29th February 2012 Lake Furen & Rausu

Pelagic Cormorant 10
Whooper Swan 10
Wigeon 2
Mallard 2
Scaup 30
Harlequin 10
Long-tailed Duck 20
Black Scoter 250
Stejneger's Scoter 10
Goldeneye 20
Red-breasted Merganser 10
Goosander 20
Black-eared Kite 1
White-tailed Sea-Eagle 20
Steller's Sea-Eagle 40
Kamchatka Gull 10
Slaty-backed Gull 100
Glaucous-winged Gull 30
Glaucous Gull 20
BLAKISTON'S FISH OWL 2 ex.
Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker 2
Large-billed Crow 50
Marsh Tit 4
Brown-eared Bulbul 2
Nuthatch 6
Dusky Thrush 2
Asian Rosy Finch 6

Masuko bidding us farewell at Lodge Furen

Frozen sea near Lodge Furen

Sika Deer near Lodge Furen

Small harbour south of Rausu

Stejneger's Scoters in the small harbour south of Rausu

Adult White-tailed Sea-Eagle south of Rausu

Notsuke Peninsula

Asian Rosy Finch along the Notsuke Peninsula

Rausu Harbour

Floodlit stream at Washi-no-yado

 Blakiston's Fish Owls at Washi-no-yado

The World's largest Owl

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