Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker

Japan

Japanese Woodpecker

Japan

Great Spotted Woodpecker

Northumberland

 

Japan

Spain

Japanese White-eye

Japan

Japanese Waxwing

Japan

White Wagtail – lugens

Japan

Japanese Wagtail

Japan

Grey Wagtail

Northumberland

 

Slovakia

Japan

Tsunami

Watching the news this morning, I think that if it had happened when we were there, we would have been just part of the statistics. Very sad!

Willow Tit

Northumberland kleinschmidti

Slovakia montanus

Japan restrictus

Varied Tit

Japan

Marsh Tit

Hungary

China “Asian Marsh Tit” hellmayri

Japan “Asian Marsh Tit” hensoni

Great Tit

Northumberland

China “Japanese Tit” minor

Japan “Japanese Tit” minor

Pale Thrush

Japan

Dusky Thrush

Japan

Brown-headed Thrush

Japan

Blue Rock Thrush

Spain

Morocco

Japan philippensis “Red-bellied Rock Thrush”

No Confusion

I don’t understand what all the fuss is about, here and here, Slaty-backed Gull is like a Great Black-backed Gull, while Vega Gull IS a Herring Gull, no confusion!
I won’t be going…

Slaty-backed Gull

 

Herring Vega Gull

 
All pictures from Japan, Honshu and Hokkaido

Whooper Swan

Northumberland

Hokkaido, Japan

 

White-cheeked Starling

Japan