Asia 2025 Birds

4. A bird that flew past the Tokyo park and croaked with others in trees
6. The predator the Oiso beach photographers were waiting to see swoop at a pigeon
7. The tundra water bird seen at Suncheon wetland
10. The bird seen beside a puddle on the Tokyo Port mudflat
12. The large elusive Rishiri bird finally seen after nine days of searching
14. The eastern raptor seen at Suncheon wetland
15. The special bird photographed peeking from a branch behind the Forest Park bathroom
16. One of the many striking water birds seen at Changnyeong wetland
18. The flesh footed seabird initially mistaken for a gull near the green pigeons
19. The northern Korean wetland bird seen at Suncheon
21. The green and yellow beach bird with a reddish purple patch and bluish beak
25. A Korean wetland bird named for the colour of its wings

1. The Rebun bird whose fat babies filled a nest under an awning before taking practice flights
2. The long tailed black and white masked bird seen at Lake Inbanuma
3. The white water bird hanging around the mudflat and later spooked on Rishiri
5. The loud distinctive bird identified by an app along the Amanohashidate sandbar
7. The Eurasian raptor seen at Suncheon wetland
8. The bird pictured on a badge given out at Tokyo Port Wild Bird Park
9. The unusual tailed Nara bird that watched a dragonfly from a wire
11. A small shorebird seen up close at Tokyo Port and again on Rebun beaches
13. One of two small shorebirds running from the waves on a Rebun beach
15. Loud swoopy birds whose huge flocks crowded the sky outside Narita Temple
17. A bird seen harvesting moths from a roof a pole and the lawn
20. A Korean wetland bird seen before a kind woman offered the birdwatchers coffee
22. A Forest Park bird seen near the bathroom building with tits and woodpeckers
23. The duck seen at Himenuma and later in Nakajima Park with an orange beaked male
24. The cinereous scavenger bird seen at Suncheon wetland