A surprise on the beach

Snow Goose

I checked one of the local beaches this afternoon to see if there were any interesting gulls, or perhaps a tern. Nothing doing there but I was very surprised to find this adult Snow Goose among the Slaty-backed and Black-tailed Gulls.

A scarce and local passage visitor to Hokkaido (usually in the east): I saw a small flock in Onuma last year and this was only the second time I’d seen this species in Japan.

6 thoughts on “A surprise on the beach

  1. Good spot Stuart and at such an odd location….Still waiting to see my first Snow Goose anywhere. Morning vizmigging here in North London productive with big passages of Chaffinch and today Redwing heading south. With the odd Skylark, Fieldfare and Hawfinch.

  2. Great to have Megumi back in London for these 3 weeks returning to Haneda Sunday – then 2 weeks in (airport) hotel quarantine before returning to Hakodate…

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