250822_Notsuke Peninsula, Betsukai Town

【Notsuke Peninsula, Betsukai Town】
＜August 22, 2025＞

I went to Notsuke Peninsula to look for sandpipers and plovers.

Mallard

Little Grebe

Common Moorhen

Temminck's Cormorant

Grey Heron

Red-crowned Crane

Grey Plover

Lesser Sand Plover

Japanese Snipe

Grey-tailed Tattler

Terek Sandpiper

Ruddy Turnstone

Red-necked Stint

Black-tailed Gull

Slaty-backed Gull

White-tailed Eagle

White Wagtail

250728_Katsuragi Beach, Nemuro City

【Katsuragi Beach, Makinouchi, Nemuro City】
＜July 28, 2025＞

Sanderling and other birds had arrived on migration. 
They were refueling among the waves at Katsuragi Beach.

Oriental Turtle Dove

Red-crowned Crane

Lesser Sand Plover

Sanderling　　　　　30＋

Far Eastern Curlew

Black-tailed Gull

Slaty-backed Gull

Black-eared Kite

White-tailed Eagle

Middendorff's Grasshopper Warbler

Black-browed Reed Warbler

Siberian Stonechat

White Wagtail

Oriental Greenfinch

Long-tailed Rose Finch

Common Reed Bunting

260506_Tomoshiri, Nemuro City

【Tomoshiri, Nemuro City】
＜May 6, 2025＞

Many Ruddy Turnstones were observed.

Ruddy Turnstone

Ruddy Turnstone

Siberian Stonechat

Bull-headed Shrike

Greater Scaup

Black Scoter

Red-breasted Merganser

Oriental Turtle Dove

Temminck's Cormorant

Lesser Sand Plover

Japanese Snipe

Grey-tailed Tattler

Red-necked Stint

Ruddy Turnstone　　287+

Slaty-backed Gull

Black-eared Kite

White-tailed Eagle

Bull-headed Shrike

Eurasian Skylark

Siberian Stonechat

White Wagtail

Buff-bellied Pipit

Oriental Greenfinch

Long-tailed Rose Finch

Masked Bunting

250415_Nemuro Port, Nemuro City

【Nemuro Port, Nemuro City】
＜April 15, 2025＞

I received word from the owner of “Kens-Inn” a wild bird guide, that White-winged Scoters and Siberian Scoters could be seen at Nemuro Port, so I went to check them out.

White-winged Scoter

Siberian Scoter

Siberian Scoter

Black Scoter

White-winged Scoters

Siberian Scoter

★Kens-Inn Website
　https://www.minsyuku-takano.com/about_inn.html

250325_ Konan,Nemuro City / Kamifuren,Betsukai Town

【Konan,Nemuro City  /  Kamifuren,Betsukai Town】
＜March 25, 2025＞

A flock of Tundra Bean Goose was observed on the thawing pasture.
Among the flock were mixed species including Canada Goose and Greater White-fronted Goose.

Tundra Bean Goose　　Total 552＋

Canada Goose　　　　　　   146

Greater White-fronted Goose　1

Whooper Swan　　　　　　　１

Red-crowned Crane

171221_Hanasaki Fishing Port

【Hanasaki Fishing Port, Nemuro Eastern Hokkaido,Japan】

MAP⇒　https://goo.gl/maps/hKhgiktKBXL2

White-winged Scoter（Melanitta fusca deglandi）

White-winged Scoter（Melanitta fusca deglandi）

Eurasian Wigeon

Greater Scaup

Harlequin Duck

White-winged Scoter（Melanitta fusca deglandi)

Black Scoter

Long-tailed Duck

Common Goldeneye

Red-breasted Merganser

Red-necked Grebe

Pelagic  Cormorant

Dunlin　　　　70-

Common Gull

Glaucous-winged Gull

Slaty-backed Gull

Black-eared Kite

White-tailed Sea Eagle

Steller's Sea Eagle

White-winged Scoter（Melanitta fusca deglandi）

White-winged Scoter（Melanitta fusca deglandi）

Red-breasted Merganser

Black Scoter

Dunlin

170416_Hanasaki Kurumaishi HIDE, Nemuro City

【Hanasaki Kurumaishi HIDE, Nemuro City】

April ４, 2017
Map ⇒ https://goo.gl/maps/s9Ui6XLWjeT2

I was able to observe a wild sea-otter
in Hanasaki Kurumaishi HIDE（Hanasaki Port）．