28/9/09 Some light rain overnight that persisted into early morning. Calm at dawn. Steady rain by 10am and heavy by 10.30. Then dry with a S2 wind by 2pm increasing S4-6 by 5pm. A flock of 22 Grey Herons were present on the island at dawn. A female Narcissus Flycatcher, a White-throated Needletail zooming back and forth over the island, a Skylark, a Pintail, a Lapland Bunting and an Olive-backed Pipit were new. Both rarities in the form of Lesser Whitethroat and Northern Wheatear remained.
Grey Herons over trees near the lighthouse on Hegura-jima 
White-throated Needletail over Hegura-jima
First-winter Middendorff's Grasshopper Warbler along the western perimeter track
Northern Wheatear on the south west beach
Adult female personata Black-faced Bunting near the Northern Shrine
Lesser Whitethroat near the Northern Shrine
Snails along the South Central Track
Shellfish harvest on Hegura-jima
The south west beach on Hegura-jima
Adult Richard's Pipit on the south west beach
Juvenile Far Eastern Curlew at the south west beach
First-winter male spodocephala Black-faced Bunting along the Southern Central Track
First-winter Black-browed Reed Warbler along the Southern Central Track
First-winter personata Black-faced Bunting along the Southern Central Track
Arctic Warbler along the Southern Central Track
Northern Wheatear at the south western beach
Juvenile Vega Gull off the south western beach
Adult White-cheeked Starling on the School field
Species noted:
Streaked Shearwater 20
Night Heron 1
Eastern Reef Egret 1
Grey Heron 23
Mandarin Duck 2
Wigeon 40
Teal 3
Pintail 1
Black-eared Kite 5
Hobby 1
Peregrine 1
Far Eastern Curlew 1
Common Sandpiper 1
Black-tailed Gull 100
Vega Gull 2
Slaty-backed Gull 1
Rufous Turtle Dove 1
Common Cuckoo 1
White-throated Needletail 1
Great Spotted Woodpecker 1
Skylark 1
Richard's Pipit 1
Olive-backed Pipit 1
Grey Wagtail 12
Black-backed Wagtail 20
Siberian Stonechat 1
Northern Wheatear 1
Blue Rock Thrush 10
Pale Thrush 1
Eye-browed Thrush 13
Dusky Thrush 3
Japanese Bush Warbler 10
Middendorff's Warbler 2
Black-browed Reed Warbler 2
Arctic Warbler 23
Lesser Whitethroat 1
Brown Flycatcher 3
Narcissus Flycatcher 1
Bull-headed Shrike 4
Large-billed Crow 4
White-cheeked Starling 1
Brambling 8
Oriental Greenfinch 30
Common Rosefinch 1
Lapland Bunting 1
Black-faced Bunting 12
Little Bunting 5
