Bird AlbumJapan · Saga Prefecture
Shiroishi – Shiroishi Reclamation Area
116 species and 2,865 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: September–October and December, with up to 54 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Great EgretArdea alba
Eastern Spot-billed DuckAnas zonorhyncha
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Eurasian TealAnas crecca
Oriental Turtle DoveStreptopelia orientalis
Large-billed CrowCorvus macrorhynchos
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Saga – Daijugarami / Higashiyoka Coast / Higatayoka Park7 km151 species
- Saga – Kosegawa Regulating Pond19 km84 species
- Fukuoka – Imazu tidal flats / Zuibaiji River estuary50 km135 species
- Fukuoka – Ohori Park51 km87 species
- Kumamoto – Mount Tatsuda62 km78 species
- Kumamoto – Kamiezu Lake66 km112 species
All 116 species recorded here
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- White-cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Bull-headed Shrike Lanius bucephalus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Meadow Bunting Emberiza cioides
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Oriental Greenfinch Chloris sinica
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus
- Brown-eared Bulbul Hypsipetes amaurotis
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Falcated Duck Mareca falcata
- Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Siberian Pipit Anthus japonicus
- Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis
- Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Oriental Magpie Pica serica
- Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Vega Gull Larus vegae
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Chinese Penduline Tit Remiz consobrinus
- Masked Bunting Emberiza personata
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Pale Thrush Turdus pallidus
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Japanese Bush Warbler Horornis diphone
- Japanese Cormorant Phalacrocorax capillatus
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Grey-streaked Flycatcher Muscicapa griseisticta
- Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Japanese Wagtail Motacilla grandis
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra
- Little Curlew Numenius minutus
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata
- Naumann's Thrush Turdus naumanni
- Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus kizuki
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Shiroishi – Shiroishi Reclamation Area?
September–October and December. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 54 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Shiroishi – Shiroishi Reclamation Area?
116 species, from 2,865 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Shiroishi – Shiroishi Reclamation Area in November?
The most recorded in November: Grey Heron, Great Egret, Eastern Spot-billed Duck, Eurasian Tree Sparrow and Carrion Crow.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.