260218_Nemuro Peninsula

【Touring Ports on the Nemuro Peninsula】
＜February 18, 2026＞

I made a full tour of the ports on the Nemuro Peninsula.
While Steller's Sea Eagles and White-tailed Eagles were slightly fewer, they could still be seen at ports and on utility poles.
From the hide at Cape Nosappu, I was able to leisurely observe seabirds like Spectacled Guillemot and Pigeon Guillemot.

Steller's  Eagle

Spectacled Guillemot

Pigeon Guillemot

Red-necked Grebe

Common Pochard

White-tailed  Eagle

kaigarajima Lighthouse

Cape Nosappu

Falcated Duck

Eurasian Wigeon

Mallard

Northern Pintail

Common Pochard

Tufted Duck

Greater Scaup

Harlequin Duck

Black Scoter

Long-tailed Duck

Common Goldeneye

Goosander

Red-breasted Merganser

Red-necked Grebe

Pelagic  Cormorant

Black-tailed Gull

Glaucous-winged Gull

Gloucous Gull

Slaty-backed Gull

Pigeon Guillemot

Spectacled Guillemot

Black-eared Kite

White-tailed Eagle

Steller's  Eagle

Easetern Buzzard

Marsh Tit

Eastern Great Tit

Dusky Thrush

White Wagtail

260107_Lake Furen（Southern Area）

【Lake Furen（Southern Area）】

＜2026/１/７＞

The freezing of the river flowing into Lake Furen has finally progressed.

Nets for ice-fishing at the river mouth have been set, and fishing seems to be starting little by little.

The number of eagles in the surrounding forests has increased.

Steller's Eagle

White-tailed Eagle

251222_Esahito – Kiritappu, Hamanaka Town

【Esahito – Kiritappu, Hamanaka Town】
<22 December 2025>

Upon closer inspection, I spotted a Japanese Accentor and a Daurian Redstart.

Birdwatching around the harbour offers not only seabirds but also encounters with small birds like these, making it one of the joys of winter.

Whooper Swan

Falcated Duck

Eurasian Wigeon

Mallard

Northern Shoveler

Northern Pintail

Eurasian Teal

Greater Scaup

Black-headed Gull

Black-tailed Gull

Slaty-backed Gull

Black-eared Kite

White-tailed  Eagle

Steller's Eagle

Rough-legged Buzzard

Eurasian Jay

Marsh Tit

Japanese Tit

Eurasian Nuthatch

Eurasian Treecreeper

Dusky Thrush

Daurian Redstart

Japanese Accentor

White Wagtail

251107_Lake Furen

【Lake Furen  <Western Area>】
＜November 7, 2025＞

Tomorrow marks the 20th anniversary of the registration of ‘Furen Lake and Shunkokutai’ as a Ramsar Convention wetland.
The environment has changed significantly due to land subsidence and the accompanying storms and storm surges.
The movements and numbers of wild birds have also changed due to these shifts and changes in surrounding industries.
Today, we observed Asian Rosy Finch, Steller's Eagles, and Whooper Swans.

Whooper Swan

Eurasian Wigeon

Northern Shoveler

Northern Pintail

Greater Scaup

Harlequin Duck

White-winged Scoter

Black Scoter

Long-tailed Duck

Common Goldeneye

Smew

Red-breasted Merganser

Red-necked Grebe

Black-necked Grebe

Temminck's Cormorant

Red-crowned Crane

Grey Plover　　４

Dunlin　　　　18

Black-headed Gull

Black-tailed Gull

Gloucous Gull

Vega Gull

Slaty-backed Gull

Black-eared Kite

White-tailed Eagle

Steller's Eagle

White Wagtail

Asian Rosy Finch　50+

250920_Grasslands West of Lake Furen

【Grasslands West of Lake Furen】
＜September 20, 2025＞

Searched for Whooper Swans in the grasslands and harvested dent corn fields around Lake Furen.

Initially confirmed over 250 birds, but more and more flew in over time, eventually reaching over 1,249 birds.

They all took flight toward their roost around sunset.

Tundra Bean Goose　　1,249＋

Red-crowned Crane　22

Easetern Buzzard

Black-eared Kite

Oriental Turtle Dove

250906_Lake Furen (Northwestern Area)

【Northwestern Area of Lake Furen】

＜September 6, 2025＞

At high tide on Furen Lake, I encountered  Eurasian Oystercatcher and Grey-tailed Tattler.

Mallard

Temminck's Cormorant

Grey Heron

Red-crowned Crane

Eurasian Oystercatcher　３

Far Eastern Curlew

Grey-tailed Tattler

Red-necked Stint

Black-tailed Gull

Gloucous Gull

Slaty-backed Gull

Black-eared Kite

White-tailed Eagle

Oriental Greenfinch

White Wagtail

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