Osprey feeding time

 An Osprey family this morning..........................

A pain in the neck. And shoulder. And arm.

A juvenile (?) Mandarin this afternoon near Asabu and an Osprey at Yakumo..............

North Hokkaido 2015 #5

A Yellow Wagtail near Wakanai last week..........

North Hokkaido 2015 #4

We left Monbetsu and headed north...............

North Hokkaido 2015 #3

We spent another morning in the Mombetsu area............

North Hokkaido 2015 #2

We spent a couple of days in the grasslands near Monbetsu................

North Hokkaido 2015 #1

We just got back from a week camping in north Hokkaido.......................

Phoned in Rubythroat vs Worm

The Rubythroat won.

Halfway

Well halfway through 2015 and it has been raining rather a lot.

Kingfisher and Chestnut Eared Bunting on the river last week, the regular summer species everywhere: Wryneck, Osprey, the above Black Browed Reed Warbler at Asabu yesterday. At Kamiiso there were 5 Goosander, 2 Red Breasted Merganser and 1 female Pochard: the latter 2 species probably sick or injured birds as I usually don't see them in summer.

A quiet midsummer

A very quiet midsummer weekend, I did nothing on the 21st and today (Monday 22nd) we checked Yakumo, Oshamanbe and Suttsu (where the above Osprey was taken).

2 Oystercatchers (scarce in Japan) at Yakumo, an Eastern Marsh Harrier at Yamazaki....................not much else though. 4 or 5 Osprey were fishing the rivermouth at Yakumo but I was alaways in the wrong place when they dived.

The Rescuers

I did my good deed of the week on a mountain road last Monday............

Black Browed Reed Warbler

A Black Browed Reed Warbler at Oshamanbe yesterday..............

Back to Hokkaido.............

I've been back a week................

England 2015 #5

My last batch of photos from England..................

England 2015 #4

Some more birds from the Farnes..............

England 2015 #3

Up close with Arctic Terns on the Farnes..............

England 2015 #2

A couple of weeks ago we took the boat trip out to the Farnes.....................

England 2015 #1

There is now a colony of Common Terns on the marina in Preston..............

Tokyo..........................

We set off to England 3 weeks ago and had a night in Tokyo on the way.................

On this day (June 1).................

June 1st 2013

2 Black Footed Albatross off Tomakomai 2 years ago today. Although we saw a lot of birds that day the weather was very foggy, this was one of the few 'keepers' from the day.............

This was the last time I was able to get up there for a pelgic trip...................work has gotten busier since then.