Waders at Kasumigaura: April 5-6, 1997,
Summarizing message to the Kantori list:
Dear all,
Some combined impressions from the wader migration of this weekend,
April 5-6, 1997, which was rather cold and rainy weekend.
Fer-Jan.
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April 5-6, 1997
Shiokawa Yatsu Kasumigaura
Little ringed plover [Kochidori] x >4 2
Ringed Plover [Hajiro-kochidori] 3
Long-billed ringed plover [Ikaru-chidori] 2
Snowy plover [Shiro-chidori] x >10
Lesser Sandplover [Medai-chidori] x
Grey plover [Daizen] 185 >200
Grey-headed Lapwing [Keri] x
Rufous-necked stint [Tounen] 2 1
Dunlin [Hama-shigi] 4000 3000 30
Spotted Redshank [Tsuru-shigi] x >10
Wood sandpiper [Takabu-shigi] >10
Green Sandpiper [Kusa-shigi] x
Common Sandpiper [Iso-shigi] x 1
Long-billed dowitcher [Ouhashi-shigi] 1
(Eurasian) curlew [Dai-shaku-shigi] 3
Eastern curlew [Houroku-shigi] 1
Bar-tailed godwit [Houroku-shigi] 6 >30
Black-winged Stilt [Seitaka-shigi] >15
Common Snipe 12 >50
- Shiokawa is a large tidal flat near TYOHASHI CITY and TAHARA-CHO,
which is SSE of Nagoya.
Observers: Eriko Fujioka (see http://www.tcp-ip.or.jp/~eriko/)
Date April 6, 1997
- Yatsu is a tidal flat between Tokyo and Chiba.
Observers: Atsushi Matsui (qzx06600@niftyserve.or.jp) and Fer-Jan de Vries
Date April 6, 1997
- Kasumigaura is the largest fresh water lake in Ibaraki.
Tozaki is few km NE of Tsuchiura.
The area around Tozaki consists of muddy lotus fields.
Observers: IKENAGA Hiroshi, Neil FERGUSSON and Fer-Jan de Vries
Date April 6, 1997
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Fer-Jan de Vries, ferjan@etl.go.jp