27 July 2015

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




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


13 July 2015

North Hokkaido 2015 #1


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


30 June 2015

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.

22 June 2015

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.


21 June 2015

The Rescuers


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

9 June 2015

England 2015 #2






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


8 June 2015

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.................


1 June 2015

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.

31 May 2015

Phoned in Eider

Drake Eider at Seahouses processed in camera and on phone yet again.
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