Freshwater Pond Management

Freshwater pond attracts land birds, increases the variety of wild birds in the park, and takes breaks for water birds. It was created to be a place for people. The pond next to the Yatsu Higata Nature Observation Center, commonly known as "Freshwater Pond," is an artificial pond with an area of approximately 4,000 square meters that was constructed as part of Yatsu Higata Park.

Freshwater pond bird

Many birds use it as a place to rest, drink water, and raise children. Many birds such as little grebes in spring, ducks in winter, herons, bulbuls and starlings fly throughout the year.


Black-winged stilt	Scaly thrush	Brown-eared Bulbul	Common Kingfisher


Snipe	Grey Heron	Little Grebe	Duck companion

Freshwater pond flora and fauna

Waterside-loving plants such as Reed, Cattall, Japanese iris, and Asian lizard's tail grow in the pond, aquatic insects such as Eretes griseus and Dragonfly larva, fish such as loach, crustaceans such as Chiromantes dehaani and Crayfish, and Japanese common toad. And other amphibians are living.

Japanese iris

Houttuynia cordata

Plume poppy

Reed

Crayfish

Asian lizard's tail

Cattail

Japanese common toad

Sympetrum frequens

Need for freshwater pond management

Pond management is to maintain bird habitat, ensure visibility, and prevent pond succession (landing).

To maintain the habitat of birds, maintain an appropriate plant community while securing the open water surface of the pond for feeding, resting, and raising children. To secure the visibility, secure the visibility so that the wild birds can be easily observed in order to fulfill the purpose of setting up the Yatsu Higata Nature Observation Center as a facility for observing living things. Instead of leaving it inside, carry it out to land and mow the entire surface once a year.

Mowing

Mowing reed

Tree debranching

Person who manages freshwater pond

The environmental management work of the pond in spring, autumn, and winter is carried out by the staff of the observation center, center volunteers, junior high school students who have work experience, intern college students, and companies, but it is a good opportunity to experience nature management. A total of more than 200 people participate in pond management work about 30 times a year.



The natural environment of the freshwater pond is protected.