Children's “Ikiiki” Creature Survey

What kind of creatures live in Yokohama?
It is you who understand the actual situation. The results of the survey depend on your hands.

Creatures living in Yokohama. Where are the creatures living?
More than 10,000 elementary school students in Yokohama have examined it.
Let's have fun learning about the creatures and environment of Yokohama while watching the results of the survey!

In Yokohama City, elementary school students have been conducting creature surveys throughout the city since fiscal 2013 with the aim of encouraging citizens to raise their interest in local nature and living things and acquiring basic data that contributes to biodiversity conservation.
Here, a report summarizing the survey results, a summary version, and a business introduction video are posted.

Distribute questionnaires to fifth graders at about 340 elementary schools in the city, and submit circles about creatures found or heard squeals near homes and schools in the past year (in the school district) . For each school, the percentage of the target creature was found (hereinafter referred to as the confirmation rate), and based on the information, the height of the confirmation rate throughout the city is shown in shades of color using GIS software.

In fiscal 2020, we did not conduct surveys due to the impact of COVID-19.

For details of the survey results, please refer to the survey results report and summary of the results. In addition, the results of a distribution survey (three times) conducted for elementary and junior high school students from 1984 to 1991 will also be posted.

In fiscal 2020, we did not conduct surveys due to the impact of COVID-19.
・The PDF resolution of the 2017, 2018 and 2019 reports has been changed.
・2019 Report p.7 Since there was an error in the figure of the beetle, it has been corrected.
・2022 Report p.8 The figure of sawtooth stag was incorrect, so it was corrected.

In fiscal 2020, we did not conduct surveys due to the impact of COVID-19.

In fiscal 2020, we did not conduct surveys due to the impact of COVID-19.

While considering the ease of identification, we selected those that are considered to be indicators of the natural environment in the city, alien species, those that are decreasing or increasing. The survey targets are continuously conducted with different types every year. The survey results are shown in the figure below.

In fiscal 2020, we did not conduct surveys due to the impact of COVID-19.