Saturday 26 April 2008

26th April 2008 At sea between Tokyo and north Honshu

Superb seabirding from 5am to 6pm.

Black-footed Albatross 36 ex.
Laysan Albatross 82 ex.
Short-tailed Albatross 6 ex. including 2 adults
Fulmar 2
Streaked Shearwater c.5,000
Flesh-footed Shearwater 3
Sooty Shearwater 2
Short-tailed Shearwater c.15,000
Swinhoe's Storm-Petrel 93 ex.
Wilson's Storm-Petrel 1 ex.
Grey Phalarope 3,300 ex.
Pomarine Skua 5
Arctic Skua 1
Long-tailed Skua 1
South Polar Skua 1
Black-tailed Gull 95
Vega Gull 18
Slaty-backed Gull 2
Glaucous-winged Gull 2
Glaucous Gull 1
Kittiwake 5
Guillemot 5
Brunnich's Guillemot 5
Ancient Murrelet 2
Japanese Murrelet 6
Ancient / Japanese Murrelet c.25

Short-tailed Shearwaters off Honshu


Short-tailed Shearwaters and Laysan Albatross off Honshu
















Short-tailed Shearwaters off Honshu


Grey Phalaropes off Honshu


 Black-tailed Gull off Honshu




Pacific Kittwake off Honshu


Laysan Albatross off Honshu

Black-footed and Laysan Albatrosses off Honshu

Swinhoe's Storm-Petrel off Honshu