A quiet start to December

It's been snowing a lot the last 2 days but there was a break this afternoon. No car today so I took a short walk down the river where I saw the above Great Egret.

I was hoping for some Waxwings but nothing doing there. Other stuff around included a few Dusky Thrush, a male Daurian Redstart, a lone Wren, a drake Goosander and a female Wigeon....................

A quiet end to November

I just had 2 days off but the weather was pretty nasty...................

Red-throated Diver

A nice find in one of the ports near Yakumo..............

Some Monday eagles.............

The eagles were all present and correct at Yakumo this morning.....................

Another grey Sunday

Some Rooks just outside town this afternoon. A crappy picture but there was almost nothing to photograph today. Another grotty day...........all my days off seem to be blighted by nasty weather recently.

Not much around anywhere. Onuma was very quiet although 2 White-tailed Eagles were there: presumably the same pair that overwinter there every year. At Kamiiso the usual ducks and gulls were around but not much else...............

A snowy Friday

A crappy record shot of a Japanese Waxwing just outside town this afternoon................

Not much else around: the usual ducks (about 12 species), gulls (6 or 7 species), Hawfinch and Great Egret etc. Nearer my flat this week there was a late Red-flanked Bluetail and a Brown Dipper but not much else............

2017 Best of #8

Some more photos from earlier in the year................

November blizzards...........

A load more snow today scuppered my plans to photograph the eagles up in Yakumo...................

Winter 2017/18 begins

The first real snow hit town this morning.....................

A bit of sunshine

After some snow flurries yesterday it was clear and sunny for a couple of hours this afternoon.............

2017 Best Of #7

Some more photos from earlier in the year, these are all from a trip to north Hokkaido in late June...................

Some early Brent Geese.............

It was raining heavily in town on Monday................

Some Crossbills in the rain........

It seems to have been raining every Monday for ages....................

Another quiet Sunday

A Glaucous Gull near Oshamanbe this afternoon................

2017 Best Of #6

Some more shots from earlier in the year.............these are from late May to late June...........

2017 Best Of #5

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

A rainy Monday.............

Absolutely awful weather today..................

A grey Sunday in late autumn

A Eurasian Starling to the north of town this morning..............

A quick Saturday stroll............

The Great Egret was still on the local river............

On this day (November 3rd)...................

November 3rd 2013.

A drake American Wigeon near Hakodate 4 years ago today. Only the second time I'd ever seen this species (and I haven't seen one since) and my first outing with my new 7D Mark 2.

I check the wigeon flocks every year in the hope another one turns up. Maybe 2017 will see one appear locally again.............