Tuesday 28 February 2012

28th February 2012 Nemuro

Pelagic Cormorant 50
Whooper Swan 3
Wigeon 2
Scaup 300
Harlequin 100
Long-tailed Duck 25
Black Scoter 1,000
Stejneger's Scoter 5
Goldeneye 25
Red-breasted Merganser 50
Goosander 75
Black-eared Kite 20
White-tailed Sea-Eagle 10
Steller's Sea-Eagle 20
Buzzard 5
Merlin 1
Black-tailed Gull 2
Kamchatka Gull 25
Vega Gull 10
Slaty-backed Gull 350
Glaucous-winged Gull 50
Glaucous Gull 20
Brunnich's Guillemot 1
Spectacled Guillemot 15
Crested Auklet 1
Short-eared Owl 1
Great Spotted Woodpecker 1
Carrion Crow 10
Large-billed Crow 30
Eastern Great Tit 2
Brown-eared Bulbul 2
Dusky Thrush 20
Tree Sparrow 25
Asian Rosy Finch 100 ex.
Pine Bunting pair ex.
Meadow Bunting 2

Cape Nosappu

the old lighthouse mid-channel is occupied by Russia, and any Japanese shipping that strays beyond half way to it, regularly comes under fire!


Pack-ice off Cape Nosappu

Frozen shoreline at Cape Nosappu

Drake Harlequin off Cape Nosappu


 Frozen sea along the south coast of the Nemuro Peninsula





 Female Red-breasted Mergansers along the south coast of Nemuro Peninsula






Drake Red-breasted Mergansers along the south coast of the Nemuro Peninsula



 Female Goosander along the south coast of the Nemuro Peninsula






Drake Goosanders along the south coast of the Nemuro Peninsula





Scaup along the south coast of the Nemuro Peninsula


Glaucous-winged Gull along the south coast of the Nemuro Peninsula


Kamchatka Gull along the south coast of the Nemuro Peninsula









Pair of Pine Buntings along the south coast of the Nemuro Peninsula



Tree Sparrows at Cape Kritappu







Asian Rosy Finches at Cape Kritappu



 Sika Deer near Cape Kritappu

 Sunset near Cape Kritappu