Birdwatching in Shiga Kogen (May 15-16, 19-20, 2023)

 From 15 May I visited the Shiga Plateau again. The trees were beginning to show new buds, summer migrants were arriving in large numbers, Yellow and Grey Bunting, which had not been seen on 5-6 May, could be heard, and Narcissus Flycatcher numbers had increased.

Highlight of the trip was a male Siberian Thrush.

Long-tailed Tit

Trillium grandiflorum

Narcissus Flycatcher

Narcissus Flycatcher

Narcissus Flycatcher

Narcissus Flycatcher

Narcissus Flycatcher

Narcissus Flycatcher

Narcissus Flycatcher

Grey Bunting

Grey Bunting

Grey Bunting

Grey Bunting

Grey Bunting

Grey Bunting

Grey Bunting

Grey Bunting

Grey Bunting

Grey Bunting

Grey Bunting

Grey Bunting

Grey Bunting

Grey Bunting

Grey Bunting

Common Teal

Common Teal

Willow Tit

Eastern Crowned Warbler

Eastern Crowned Warbler

Eastern Crowned Warbler

Eastern Crowned Warbler

Eastern Crowned Warbler

Eastern Crowned Warbler

Eastern Crowned Warbler

Eastern Crowned Warbler

Eastern Crowned Warbler

Eastern Crowned Warbler

Eastern Crowned Warbler

Eastern Crowned Warbler

Eastern Crowned Warbler

Eastern Crowned Warbler

Eastern Crowned Warbler

Eastern Crowned Warbler

Eastern Crowned Warbler

Eastern Crowned Warbler

Eastern Crowned Warbler

Eastern Crowned Warbler

Eastern Crowned Warbler

Eastern Crowned Warbler

Eastern Crowned Warbler

Eastern Crowned Warbler

Eastern Crowned Warbler

Eastern Crowned Warbler

Eastern Crowned Warbler

Eastern Crowned Warbler

Eastern Crowned Warbler

Eastern Crowned Warbler

Eastern Crowned Warbler

Yellow Bunting

Yellow Bunting

Yellow Bunting

Yellow Bunting

Yellow Bunting

Yellow Bunting

Yellow Bunting

Yellow Bunting

Yellow Bunting

Yellow Bunting

Yellow Bunting

Yellow Bunting

Yellow Bunting

Yellow Bunting

Yellow Bunting

Yellow Bunting

Yellow Bunting

Yellow Bunting

Yellow Bunting

Yellow Bunting

Coal Tit

Coal Tit

Coal Tit

Coal Tit

Coal Tit

Coal Tit

Coal Tit

Coal Tit

Coal Tit

Coal Tit

Siberian Thrush

Siberian Thrush

Siberian Thrush

Siberian Thrush

Siberian Thrush

Siberian Thrush

Siberian Thrush

Siberian Thrush

Birdwatching in Shioya Town (May 11 & 29, 2024)

 In May this year, the Peregrine Falcon nesting site in the town of Shioya was visited twice. This year's breeding attempt was unsuccessful and we were unable to observe them raising young, but Peregrine Falcon still did not dissolve their mating and could be seen around the nesting site.