So this is the end: my last ever post on this blog. My new blog is here

Today was probably my last trip up to Yakumo this calendar year...........

A Great Egret on the river today, lost in contemplation in the snow......... Not much else around though. the Black-crowned Night Heron...

December 26th 2010. A Ruff at Martinmere 8 years ago today. I was back in the UK for a christmas visit and arrived to find the whole co...

We spent Christmas Eve daytime up in Yakumo.............

A final batch of photos from the last year.................

The year is almost over.............

A Slavonian Grebe just west of town this afternoon. Not much else about: a few Whooper Swans, the usual wildfowl including Black Scoter, ...

After a lot of snow last week it was mild again today.............

There were 2 Great Egrets on the river today................

Freezing temperatures and a big dump of snow in town this week. Not many birds though. The above Great Egret was still on the river but n...

A Marsh Tit at Onuma this afternoon. Another cold snowy day added to a hospital visit in the morning meant not much birding. Other stuff ...

Freezing temperatures, icy roads and blizzards hit Hakodate as winter belatedly showed its face.................. The above Whooper Swa...

One of the Great Egrets near my apartment yesterday. Not many birds about at all. A female Goosander and the usual sparrows and crows.......

The eagles are slowly getting more approachable. Though of course they still generally fly off..........

It was very mild on Monday, warm in fact and we were up in Yakumo..........

On Sunday we were in Onuma again................

The mild weather continued Sunday............

Some more pics from Onuma last Friday.........

All 5 local Woodpecker species were present in Onuma yesterday............