrocephalus orientalis
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Turdus eunomusTurdus eunomus
- Rustic BuntingEmberiza rusticaNT
- Pale ThrushTurdus pallidus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great titParus major
- Yellow-rumped FlycatcherFicedula zanthopygia
- Grey-capped GreenfinchChloris sinica
- Chinese GrosbeakEophona migratoria
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Eastern Red-rumped SwallowCecropis daurica
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Poecile variusPoecile varius
- Turdus naumanniTurdus naumanni
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Meadow BuntingEmberiza cioides
- Olive-backed PipitAnthus hodgsoni
- Tiger ShrikeLanius tigrinus
- White's ThrushZoothera aurea
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Zosterops japonicusZosterops japonicus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Japanese WagtailMotacilla grandis
- Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurus
- Muscicapa latirostrisMuscicapa latirostris
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Arctic warblerPhylloscopus borealis
- Stejneger's StonechatSaxicola stejnegeri
- Long-tailed RosefinchCarpodacus sibiricus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Buff-bellied PipitAnthus rubescens
- Brown ShrikeLanius cristatus
- Japanese GrosbeakEophona personata
- Parus variusParus varius
- Japanese Bush WarblerHorornis diphone
Other birds18 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Oriental Turtle DoveStreptopelia orientalis
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Japanese Pygmy WoodpeckerYungipicus kizuki
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Grey-headed WoodpeckerPicus canus
- Oriental DollarbirdEurystomus orientalis
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- CootFulica atra
- White-backed WoodpeckerDendrocopos leucotos
- Indian CuckooCuculus micropterus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Oriental CuckooCuculus optatus
- Grey NightjarCaprimulgus jotaka
- Grey-capped Pygmy WoodpeckerYungipicus canicapillus
- Japanese QuailCoturnix japonicaNT
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.
- Jan3°/-8°25 mm
- Feb6°/-6°42 mm
- Mar11°/-2°62 mm
- Apr18°/4°109 mm
- May24°/10°114 mm
- Jun27°/15°151 mm
- Jul29°/20°286 mm
- Aug29°/20°254 mm
- Sep25°/15°156 mm
- Oct19°/8°67 mm
- Nov12°/1°39 mm
- Dec4°/-6°27 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Upo wetland.
Swamp in South Korea
Upo wetland is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in South Korea.
152 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 9,105 open records.
The most recorded are the Grey Heron, the Great White Egret and the Brown-eared Bulbul.
28 species come for the summer, 51 for the winter and 2 only pass through.
7 are threatened worldwide, including Common Pochard, White-naped Crane and Black-faced Spoonbill.
The most species are recorded from November to January.
Get there and watch
- 별숲글램핑campsite · 13 km · 2 within 10 km
- 우포민박place to stay · 1.2 km · 11 within 10 km
- Changnyeongnearest town · 7.4 km in a straight line
- Daegu International Airport (TAE)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 44 km in a straight lineCar hire at PUS airport (Busan)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
- 1bird hides within 6 km제1전망대
- 7viewpoints within 5 km평지리 왕버들, 등지리 느티나무, 출렁다리 and 4 more
- 7car parks within 3 km
- 6restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 2campsites within 10 km별숲글램핑
- 11places to stay within 10 km우포민박, 화왕산참숯가마찜질방, 적교장모텔 and 8 more
- observation towers 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 Upo wetland.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas131 mountains within 25 kmWolbongsan1,279 m · 7.2 kmHwawangsan757 m · 11 kmKwallyong-san · 13 kmDaenisan · 14 kmMyobongsan · 15 kmYongch'wi-san · 16 kmBiseulsan1,084 m · 21 kmUibong-san · 21 km
Lakeyas2 lakes within 15 kmMokpo0.3 km² · 1.3 kmPongsan-jŏsuji0.5 km² · 14 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.
Upo wetland
South Korea
- 74Birdyas Score
- 152Species
- 81Migrants
- 7Threatened
Ganghwa Maehwamarum Habitat
South Korea · 285 km
- 86Birdyas Score
- 207Species
- 132Migrants
- 12Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q496402) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 9,105 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, Lakeyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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