JP050Futagojima islets

Site Description

Coastline

The site, about 700 m off shore of Kitakamicho, Ishinomaki City, Miyagi Prefecture, consists of an islet and a few rocky reefs. Few plants grow here, except a few small patches of grasslands and small forests of pine trees.

Area & Coordinates

1ha 38°37′N 141°32′E
region: Tohoku

Designation Type

National Monument

Protection Status

Partially protected

Conservation issues

Recreation/tourism

Birds

Breeding resident

Phalacrocorax capillatus, Pandion haliaetus, Falco peregrinus, Larus schistisagus, Larus crassirostris, Motacilla alba , Parus ater, Parus major

Breeding visitor

Nycticorax nycticorax, Apus pacificus, Delichon urbica, Monticola solitarius, Cyanoptila cyanomelana

Winter visitor

Phalacrocorax pelagicus, Melanitta nigra, Histrionicus histrionicus, Haliaeetus pelagicus, Haliaeetus albicilla, Tarsiger cyanurus, Emberiza rustica