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Great Knot A pic of a Great Knot this afternoon on the tiny beach at Kamiso. Actually this is a lifer for me although it's a little dull to look at. Waders generally are a bit thin on the ground around Hakodate and this was the first local one of the Autumn. Not much else at Kamiso. An eclipse male Mallard was the first passage Duck of the season and there were also about a dozen or so Black Headed Gull.  Went to Asabu on Sunday and was surprised to see lone Goldeneye and Whooper Swan. I'd half seen a dodgy looking diving Duck a couple of weeks ago and I guess this was the same individual. Both species may have oversummered. Also present were Stonechat and Osprey but not much else. A final pic of the Great Knot. It looks cold but was in fact a warm humid cloudy day with thunder in the air.  Recent music recommendations are an excellent dub/ambient remix of the Ruts "Babylon's Burning"entitled "Black Star Liner" (or maybe that's the name of the band-god knows) and "fast man" by Frank Black. 20:25 - 29/8/2006 - post comment
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