Wakkanai Forest Park

Wakkanai Park covers huge area, and there is a birding site, Wakkanai Forest Park Camping Groud. Here is covered by deciduous and coniferous forests and some trails are available. Here is the only site in Wakkanai where you can watch forest birds easily. You can watch Siberian Blue Robin, Japanese Robin, Asian Brown Flycatcher, Narcissus Flycatcher, Olive-backed Pipit, Brown-headed Thrush and Asian Stubtail around the camping ground. In coniferous forest, there are Paridae such as Coal tit and Marsh tit, and Goldcrest, and Piciformes such as Great Spotted Woodpecker and Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker. you can hear Common Cuckoo and Oriental Cuckoo voicies. If you go up stairs or slopes, the forest zone ends and Sasa grassland starts. If you walk to Wakkanai Forest Park, you should go up the stairs from Hokumon Gingya Shrine. In the open area, there are Siberian Rubythroat and Long-tailed Rosefinch. In the winter, if you can go up following the footprints from Hokumon Gingya Shrine, you can watch Paridae.