Currently chewing my fingers down to the quick and praying that the Blaskiston’s owl makes an appearance tonight…#birdingJapan #fingersfirmlycrossed Nick Bray Ruth and Alan

OMG …. What a bird ….Blakiston’s Fish-Owl … Result😍😍 Nick Bray .

One of my most wanted…. And found when I went out for a early morning walk…..Harlequin Duck 😍😍Nick Bray Marc Hughes Tony Kearney Neil Donaghy

A terrible day here on Hokkaido with almost continuous rain and wind we did however pick up Spectacled Guillemot which was a cracker Nick Bray Rob Robertson John Roberts #BirdingJapan

Another full on and amazing day here on Hokkaido …. 2 Hokkaido Bear !!! And then a boat trip where we had almost constant views of a loose pod of 12 Orca 😍😍… Rhinoceros Auklets and topped off with Siberian Rubythroat ❤️Nick Bray Alan Davies Allan Conlin

Amazing to see SEVERAL thousand Short-tailed shearwaters sat on the sea ….Hard to guesstimate the numbers but, here is a very small piece of the sea Nick Bray Zak Spaull Marc Hughes

This stunning Japanese Robin put on a show early this morning…#BirdingJapan #BirdsSeenIn2025 Nick Bray Ruth and Alan

Well the end of a FANTASTIC trip here in Japan with Nick Bray Top logistics and planning… especially the ‘twitch’ for the Steller’s Sea-Eagle yesterday…. Shame the boat trip didn’t get to go😢. Finished off with this cracker😍Marc Hughes Alan Davies

Nice day on Anglesey rewarded with Spotted Rick-Rose at South Stack which i have not seen before plus Fly Orchid at Cors Bodelio Zak Spaull Marc Hughes Isle of Anglesey County Council Mark Sutton

Top Tip …. Move to Wales and save a fortune on mowing your lawn when the local sheep do a good job ( for Free) 😆😆

Had a great hour mushroom hunting in local woodland looking….obviously I only harvested ( very small amounts) and only known specimens…I left these stunning Fly Agaric to the slugs 😳😊#foraging

Imagine the scenes if one of these beauties turned up locally) …. Just to be SUPER clear these where taken in Hokkaido Japan this year on ⁦Nick Bray⁩ trip ⁦Mark Sutton⁩ ⁦Steve T⁩ ⁦Ruth and Alan⁩ ⁦Austin Morley⁩

Imagine the scenes if one of these beauties were to up ( hopefully in north Wales!!😉) … must clarify these images were taken on Hokkaido on a fabulous ⁦Nick Bray⁩ trip in May ⁦Mark Sutton⁩ ⁦Ruth and Alan⁩ ⁦Rob Robertson⁩

Yesterday I posted images of Siberian Rubythroat but this Chestnut-eared bunting would be an ABSOLUTE MEGA…Again I must underline this is taken in Japan … a tour I really enjoyed this May with ⁦Nick Bray⁩ ⁦Neill Hunt⁩ ⁦Alex Jones⁩ ⁦IanB 🇺🇦⁩

As a wildlife experience having a trip out in Hokkaido and seeing 12-14 Orca around the boat is pretty high up THERE 🥳🥳😉….Toby Carter Steve T Bethan Neil Donaghy Alan Davies

So excited to see Rhinoceros Auklet off the coast of Hokkaido Japan ..sadly due bad weather ( literally the only time on the whole trip!!) we missed our chance for Tufted Puffin ⁦Nick Bray⁩ ⁦Zak Spaull⁩ ⁦Rob Robertson⁩ ⁦Mark Sutton⁩

We were fortunate during our Japan trip, whilst sailing back to Toyoko from Miyama-jima we were surrounded by Streaked Shearwaters and also C.20 Black-footed And a fantastic Laysan Albatrosses Nick Bray ( Laysan Albatross picture from Nick) Mark Sutton Alan Davies