Togakushi Forest

36.75315 , 138.07212

Japan

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Coordinates were set by Mathias Ritschard (Admin) : 36.7531/138.0721 (2020-12-28 20:58:23 )

Site name was set by Mathias Ritschard (Admin) as "Togakushi Forest" (2020-12-28 20:58:23 )

Edited by Mathias Ritschard (Admin) on 2021-08-06 13:30:39
- Bird-watching at Togakushi highland located in the north of Nagano within Joshinetsu National Park. The forest in Togakushi, Togakushi Forest Botanical Garden, is a good bird-watching spot. - One or two days trip is recommended. - Best season: May to October Here we have chance to see Little Grebe, Grey Heron, Eastern Spot-billed Duck, Goshawk, Mountain Hawk-Eagle (orientalis), Japanese Sparrowhawk, Black Kite, Japanese Golden Eagle, Japanese Buzzard, Siberian Eurasian Sparrowhawk, Common Kestrel, Common Coot, Latham's Snipe, Eastern Oriental Turtle-Dove, Eastern Common Cuckoo, Oriental Cuckoo/Horsfield's Cuckoo, Lessor Cuckoo, Long-eared Owl, Ural Owl, Pacific Swift (kanoi), House Swift, Ruddy Kingfisher, Japanese Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, White-backed Woodpecker, Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker, Asian House Martin, Barn Swallow (gutturalis), Grey Wagtail, Japanese Wagtail, Black-backed Wagtail, Indian tree pipit, Ashy Minivet, Bull-headed Shrike, Brown Dipper, Eurasian Wren (fumigatus), Siberian Blue Robin, Red-flanked Bluetail/Orange-flanked Bush-Robin, Brown-headed Thrush, Japanese Bush Warbler, Japanese Blue-and-white Flycatcher, Goldcrest, Narcissus Flycatcher, Japanese Thrush, Asian Brown Flycatcher, Eastern Crowned-Warbler, White's Thrush, Brown-eared Bulbul, Siberian Thrush, Japanese Leaf Warbler, Asian Stubtail, Long-tailed Tit, Willow Tit, Japanese Tit, Coal Tit, Varied Tit, Eurasian Nuthatch, Treecreeper, Honshu White-eye, Black-faced Bunting, Grey Bunting, Yellow Bunting, Siberian Meadow Bunting, Grey-capped Greenfinch, Russet Sparrow, Chestnut-cheeked Starling, White-cheeked Starling, Japanese Grosbeak, Japanese Jay, Japanese Jungle Crow, South Asian Carrion Crow
Edited by Masayuki Shimada on 2021-08-06 11:04:49
- Bird-watching at Togakushi highland located in the north of Nagano within Joshinetsu National Park. The forest in Togakushi, Togakushi Forest Botanical Garden, is a good bird-watching spot. - One or two days trip is recommended. - Best season: May to October Here we have chance to see Little Grebe, Grey Heron, Eastern Spot-billed Duck, Goshawk, Mountain Hawk-Eagle (orientalis), Japanese Sparrowhawk, Black Kite, Japanese Golden Eagle, Japanese Buzzard, Siberian Eurasian Sparrowhawk, Common Kestrel, Common Coot, Latham's Snipe, Eastern Oriental Turtle-Dove, Eastern Common Cuckoo, Oriental Cuckoo/Horsfield's Cuckoo, Lessor Cuckoo, Long-eared Owl, Ural Owl, Pacific Swift (kanoi), House Swift, Ruddy Kingfisher, Japanese Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, White-backed Woodpecker, Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker, Asian House Martin, Barn Swallow (gutturalis), Grey Wagtail, Japanese Wagtail, Black-backed Wagtail, Indian tree pipit, Ashy Minivet, Bull-headed Shrike, Brown Dipper, Eurasian Wren (fumigatus), Siberian Blue Robin, Red-flanked Bluetail/Orange-flanked Bush-Robin, Brown-headed Thrush, Japanese Bush Warbler, Japanese Blue-and-white Flycatcher, Goldcrest, Narcissus Flycatcher, Japanese Thrush, Asian Brown Flycatcher, Eastern Crowned-Warbler, White's Thrush, Brown-eared Bulbul, Siberian Thrush, Japanese Leaf Warbler, Asian Stubtail, Long-tailed Tit, Willow Tit, Japanese Tit, Coal Tit, Varied Tit, Eurasian Nuthatch, Treecreeper, Honshu White-eye, Black-faced Bunting, Grey Bunting, Yellow Bunting, Siberian Meadow Bunting, Grey-capped Greenfinch, Russet Sparrow, Chestnut-cheeked Starling, White-cheeked Starling, Japanese Grosbeak, Japanese Jay, Japanese Jungle Crow, South Asian Carrion Crow

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