There is a 3km board walk from Horonobe Visitor Center to Pankenuma Lake. For birding, the boardwalk betweeen Horonobe Visitor Center and Naganuma Lake is recommend. You can watch Yellow Wagtail, Siberian Stonechat, Reed Bunting and Siberian Rubythroat in May. You can listen to Northern Wryneck and Common Cuckoo voices from woodland. In June, you can listen to Gray’s grasshopper Warbler and Middendorff’s grasshopper warbler voices, and Lanceolated Warbler voices early in the morning. Occasionally, Eastern Marsh Harrier emerge for hunting. After you pass Naganuma Lake side, Sasa bamboo and Reed grassland are predominant, where Japanese Bush Warbler, Black-browed reed-warbler, and Reed Bunting inhabit.
Birds in Horonobe Visitor Center
Apr. | May | Jun. | Jul. | Aug. | Sep. | Oct. | |
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Oriental Turtle Dove | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● |
Oriental Cuckoo | ● | ● | ● | ||||
Common Cuckoo | ● | ● | ● | ||||
Latham's Snipe | ● | ● | ● | ||||
White-tailed Eagle | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● |
Eastern Marsh Harrier | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● |
Eastern Buzzard | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● |
Japanese Bush Warbler | ● | ● | ● | ||||
Eastern crowned willow warbler | ● | ● | ● | ||||
Lanceolated Warbler | ● | ● | ● | ||||
Gray's grasshopper warbler | ● | ● | ● | ||||
Black-browed reed-warbler | ● | ● | ● | ||||
Siberian Rubythroat | ● | ● | ● | ||||
Siberian Stonechat | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ||
Yellow Wagtail | ● | ● | ● | ||||
Oriental Greenfinch | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | |
Long-tailed Rosefinch | ● | ● | ● | ||||
Chestnut-eared bunting | ● | ● | ● | ||||
Black-faced bunting | ● | ● | ● | ● | |||
Reed Bunting | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● |
Access to Horonobe Visitor Center
25 minutes by car from Horonobe Station
Horonobe Town