Osaka Nanko Bird Sanctuary

34.63553 , 135.40045

Japan

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Coordinates were set by Mathias Ritschard (Admin) : 34.6355/135.4005 (2020-12-28 21:26:30 )

Site name was set by Mathias Ritschard (Admin) as "Osaka Nanko Bird Sanctuary" (2020-12-28 21:26:30 )

Edited by Mathias Ritschard (Admin) on 2021-08-06 13:35:49
- Shorebird watching at the tidal flat located at the Osaka bay. - Best season: August to Oct (autumn migration), December to February (winter), March to May (spring migration) Here we have chance to see Common Shelduck (winter), Gadwall (winter), Eurasian Wigeon (winter), Mallard (winter), Eastern Spot-billed Duck, Northern Pintail (winter), Garganey (migrant), Eurasian Teal/Common Teal (winter), Pochard (winter), Tufted Duck (winter), Greater Scaup (American) (winter), Common Goldeneye (winter), Little Grebe, Striated Heron (amurensis) (migrant), Black-crowned Night Heron (winter), Eastern Cattle Egret (migrant), Grey Heron, Eastern Great Egret (summer), Intermediate Egret (migrant), Little Egret, Pacific Reef Heron/Pacific Reef-Egret (migrant), Great Cormorant, Common Kestrel (winter), Eastern Peregrine Falcon (migrant), Osprey, Black Kite, Eastern Marsh-Harrier (winter), Hen Harrier (winter), Siberian Eurasian Sparrowhawk (winter), Goshawk, Japanese Buzzard (winter), Eurasian Moorhen, Common Coot, Black-winged Stilt (winter), Pacific Golden-Plover (migrant), Grey Plover (winter), Western Little Ringed Plover (summer), Kentish Plover, Lesser Sand-Plover (stegmanni) (migrant), European Woodcock (winter), Common Snipe (winter), Eastern Black-tailed Godwit (migrant), Whimbrel (summer), Eastern Eurasian Curlew (migrant), Far Eastern Curlew (migrant), Spotted Redshank (winter), Central Asian Common Redshank (migrant), Marsh Sandpiper (migrant), Common Greenshank (migrant), Grey-tailed Tattler (migrant), Terek Sandpiper (migrant), Common Sandpiper, Ruddy Turnstone (migrant), Great Knot (migrant), Red Knot (rogersi) (migrant), Red-necked Stint (migrant), Little Stint (winter), Temminck's Stint (migrant), Long-toed Stint (migrant), Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (migrant), Siberian Dunlin (winter), Black-tailed Gull, Kamchatka Gull (winter), Vega Gull (winter), Slaty-backed Gull (winter), Siberian Black-headed Gull, Saunder's Gull (winter), Common Tern (migrant), Little Tern (summer), Whiskered Tern (summer), Eastern Oriental Turtle-Dove, Common Kingfisher (migrant), Japanese Wryneck (winter), Ashy Minivet (migrant), Bull-headed Shrike (winter), Black Paradise-Flycatcher (migrant), South Asian Carrion Crow, Japanese Jungle Crow, Japanese Tit (winter), Varied Tit (winter), Chinese Penduline Tit (migrant), Kamchatka Sand Martin (migrant), Barn Swallow (gutturalis) (summer), Japanese Skylark, Zitting Cisticola, Brown-eared Bulbul, Asian Stubtail (migrant), Japanese Bush Warbler (winter), Oriental Reed Warbler (winter), Japanese Leaf Warbler/Pacific Leaf Warbler (migrant), Kamchatka Leaf Warbler (migrant), Sakhalin Leaf Warbler (migrant), Eastern Crowned Warbler (migrant), Honshu White-eye, Goldcrest (winter), Chestnut-cheeked Starling (migrant), White-cheeked Starling, Siberian Thrush (migrant), Japanese Thrush (migrant), Eyebrowed Thrush (migrant), Pale Thrush (winter), Brown-headed Thrush (winter), Dusky Thrush (winter), Japanese Robin (migrant), Siberian Blue Robin (migrant), Red-flanked Bluetail/Orange-flanked Bush-Robin (winter), Daurian Redstart (winter), Stejneger's Stonechat (migrant), Red-bellied Rock Thrush (winter), Grey-streaked Flycatcher (migrant), Dark-sided Flycatcher (migrant), Asian Brown Flycatcher (migrant), Narcissus Flycatcher (migrant), Mugimaki Flycatcher (migrant), Japanese Blue-and-white Flycatcher (migrant), Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Black-backed Wagtail, Olive-backed Pipit (migrant), Brambling (winter), Grey-capped Greenfinch (C.s.kawarahiba)(winter), Grey-capped Greenfinch (C.s.minor), Eurasian Siskin (winter), Long-tailed Rosefinch (winter), Meadow Bunting (winter), Yellow Bunting (migrant), Masked Bunting (winter), Reed Bunting (winter)
Edited by Masayuki Shimada on 2021-08-06 10:04:52
- Shorebird watching at the tidal flat located at the Osaka bay. - Best season: August to Oct (autumn migration), December to February (winter), March to May (spring migration) Here we have chance to see Common Shelduck (winter), Gadwall (winter), Eurasian Wigeon (winter), Mallard (winter), Eastern Spot-billed Duck, Northern Pintail (winter), Garganey (migrant), Eurasian Teal/Common Teal (winter), Pochard (winter), Tufted Duck (winter), Greater Scaup (American) (winter), Common Goldeneye (winter), Little Grebe, Striated Heron (amurensis) (migrant), Black-crowned Night Heron (winter), Eastern Cattle Egret (migrant), Grey Heron, Eastern Great Egret (summer), Intermediate Egret (migrant), Little Egret, Pacific Reef Heron/Pacific Reef-Egret (migrant), Great Cormorant, Common Kestrel (winter), Eastern Peregrine Falcon (migrant), Osprey, Black Kite, Eastern Marsh-Harrier (winter), Hen Harrier (winter), Siberian Eurasian Sparrowhawk (winter), Goshawk, Japanese Buzzard (winter), Eurasian Moorhen, Common Coot, Black-winged Stilt (winter), Pacific Golden-Plover (migrant), Grey Plover (winter), Western Little Ringed Plover (summer), Kentish Plover, Lesser Sand-Plover (stegmanni) (migrant), European Woodcock (winter), Common Snipe (winter), Eastern Black-tailed Godwit (migrant), Whimbrel (summer), Eastern Eurasian Curlew (migrant), Far Eastern Curlew (migrant), Spotted Redshank (winter), Central Asian Common Redshank (migrant), Marsh Sandpiper (migrant), Common Greenshank (migrant), Grey-tailed Tattler (migrant), Terek Sandpiper (migrant), Common Sandpiper, Ruddy Turnstone (migrant), Great Knot (migrant), Red Knot (rogersi) (migrant), Red-necked Stint (migrant), Little Stint (winter), Temminck's Stint (migrant), Long-toed Stint (migrant), Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (migrant), Siberian Dunlin (winter), Black-tailed Gull, Kamchatka Gull (winter), Vega Gull (winter), Slaty-backed Gull (winter), Siberian Black-headed Gull, Saunder's Gull (winter), Common Tern (migrant), Little Tern (summer), Whiskered Tern (summer), Eastern Oriental Turtle-Dove, Common Kingfisher (migrant), Japanese Wryneck (winter), Ashy Minivet (migrant), Bull-headed Shrike (winter), Black Paradise-Flycatcher (migrant), South Asian Carrion Crow, Japanese Jungle Crow, Japanese Tit (winter), Varied Tit (winter), Chinese Penduline Tit (migrant), Kamchatka Sand Martin (migrant), Barn Swallow (gutturalis) (summer), Japanese Skylark, Zitting Cisticola, Brown-eared Bulbul, Asian Stubtail (migrant), Japanese Bush Warbler (winter), Oriental Reed Warbler (winter), Japanese Leaf Warbler/Pacific Leaf Warbler (migrant), Kamchatka Leaf Warbler (migrant), Sakhalin Leaf Warbler (migrant), Eastern Crowned Warbler (migrant), Honshu White-eye, Goldcrest (winter), Chestnut-cheeked Starling (migrant), White-cheeked Starling, Siberian Thrush (migrant), Japanese Thrush (migrant), Eyebrowed Thrush (migrant), Pale Thrush (winter), Brown-headed Thrush (winter), Dusky Thrush (winter), Japanese Robin (migrant), Siberian Blue Robin (migrant), Red-flanked Bluetail/Orange-flanked Bush-Robin (winter), Daurian Redstart (winter), Stejneger's Stonechat (migrant), Red-bellied Rock Thrush (winter), Grey-streaked Flycatcher (migrant), Dark-sided Flycatcher (migrant), Asian Brown Flycatcher (migrant), Narcissus Flycatcher (migrant), Mugimaki Flycatcher (migrant), Japanese Blue-and-white Flycatcher (migrant), Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Black-backed Wagtail, Olive-backed Pipit (migrant), Brambling (winter), Grey-capped Greenfinch (C.s.kawarahiba)(winter), Grey-capped Greenfinch (C.s.minor), Eurasian Siskin (winter), Long-tailed Rosefinch (winter), Meadow Bunting (winter), Yellow Bunting (migrant), Masked Bunting (winter), Reed Bunting (winter)

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  • How to get there

Transit: A 20 min walk from Cosmo Square station on the Chuo (green) metro line. The walk is partly along a paved seawall and partly along a shady split walking/bike path. Both are quite nice for birdwatching along the way.

At the Sanctuary, there is both bike and car parking.

Explain from where and how to get to this site with private and public transport.

Edited by Holly Becker on 2023-11-03 10:49
Transit: A 20 min walk from Cosmo Square station on the Chuo (green) metro line. The walk is partly along a paved seawall and partly along a shady split walking/bike path. Both are quite nice for birdwatching along the way. At the Sanctuary, there is both bike and car parking. Admission is free.parking.
Edited by Holly Becker on 2023-11-03 10:49
Transit: A 20 min walk from the Cosmo Square station of on the Chuo (green) metro line. The walk is half partly along a paved seawall, seawall and half partly along a shady split walking/bike path. Both are quite nice for birdwatching along the way. way. At the Sanctuary, there is both bike and car parking. parking. Admission is free.
Edited by Holly Becker on 2023-11-03 06:36
A 20 min walk from the Cosmo Square station of the Chuo (green) metro line. The walk is half along a paved seawall, and half along a split walking/bike path. Both are quite nice for birdwatching along the way. At the Sanctuary, there is both bike and car parking.parking. Admission is free.
Edited by Holly Becker on 2023-11-03 06:24
A 20 min walk from the Cosmo Square station of the Chuo (green) metro line. The walk is half along a paved seawall, and half along a split walking/bike path. Both are quite nice for birdwatching along the way. At the Sanctuary, there is both bike and car parking.

Admission is free.

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Edited by Holly Becker on 2023-11-03 10:49
Admission is free.
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There are two observatories and some walking paths.

The main observatory is quite nice: fully enclosed building with seats along low tables in front of glass windows, free wifi, a drink vending machine, and binoculars fixed on a stand. The lower half of the windows slides open so you can put optics through for a better look. There are many displays with illustrations of the birds that can be found in the area and info in Japanese on how to identify them . Pamphlets with info in Japanese and limited English are also available. A whiteboard lists exciting birds seen recently (names in Japanese). Outside, there are bathrooms with Japanese-style and Western-style toilets, and non-potable water.

The secondary observatory is much smaller. It has a small pagoda with benches behind a stone wall with holes for windows.

A second set of bathrooms with Japanese-style toilets is about halfway between the two observatories.

The outer paths around the ponds are restricted access.

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or near this site, including:
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Edited by Holly Becker on 2023-11-03 10:57
There are two observatories and some walking paths. The main observatory is quite nice: fully enclosed building with seats along low tables in front of glass windows, free wifi, a drink vending machine, and binoculars fixed on a stand. The lower half of the windows slides open so you can put optics through for a better look. There are many displays with illustrations of the birds that can be found in the area and info in Japanese on how to identify them . Pamphlets with info in Japanese and limited English are also available. A whiteboard lists exciting birds seen recently (names in Japanese). Outside, there are bathrooms with Japanese-style and Western-style toilets, and non-potable water. The secondary observatory is much smaller. It has a small pagoda with benches behind a stone wall with holes for windows. A second set of bathrooms with Japanese-style toilets is about halfway between the two observatories.observatories. The outer paths around the ponds are restricted access.
Edited by Holly Becker on 2023-11-03 10:56
At the There are two observatories and some walking paths. The main observatory, there observatory is bathrooms (Western and Japanese style toilets), quite nice: fully enclosed building with seats along low tables in front of glass windows, free wifi, a drink vending machine, and binoculars fixed on a stand. The observatory building is quite nice: fully enclosed with seats along low tables in front of the glass windows.stand. The lower half of the windows slides open so you can put optics through for a better look. There are many displays in Japanese with illustrations of the birds that can be found in the area and info in identifying them. Japanese on how to identify them . Pamphlets with info in Japanese and limited English are also available. A whiteboard lists exciting birds seen recently. recently (names in Japanese). Outside, there are bathrooms with Japanese-style and Western-style toilets, and non-potable water. The secondary observatory is much smaller. It has a small pagoda and with benches behind a stone wall with holes for windows. A second set of bathrooms with Japanese-style toilets is about halfway between the two observatories.
Edited by Holly Becker on 2023-11-03 06:41
At the main observatory, there is bathrooms, bathrooms (Western and Japanese style toilets), free wifi, a drink vending machine, and binoculars fixed on a stand. The observatory building is quite nice: fully enclosed with seats along low tables in front of the glass windows. The lower half of the windows slides open so you can put optics through for a better look. There are many displays in Japanese with the birds that can be found in the area and info in identifying them. Pamphlets with info in Japanese and English are also available. A whiteboard lists exciting birds seen recently. The secondary observatory is much smaller. It has a small pagoda and benches behind a stone wall with holes for windows. A second set of bathrooms with Japanese-style toilets is about halfway between the two observatories.
Edited by Holly Becker on 2023-11-03 06:31
At the main observatory, there is bathrooms, free wifi, a drink vending machine, and binoculars fixed on a stand. The observatory building is quite nice: fully enclosed with seats along low tables in front of the glass windows. The lower half of the windows slides open so you can put optics through for a better look. There are many displays in Japanese with the birds that can be found in the area and info in identifying them. Pamphlets with info in Japanese and English are also available. A whiteboard lists exciting birds seen recently. The secondary observatory is much smaller. It has a small pagoda and benches behind a stone wall with holes for windows. A second set of bathrooms is about halfway between the two observatories.

Watch out for spiders, hornets and mosquitoes. Bug spray is recommended.

Feral cats have been observed stalking the birds in the Sanctuary.

Are there any security issues or other annoyances at this site? For
instance, these may include:
• offenses like robbery or theft
• natural hazards
• dangerous or annoying animals or plants (mosquitoes, leaches, thorn bushes, etc.)
• noise pollution

Edited by Holly Becker on 2023-11-03 06:35
Watch out for spiders, hornets and mosquitoes. Bug spray is recommended.recommended. Feral cats have been observed stalking the birds in the Sanctuary.
Edited by Holly Becker on 2023-11-03 06:35
Watch out for spiders, hornets and mosquitoes. Bug spray is recommended.
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