The ports are beginning to fill up with birds……….
East of town there were 2 or 3 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Black-necked Grebe and small flocks of Wigeon and Scaup.
Black-necked Grebes are very common here in winter and most ports seem to have a few in them until early April.
Haven’t seen BNGrebe here for umpteen years – used to be a rare winter visitor..still, I can look at Hakodate’s to remind me what I’m missing.
The ones here in winter don’t breed in Japan AFAIK, wonder where they come from? Russia probably.