Birds of passage
Around April to May and from around the last ten days of August until October, when they migrate to their breeding grounds and wintering place, they feed while resting at the mouth of the Nakdonggang River, storing energy in preparation for the long flight ahead. The birds of passage are mostly snipes and plovers and they form a group of more than, 2,000 birds in all, covering the sandy shore and mud flats.
Whimbrel
Egretta garzetta
Length : 43cm
- Period : Apr. ~ May., Aug. ~ Oct.
- Prey : Lugwoms, Insects, Crabs
Terek sandpiper
Charadrius dubius
Length : 16cm
- Period : Apr. ~ Aug.
- Prey : Insects, Spiders
Gray-tailed tattler
Tringa brevipes
Length : 86cm
- Period : Apr. ~ May., Aug. ~ Oct.
- Prey : Insects, Lugworms
Oystercathcer
haematopus ostralegus
Length : 45cm
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- Period : Feb. ~ Apr., Sep. ~ Nov.
- Prey : Aquatic animals, Crabs, Insects
Aquatic plant
These are plants which grow in the water and on the water's edge and whose entire body or part of the plant can live in water.
Typha angustifolia
Monochoria korsakowii
Euryale ferox
Trapa japonica
Hydrocharis dubia
Salvinia natans
Potamogeton wrightii
Hydrilla verticillata
halophyte
These are plants which grow in very salty places, such as those affected by sea water, and which can adapt themselves to environments which have high concentrations of salt.
Atriplex gmelinii
Limonium tetragonum
Phragmites australis
Phacelurus lalifolius
Carex scabrifolia
Aster tripolium
Zoysia sinica
Coastal sand dune plant
These plants thrive on coastal sand dunes and sandy soil at the seashore. They adapt themselves to environments afflicted by insufficient nourishment, strong sunlight and airborne sand.
Ixeris repens
Carex pumila
Tournefortia sibirica
Salsola komarovii
Cynodon dactylon
Tetragonia tetragonoides
Calystegia soldanella
Vitex rotundifolia
Molluscs
Their bodies are soft and they have arthromeres. All molluscs are active with soft muscular feet. These include clams or gastropods, which are a common sight.
Corb shell
Cyclina sinensis
laternula marilina
Marsh clam
Meretrix lusoria
Hen clam
Mactra chinensis
Soletellina dlivacea
Sea snail
Glossaulax didyma
Batillaria multiformis
Arthropod
Their bodies are bilaterally symmetrical and they have a constitutional structure with a dermoskeleton made of a chitinous substance on the surface of the body. They include prawns or crabs, which are both common
Macrophthalmus dilatatus
philyra pisum
Ocypode stimpsoni
Seama haematocheir
Macrophthalmus japonicus
Sand-bubbler crab
Scopimera globosa
Ghost shrimp
Upogebia major
Japanese ghost shrimp
Callianassa japonica
Others
In addition to the molluscs and arthropods, a lot of zoobenthoes such as lugworms, gray mullet and javeline goby inhabit the mud flats at the mouth of the river.
Perinereis vancaurica tetradentata
Flathead mulet
philyra pisum
Javeline goby
Synechogobius hasta