Seasonal highlight for birding
- Spring/ From mid April to mid May
- - passage migrant in breeding plumage
- You may find !:Oriental pratincole, Latham's snipe
- Summer/ From late May to late June
- - residents and summer visitors are breeding
- You may find !:Ruddy crake, Chick of Grey-headed lapwing
- Fall/ From late July to early October
- - passage migrants. first half is peak for adult shorebird
- You may find !:Greater sand plover, Long-toed stint,Marsh sandpiper
- Winter/ From mid November to late March
- - Winter visitors
- You may find !:Falcated teal, Chinese black-headed gull,Merlin
Best birding site for waders
- 1 Tidal flat
- The mouth of Sakai river, Sijimi river, Kamita river
- 2 Fields
- Amatu area, Sugiyama area, Yaguma area, Toshima area
- MAPFTOYOHASHI city and TAHARA-CHO(77KB)
[Regulars ()=Main habitat; T=tidalflat, R=rice field, C=cabbage field, P=pond, M=Marsh]
- Passage migrants
- Mainly spring
- Sharp-tailed sandpiper(R),Spotted redshank(R), Bar-tailed dwit(T)
- Mainly fall
- Greenshank(T),Black-tailed Godwit(T),Great knot(T), Broad-bill sandpiper(T),stonechat(R,C)
- Spring & fall
- Roufus-neck stint(T,R),Lesser golden plover(R,C,T),Tattler(T)
- Summer visitors
- Great reed warbler(R,P,M),Intermediate egret(R)
- Winter visitors
- Greater scaup(T),Pochard(T),Mallard(T),Common teal(T),Grey plover(T),Dunlin(T),Gusky Thrush(R,C),Pendulin tit(M),Reed Bunting(M)
- 4 Residents
Spot-billed Duck(T,R,P),Black-crowned Night Heron(P),Marsh Harrier(M),Grey-headed Lapwing(R,C),Skylark(C),Japanese Wagtail(C),Bull-headed Shrike(R,C),Siberian Meadow Bunting(R,C) Tree Sparrow(R,C),Gray Starling(C)
Rarities
- Very rare(only 1 or 2 recorded)
- Greater yellowlegs, Avocet, Caspian plover, Pied Harrier,others
- 1record/ about 4-5 seasons
- Spotted greenshank, Asiatic dowitcher, Spoonbill sandpiper,Little curlew
- 1record/ about 2-3 seasons
- Black-faced spoonbill,Bairds sandpiper,Longbilled dowitcher
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