JP153Manosegawa estuary

Site Description

Wetlands

It has a muddy tidal flat and a sandy tidal flat extending along the coast. Kagoshima's biggest plant community of Hibiscus hamabo and a lot of crabs including near threatened one can be seen there, and natural environments which is important as a stopover or a wintering ground for shorebirds still remains.

About twenty Black-faced Spoonbills winter at this site every year, and its number is the largest among the wintering grounds in Kagoshima Pref.

Area & Coordinates

100ha 31°26′N 130°18′E
region: Kyushu Region, Kagoshima

Protection Status

Unprotected

Conservation issues

Recreation/tourism

Birds

Breeding resident

Pandion haliaetus, Falco peregrinus, Ardea cinerea, Egretta garzetta, Egretta alba, Carduelis cinica, Alcedo atthis

Winter visitor

Anas platyrhynchos, Anas crecca, Anas penelope, Aythya fuligula, Aythya ferina, Emberiza schoeniclus, Platalea minor, Platalea leucorodia, Phalacrocorax carbo, Charadrius alexandrinus, Calidris alpina

Passage visitor

Numenius phaeopus