Natural monument―White heron with yellow bill on Unmu Islet
October 28, 2026White heron with yellow bill on Unmu Islet is a migratory bird under protection which breeds on the islet in Jongju City of North Phyongan Province every spring and migrates southward in autumn.
Covering an area of 0.39 square kilometre, the islet is 500 metres wide, 3 990 metres round and 44 metres above sea level. It has a hillock and is surrounded by several big and small islets in a row.
The islet has beautiful scenery as the north consists of slopes where various plants grow and the south rocky cliffs.
Around May, seabirds like white heron with yellow bill, spoonbill and sea gull nest and breed on shrub branches, under wormwood bushes or on rocks of Unmu Islet and the surrounding islets as there grow such plants as bush clover, Weigela subsessilis, linden, bracken and scouring rush.
The area is under protection as a habitat for gregarious seabirds.
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