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Merlin | Goldenweek BigDay 2025

Prefectures covered:Shimane

OSJ8

Number of orders recorded: 17
Number of families recorded: 40
Number of genera recorded: 70
Number of species recorded: 100

Observed species (native species)
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  1. Garganey (Spatula querquedula)
  2. Northern Shoveler (Spatula clypeata)
  3. Gadwall (Mareca strepera)
  4. Falcated Duck (Mareca falcata)
  5. Eurasian Wigeon (Mareca penelope)
  6. Eastern Spot-billed Duck (Anas zonorhyncha)
  7. Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
  8. Northern Pintail (Anas acuta)
  9. Eurasian Teal (Anas crecca)
  10. Common Pochard (Aythya ferina)
  11. Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
  12. Greater Scaup (Aythya marila)
  13. Green Pheasant (Phasianus versicolor)
  14. Himalayan Cuckoo (Cuculus optatus) New
  15. Oriental Turtle Dove (Streptopelia orientalis)
  16. Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
  17. Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra)
  18. Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
  19. Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena)
  20. Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus)
  21. Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)
  22. Pacific Golden Plover (Pluvialis fulva)
  23. Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
  24. Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius)
  25. Kentish Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus)
  26. Little Curlew (Numenius minutus) New
  27. Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (Calidris acuminata) New
  28. Red-necked Stint (Calidris ruficollis)
  29. Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
  30. Terek Sandpiper (Xenus cinereus)
  31. Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
  32. Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)
  33. Grey-tailed Tattler (Tringa brevipes)
  34. Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola)
  35. Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)
  36. Black-tailed Gull (Larus crassirostris)
  37. Vega Gull (Larus vegae)
  38. Black-throated Loon (Gavia arctica)
  39. Pacific Loon (Gavia pacifica)
  40. Streaked Shearwater (Calonectris leucomelas)
  41. Pelagic Cormorant (Urile pelagicus)
  42. Japanese Cormorant (Phalacrocorax capillatus)
  43. Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
  44. Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
  45. Eastern Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis)
  46. Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
  47. Great Egret (Ardea alba)
  48. Intermediate Egret (Ardea intermedia)
  49. Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
  50. Pacific Reef Heron (Egretta sacra)
  51. Chinese Egret (Egretta eulophotes) New
  52. Western Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
  53. Black Kite (Milvus migrans)
  54. Grey-faced Buzzard (Butastur indicus)
  55. Ural Owl (Strix uralensis)
  56. Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
  57. Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker (Yungipicus kizuki)
  58. Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)
  59. Ashy Minivet (Pericrocotus divaricatus)
  60. Bull-headed Shrike (Lanius bucephalus)
  61. Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)
  62. Large-billed Crow (Corvus macrorhynchos)
  63. Coal Tit (Periparus ater)
  64. Varied Tit (Sittiparus varius)
  65. Willow Tit (Poecile montanus)
  66. Japanese Tit (Parus cinereus)
  67. Eurasian Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
  68. Brown-eared Bulbul (Hypsipetes amaurotis)
  69. Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
  70. Asian House Martin (Delichon dasypus)
  71. Red-rumped Swallow (Cecropis daurica)
  72. Japanese Bush Warbler (Horornis diphone)
  73. Asian Stubtail (Urosphena squameiceps)
  74. Long-tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus)
  75. Eastern Crowned Warbler (Phylloscopus coronatus) New
  76. Sakhalin Leaf Warbler (Phylloscopus borealoides) New
  77. Zitting Cisticola (Cisticola juncidis)
  78. Japanese White-eye (Zosterops japonicus)
  79. Eurasian Nuthatch (Sitta europaea)
  80. White-cheeked Starling (Spodiopsar cineraceus)
  81. Chestnut-cheeked Starling (Agropsar philippensis) New
  82. White’s Thrush (Zoothera aurea)
  83. Japanese Thrush (Turdus cardis) New
  84. Grey-backed Thrush (Turdus hortulorum) New
  85. Dusky Thrush (Turdus eunomus)
  86. Blue-and-white Flycatcher (Cyanoptila cyanomelana) New
  87. Siberian Blue Robin (Larvivora cyane) New
  88. Narcissus Flycatcher (Ficedula narcissina)
  89. Blue Rock Thrush (Monticola solitarius)
  90. Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)
  91. White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
  92. Japanese Wagtail (Motacilla grandis)
  93. Olive-backed Pipit (Anthus hodgsoni)
  94. Red-throated Pipit (Anthus cervinus)
  95. Water Pipit (Anthus rubescens)
  96. Japanese Grosbeak (Eophona personata)
  97. Grey-capped Greenfinch (Chloris sinica)
  98. Eurasian Siskin (Spinus spinus)
  99. Meadow Bunting (Emberiza cioides)
  100. Yellow-throated Bunting (Emberiza elegans)

Observed species (introduced species)
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No data

Team comments
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当初、29日はビッグデイの下見のつもりでしたが、カラシラサギやムネアカタヒバリといった鳥が見られたりしたため、急遽本番を開始しました。9時過ぎから平野部で鳥を見始め、カモ類やシギ・チドリ類を観察し、夕方に少しだけ山の小鳥を回収し、日没時には海岸でオオミズナギドリとオオハムを観察しました。翌朝は渡りの小鳥を探しましたがあまり種数が伸びず、その後少し沖を眺めてウ類やシロエリオオハム、クロサギを観察しました。最後は山でカラ類などを観察し、種数を伸ばすことができました。渡りの小鳥があまり振るわなかったことを除けば、この時期の当地としては種数を伸ばせた方なのではないかと思います。見逃しはアオゲラ、キセキレイ、ハマシギ、オオヨシキリ、ヒクイナかなと思います。