Yatsu Tidal Flat (Yatsu Higata)

35.67841 , 140.00429

Japan

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Coordinates were set by Mathias Ritschard (Admin) : 35.6784/140.0043 (2020-12-28 21:10:13 )

Site name was set by Mathias Ritschard (Admin) as "Yatsu Tidal Flat (Yatsu Higata)" (2020-12-28 21:10:13 )

Edited by Mathias Ritschard (Admin) on 2021-08-06 13:34:21
- Water-bird watching in the tidal flat located in the depth of the Tokyo Bay nearby the metropolitan Tokyo. - Best season: August to October, March to May Here we have chance to see Little Grebe, Great Cormorant, Grey Heron, Little Egret, Eastern Great Egret, Eastern Cattle Egret (migrant), Eurasian Great Egret (migrant/winter), Intermediate Egret (migrant), Black-crowned Night Heron, Yellow Bittern (summer/migrant), Eastern Spot-billed Duck, Northern Pintail (winte/migrant), Tufted Duck (winte/migrant), Common Teal (winte/migrant), Mallard (winte/migrant), Goshawk, Black Kite, Common Kestrel, Eastern Peregrine Falcon, Common Coot, Eurasian Moorhen, Brown-cheeked Rail (summer/migrant), Kentish Plover, Greater Sand Plover (migrant), Western Little Ringed Plover (migrant), Eastern Common Ringed Plover (migrant), Pacific Golden-Plover (migrant), Lesser Sand-Plover (stegmanni) (migrant), Grey Plover (winter/migrant), Common Greenshank (migrant), Eastern Redshank (migrant), Red-necked Phalarope (migrant), Common Sandpiper, Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (migrant), Pectoral Sandpiper (migrant), Ruff (migrant), Eastern Bar-tailed Godwit (migrant), Long-billed Dowitcher (migrant), Eastern Black-tailed Godwit (migrant), Temminck's Stint (migrant), Great Knot (migrant), Red Knot (migrant), Grey-tailed Tattler (migrant), Ruddy Turnstone (migrant), Eastern Broad-billed Sandpiper (migrant), Green Sandpiper (migrant), Marsh Sandpiper (migrant), Curlew Sandpiper (migrant), Terek Sandpiper (migrant), Wood Sandpiper (migrant), Red-necked Stint (migrant), Little Stint (migrant), Long-toed Stint (migrant), Eastern Eurasian Curlew (migrant), Whimbrel (migrant), Far Eastern Curlew (migrant), Siberian Dunlin (winter/migrant), Black-winged Stilt, Black-tailed Gull (summer/migrant), Siberian Black-headed Gull (winter/migrant), Whiskered Tern (migrant), Little Tern (migrant), White-winged Tern (migrant), Eastern Oriental Turtle-Dove, House Swift (migrant), Common Kingfisher, Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker, Barn Swallow (gutturalis) (summer/migrant), Asian House Martin (migrant), Grey Wagtail, Japanese Wagtail, Black-backed Wagtail, Bull-headed Shrike, Red-bellied Rockthrush, Oriental Reed-Warbler (summer/migrant), Brown-eared Bulbul, Japanese Tit, Honshu White-eye, Eurasian Tree Sparrow, White-cheeked Starling, Chestnut-cheeked Starling (migrant), Azure-winged Magpie, Japanese Jungle Crow, South Asian Carrion Crow
Edited by Masayuki Shimada on 2021-08-06 11:13:35
- Water-bird watching in the tidal flat located in the depth of the Tokyo Bay nearby the metropolitan Tokyo. - Best season: August to October, March to May Here we have chance to see Little Grebe, Great Cormorant, Grey Heron, Little Egret, Eastern Great Egret, Eastern Cattle Egret (migrant), Eurasian Great Egret (migrant/winter), Intermediate Egret (migrant), Black-crowned Night Heron, Yellow Bittern (summer/migrant), Eastern Spot-billed Duck, Northern Pintail (winte/migrant), Tufted Duck (winte/migrant), Common Teal (winte/migrant), Mallard (winte/migrant), Goshawk, Black Kite, Common Kestrel, Eastern Peregrine Falcon, Common Coot, Eurasian Moorhen, Brown-cheeked Rail (summer/migrant), Kentish Plover, Greater Sand Plover (migrant), Western Little Ringed Plover (migrant), Eastern Common Ringed Plover (migrant), Pacific Golden-Plover (migrant), Lesser Sand-Plover (stegmanni) (migrant), Grey Plover (winter/migrant), Common Greenshank (migrant), Eastern Redshank (migrant), Red-necked Phalarope (migrant), Common Sandpiper, Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (migrant), Pectoral Sandpiper (migrant), Ruff (migrant), Eastern Bar-tailed Godwit (migrant), Long-billed Dowitcher (migrant), Eastern Black-tailed Godwit (migrant), Temminck's Stint (migrant), Great Knot (migrant), Red Knot (migrant), Grey-tailed Tattler (migrant), Ruddy Turnstone (migrant), Eastern Broad-billed Sandpiper (migrant), Green Sandpiper (migrant), Marsh Sandpiper (migrant), Curlew Sandpiper (migrant), Terek Sandpiper (migrant), Wood Sandpiper (migrant), Red-necked Stint (migrant), Little Stint (migrant), Long-toed Stint (migrant), Eastern Eurasian Curlew (migrant), Whimbrel (migrant), Far Eastern Curlew (migrant), Siberian Dunlin (winter/migrant), Black-winged Stilt, Black-tailed Gull (summer/migrant), Siberian Black-headed Gull (winter/migrant), Whiskered Tern (migrant), Little Tern (migrant), White-winged Tern (migrant), Eastern Oriental Turtle-Dove, House Swift (migrant), Common Kingfisher, Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker, Barn Swallow (gutturalis) (summer/migrant), Asian House Martin (migrant), Grey Wagtail, Japanese Wagtail, Black-backed Wagtail, Bull-headed Shrike, Red-bellied Rockthrush, Oriental Reed-Warbler (summer/migrant), Brown-eared Bulbul, Japanese Tit, Honshu White-eye, Eurasian Tree Sparrow, White-cheeked Starling, Chestnut-cheeked Starling (migrant), Azure-winged Magpie, Japanese Jungle Crow, South Asian Carrion Crow

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