A scruffy duck

I had a spare hour or so to kill and the weather was mild and sunny so I took a short walk along the local river........................

A quiet Monday

A very low-key Monday....................

3 eagles

A rather frustrating Sunday afternoon............................

A mild Monday

Still mild in south Hokkaido..........................

Another mild Sunday in Yakumo..................

The mild winter continues, I didn't even need a jacket in Yakumo as the temperature hovered around 12..........................

2016 Best Of #5

A final selection of shots from 2016, all these are form autumn.................

More weekend blizzards

A frustrating afternoon in Yakumo.............

Blizzards strike....................

A chilly Wednesday morning in Yakumo...............

A hungry Monday

I'm in the middle of a couple of rather unpleasant days..................

A mild early winter day

It was a mild late November day in Yakumo...............

2016 Best Of #4

Some photos from a trip we took to north/east Hokkaido in July..................

2016 Best Of #3

Some more shots from earlier in the year, these ones are from summer..........

Some more returnees

Another sure sign of winter is when grebes start appearing in the local fishing ports............

That time of year again..............

We were up in Yakumo this morning and the eagles have well and truly arrived............

2016 Best Of #2

Some more shots from earlier in the year, all these were taken during spring migration from late April to mid May.................

Still there.....................

The flock of Japanese Waxwing was in the same place as yesterday and in much better light...............

Winter visitors

Some real signs of winter today........................

2016 Best Of #1

A selection of shots from last winter............................

On this day (November 4th).......................

November 4th 2014.

An American Wigeon near Hakodate 2 years ago today. A scarce but regular visitor to Japan.

This was only the second one I've ever seen and the only one I've photographed. It was with a flock of Eurasian Wigeon.

This was one of the first batch of photos taken with my then spanking new 7D MK2, can't believe that was 2 years ago....................

Beach Geese

Just outside town there was a group of 6 White-fronted Geese on the beach..............