Today we were in the Onuma area. At Sawara we took a walk on the grasslands: a cold bleak place with no birds except a few crows, kites and gulls. The location is famous for Gyyfalcons and other raptors as well as winter buntings. But not today.
A nearby port had a few ducks including half a dozen Harlequins. Also around were Red-necked, Great Crested and Black-necked Grebes, Pelagic Cormorant but not much else.
At Onuma all 5 species of woodpecker were present as well as Smew, Whooper Swan, Eurasian Siskin, Dusky Thrush and Eurasian Treecreeper.
That’s a very dramatic flight capture, Stu. Magnificent in a frame in a pub!
Thanks Russell, wish they’d been in a straighter line then……….!
FIVE species of woodpecker ? You are spoiled….:-)
Most forested areas in Hokkaido have 3 or 4 I guess.