Japan · Tochigi Prefecture
Tochigi – Watarase Greenspace
149 species and 5,793 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November–January and March, with up to 67 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Eastern Spot-billed DuckAnas zonorhyncha
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Eurasian CootFulica atra
Great EgretArdea alba
Oriental Turtle DoveStreptopelia orientalis
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Brown-eared BulbulHypsipetes amaurotis
Oriental GreenfinchChloris sinica
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
Meadow BuntingEmberiza cioides58 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 149 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Tochigi – Watarase Retention Ponds / Yanaka Lake2 km157 species
- Tatebayashi – Tatara Marsh16 km133 species
- Kitamoto – Kitamoto Nature Preserve28 km104 species
- Kawagoe – Lake Isanuma and Isanuma Park37 km128 species
- Mooka – Igashira Park41 km108 species
- Saitama – Akigase Park43 km134 species
All 149 species recorded here
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Meadow Bunting Emberiza cioides
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Brown-eared Bulbul Hypsipetes amaurotis
- Oriental Greenfinch Chloris sinica
- White-cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus
- Bull-headed Shrike Lanius bucephalus
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
- Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus
- Green Pheasant Phasianus versicolor
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Japanese Bush Warbler Horornis diphone
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Siberian Long-tailed Rosefinch Carpodacus sibiricus
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Falcated Duck Mareca falcata
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis
- Masked Bunting Emberiza personata
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Marsh Grassbird Helopsaltes pryeri
- Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus kizuki
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Black-browed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus bistrigiceps
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Siberian Pipit Anthus japonicus
- Japanese Wagtail Motacilla grandis
- Azure-winged Magpie Cyanopica cyanus
- Chinese Hwamei Garrulax canorus
- Long-eared Owl Asio otus
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- White-browed Laughingthrush Pterorhinus sannio
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Vega Gull Larus vegae
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Pale Thrush Turdus pallidus
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Lesser Cuckoo Cuculus poliocephalus
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Long-billed Plover Thinornis placidus
- Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Brown-cheeked Rail Rallus indicus
- Chinese Bamboo Partridge Bambusicola thoracicus
- Daurian Jackdaw Coloeus dauuricus
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Japanese Waxwing Bombycilla japonica
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Japanese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza gularis
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis
- Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus optatus
- Japanese Green Woodpecker Picus awokera
- Brown-headed Thrush Turdus chrysolaus
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Varied Tit Sittiparus varius
- Chestnut-cheeked Starling Agropsar philippensis
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Pallas's Rosefinch Carpodacus roseus
- Grey-streaked Flycatcher Muscicapa griseisticta
- Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus
- Sakhalin Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus borealoides
- White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus
- Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Russet Sparrow Passer cinnamomeus
- Naumann's Thrush Turdus naumanni
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Pallas's Reed Bunting Emberiza pallasi
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Tochigi – Watarase Greenspace?
November–January and March. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 67 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Tochigi – Watarase Greenspace?
149 species, from 5,793 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Tochigi – Watarase Greenspace in November?
The most recorded in November: Eastern Spot-billed Duck, Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe, Black Kite and Great Cormorant.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.