Sunday 26 February 2012

26th February 2012 Nemuro Peninsula

Pelagic Cormorant 50
Brent Goose 1
Wigeon 2
Pintail 2
Scaup 50
Harlequin Duck 50 ex.
Long-tailed Duck 10
Black Scoter 300
Stejneger's Scoter 10
American White-winged Scoter 1 drake ex.
Goldeneye 10
Red-breasted Merganser 20
Goosander 40
Black-eared Kite 50
White-tailed Eagle 25 ex.
Steller's Sea-Eagle 50 ex.
Kamchatka Gull 1
Vega Gull 10
Slaty-backed Gull 200
Glaucous-winged Gull 50
Spectacled Guillemot 15
Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker 1
Great Spotted Woodpecker 1
Carrion Crow 2
Large-billed Crow 30
Eastern Great Tit 1
Brown-eared Bulbul 2
Tree Sparrow 10

 
Fishermen heading out onto the frozen Lake Furen

Fishing has never looked this much fun back in the UK!


 Fishing activities attracting a following on the frozen Lake Furen


 Congregation of Black-eared Kites attracting a Steller's Sea-Eagle at Lake Furen






 Steller's and White-tailed Sea-Eagles and Black-eared Kites at Lake Furen


Steller's & White-tailed Sea-Eagles and Black-eared Kites at Lake Furen
















White-tailed Sea-Eagles at Lake Furen






Steller's and White-tailed Sea-Eagles at Lake Furen


 

















 Steller's Sea-Eagles at Lake Furen











 Black-eared Kites at Lake Furen


 Large-billed Crow at Lake Furen

Supermac's? Never heard of it...


 Hazelhen woods near Lake Furen

Unfortunately due to the accumulations of snow we never made much progress along here


 Bridge to Nemuro


 Frozen harbour near Nemuro


 Fishing in the frozen harbour near Nemuro

Fishing has never looked so easy as here where large catches were seemingly being simply scooped from holes in the ice!




 
 Gulls attracted by the fishing activities


 Adult winter Vega Gull near Nemuro

 Adult winter Slaty-backed Gull near Nemuro









 Glaucous Gulls near Nemuro









 Adult-winter Glaucous-winged Gulls near Nemuro



 Black-eared Kite attracted by the Gulls near Nemuro


 Adult White-tailed Sea-Eagle near Nemuro


 Frozen sea at Habomai Harbour


 Our Alcid boat unfortunately frozen in Habomai Harbour



 Free water playing host to wintering seaduck in Habomai Harbour






 Drake Long-tailed Duck in Habomai Harbour



 Female Red-breasted Merganser in Habomai Harbour









Drake American White-winged Scoter at Habomai Harbour
The brown flanks and lack of yellow lick along the cutting edge are characters of deglandi. Whilst there are records from the Russian Kommander Islands we cannot find any reference to any previous records from Japan.



First-winter drake Stejneger's Scoter in Habomai Harbour



 White-tailed Sea-Eagles over pack ice at Cape Nosappu


Sea-watching Hokkaido style off Cape Nosappu!