Watarase ponds & park

36.22114 , 139.66998

Japan

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Coordinates were set by Mathias Ritschard (Admin) : 36.2211/139.6700 (2020-12-28 21:02:46 )

Site name was set by Mathias Ritschard (Admin) as "Watarase Ponds & Park" (2020-12-28 21:02:46 )

Edited by Mathias Ritschard (Admin) on 2021-08-06 13:31:26
- Wet-land bird-watching in Ramsar wetland Watarase-Yusuichi at north of Tokyo with the largest reed-field in Honshu island. - One full-day or two days is recommended. - Best season: November to Februay, May to June Here we have chance to see Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe (winter), Black-necked Grebe (winter), Great Cormorant, Eastern Great Egret, Little Egret, Grey Heron, Eastern Cattle Egret (summer), Eurasian Great Egret (winter), Black-crowned Night Heron, Striated Heron (amurensis) (summer), Eurasian Bittern/Great Bittern (summer), Intermediate Egret (summer), Eastern Spot-billed Duck, Yellow Bittern (summer), Gadwall (winter), Northern Pintail (winter), Garganey (migrant), Tufted Duck (winter), Common Teal (winter), Greater Scaup (American) (winter), Common Shelduck (winter), Baikal Teal (winter), Northern Shoveler (winter), Eurasian Wigeon (winter), Common Goldeneye (winter), Pochard (winter), Mallard (winter), Smew (winter), Falcated Teal (winter), Black Kite, Japanese Buzzard, Goshawk, Common Kestrel, Eastern Peregrine Falcon, Osprey, Grey-faced Buzzard (summer), Eastern Marsh-Harrier (winter), Japanese Sparrowhawk (summer), Hen Harrier (winter), Siberian Eurasian Sparrowhawk (winter), East Siberian Merlin (winter), Green Pheasant (kigis), Common Coot, Eurasian Moorhen, Brown-cheeked Rail (summer), Ruddy-breasted Crake (summer), Baillon's Crake (summer), Grey-headed Lapwing, Common Sandpiper, Long-billed Plover, Western Little Ringed Plover (migrant), Pacific Golden-Plover (migrant), Common Greenshank (migrant), Eastern Redshank (migrant), Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (migrant), Ruff (migrant), Eastern Bar-tailed Godwit (migrant), Eastern Black-tailed Godwit (migrant), Temminck's Stint (migrant), Grey-tailed Tattler (migrant), Marsh Sandpiper (migrant), Wood Sandpiper (migrant), Whimbrel (migrant), Spotted Redshank (migrant), Red-necked Stint (migrant), Siberian Dunlin (migrant), Long-toed Stint (migrant), Latham's Snipe (migrant), Swinhoe's Snipe (migrant), Common Greater Painted-snipe (summer), Northern Lapwing (winter), Long-billed Dowitcher (winter), Green Sandpiper (winter), Common Snipe (winter), Vega Gull (winter), Siberian Black-headed Gull (winter), Little Tern (summer), Eastern Oriental Turtle-Dove, Eastern Common Cuckoo (summer), Lessor Cuckoo (summer), Oriental Cuckoo/Horsfield's Cuckoo (migrant), Long-eared Owl, Ural Owl, Short-eared Owl (winter), Grey Nightjar (migrant), Pacific Swift (kanoi) (migrant), House Swift (migrant), Common Kingfisher, Eurasian Eurasian Hoopoe (migrant), Japanese Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker, Japanese Wryneck (winter), Japanese Skylark, Asian House Martin (summer), Red-rumped Swallow (migrant), Kamchatka Sand Martin (migrant), Barn Swallow (gutturalis) (summer), Grey Wagtail, Japanese Wagtail, Black-backed Wagtail, Buff-bellied Pipit/American Pipit (Siberian) (winter), Indian tree pipit (winter), Ashy Minivet (migrant), Bull-headed Shrike, Great Grey Shrike (winter), Japanese Waxwing (migrant), Daurian Redstart (winter), Stejneger's Stonechat (migrant), Red-flanked Bluetail/Orange-flanked Bush-Robin (winter), Japanese Bush Warbler, Grey-streaked Flycatcher (migrant), Sakhalin Leaf-Warbler (migrant), Eye-browed Thrush (migrant), Brown-headed Thrush (winter), Brown-headed Thrush (winter), Pale Thrush (winter), Dusky Thrush (winter), White's Thrush (winter), Marsh Grassbird (Japanese) (summer), Oriental Reed-Warbler (summer), Black-browed Reed-Warbler (summer), Japanese Blue-and-white Flycatcher (migrant), Narcissus Flycatcher (migrant), Asian Brown Flycatcher (migrant), Dark-sided Flycatcher (migrant), Black Paradise-Flycatcher (migrant), Zitting Cisticola, Eastern Crowned-Warbler (migrant), Brown-eared Bulbul, Japanese Leaf Warbler (migrant), Long-tailed Tit, Japanese Tit, Varied Tit, Coal Tit (winter), Honshu White-eye, Siberian Meadow Bunting, Black-faced Bunting (winter), Reed Bunting (winter), Rustic Bunting (winter), Grey Bunting (winter), Palla's Reed Bunting (winter), Chestnut-eared Bunting (winter), Grey-bellied Bullfinch (winter), Eurasian Bullfinch (winter), Brambling (winter), Grey-capped Greenfinch, Grey-capped Greenfinch (winter), Japanese Hawfinch (winter), Long-tailed Rosefinch (winter), Eurasian Siskin (migrant), Eurasian Tree Sparrow, White-cheeked Starling, Azure-winged Magpie, Japanese Jungle Crow, South Asian Carrion Crow, Rook (winter), Daurian Jackdaw (winter)
Edited by Masayuki Shimada on 2021-08-06 11:10:58
- Wet-land bird-watching in Ramsar wetland Watarase-Yusuichi at north of Tokyo with the largest reed-field in Honshu island. - One full-day or two days is recommended. - Best season: November to Februay, May to June Here we have chance to see Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe (winter), Black-necked Grebe (winter), Great Cormorant, Eastern Great Egret, Little Egret, Grey Heron, Eastern Cattle Egret (summer), Eurasian Great Egret (winter), Black-crowned Night Heron, Striated Heron (amurensis) (summer), Eurasian Bittern/Great Bittern (summer), Intermediate Egret (summer), Eastern Spot-billed Duck, Yellow Bittern (summer), Gadwall (winter), Northern Pintail (winter), Garganey (migrant), Tufted Duck (winter), Common Teal (winter), Greater Scaup (American) (winter), Common Shelduck (winter), Baikal Teal (winter), Northern Shoveler (winter), Eurasian Wigeon (winter), Common Goldeneye (winter), Pochard (winter), Mallard (winter), Smew (winter), Falcated Teal (winter), Black Kite, Japanese Buzzard, Goshawk, Common Kestrel, Eastern Peregrine Falcon, Osprey, Grey-faced Buzzard (summer), Eastern Marsh-Harrier (winter), Japanese Sparrowhawk (summer), Hen Harrier (winter), Siberian Eurasian Sparrowhawk (winter), East Siberian Merlin (winter), Green Pheasant (kigis), Common Coot, Eurasian Moorhen, Brown-cheeked Rail (summer), Ruddy-breasted Crake (summer), Baillon's Crake (summer), Grey-headed Lapwing, Common Sandpiper, Long-billed Plover, Western Little Ringed Plover (migrant), Pacific Golden-Plover (migrant), Common Greenshank (migrant), Eastern Redshank (migrant), Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (migrant), Ruff (migrant), Eastern Bar-tailed Godwit (migrant), Eastern Black-tailed Godwit (migrant), Temminck's Stint (migrant), Grey-tailed Tattler (migrant), Marsh Sandpiper (migrant), Wood Sandpiper (migrant), Whimbrel (migrant), Spotted Redshank (migrant), Red-necked Stint (migrant), Siberian Dunlin (migrant), Long-toed Stint (migrant), Latham's Snipe (migrant), Swinhoe's Snipe (migrant), Common Greater Painted-snipe (summer), Northern Lapwing (winter), Long-billed Dowitcher (winter), Green Sandpiper (winter), Common Snipe (winter), Vega Gull (winter), Siberian Black-headed Gull (winter), Little Tern (summer), Eastern Oriental Turtle-Dove, Eastern Common Cuckoo (summer), Lessor Cuckoo (summer), Oriental Cuckoo/Horsfield's Cuckoo (migrant), Long-eared Owl, Ural Owl, Short-eared Owl (winter), Grey Nightjar (migrant), Pacific Swift (kanoi) (migrant), House Swift (migrant), Common Kingfisher, Eurasian Eurasian Hoopoe (migrant), Japanese Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker, Japanese Wryneck (winter), Japanese Skylark, Asian House Martin (summer), Red-rumped Swallow (migrant), Kamchatka Sand Martin (migrant), Barn Swallow (gutturalis) (summer), Grey Wagtail, Japanese Wagtail, Black-backed Wagtail, Buff-bellied Pipit/American Pipit (Siberian) (winter), Indian tree pipit (winter), Ashy Minivet (migrant), Bull-headed Shrike, Great Grey Shrike (winter), Japanese Waxwing (migrant), Daurian Redstart (winter), Stejneger's Stonechat (migrant), Red-flanked Bluetail/Orange-flanked Bush-Robin (winter), Japanese Bush Warbler, Grey-streaked Flycatcher (migrant), Sakhalin Leaf-Warbler (migrant), Eye-browed Thrush (migrant), Brown-headed Thrush (winter), Brown-headed Thrush (winter), Pale Thrush (winter), Dusky Thrush (winter), White's Thrush (winter), Marsh Grassbird (Japanese) (summer), Oriental Reed-Warbler (summer), Black-browed Reed-Warbler (summer), Japanese Blue-and-white Flycatcher (migrant), Narcissus Flycatcher (migrant), Asian Brown Flycatcher (migrant), Dark-sided Flycatcher (migrant), Black Paradise-Flycatcher (migrant), Zitting Cisticola, Eastern Crowned-Warbler (migrant), Brown-eared Bulbul, Japanese Leaf Warbler (migrant), Long-tailed Tit, Japanese Tit, Varied Tit, Coal Tit (winter), Honshu White-eye, Siberian Meadow Bunting, Black-faced Bunting (winter), Reed Bunting (winter), Rustic Bunting (winter), Grey Bunting (winter), Palla's Reed Bunting (winter), Chestnut-eared Bunting (winter), Grey-bellied Bullfinch (winter), Eurasian Bullfinch (winter), Brambling (winter), Grey-capped Greenfinch, Grey-capped Greenfinch (winter), Japanese Hawfinch (winter), Long-tailed Rosefinch (winter), Eurasian Siskin (migrant), Eurasian Tree Sparrow, White-cheeked Starling, Azure-winged Magpie, Japanese Jungle Crow, South Asian Carrion Crow, Rook (winter), Daurian Jackdaw (winter)

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