25/10/10: Calm and cloudy conditions with a SW wind increasing during the morning being W5 by dusk. A rain shower passed through at midday. A quieter day with the early morning producing the, by now, usual line-up of species but soon after breakfast we flushed an Eastern Water Rail from the southwest enclosures and then found an obliging White’s Thrush on the School Field. There were only 4 other birders on the island today.
A crab seen near the Dragon's Pool
Yellow-browed Warbler near the Lighthouse
Bohemian Waxwing near the Lighthouse
Naumann's Thrush on the southwest beach
Red-flanked Bluetail near the Lighthouse
Eye-browed Thrush along the Central Track
Blue Rock Thrush
Arctic Warbler near the Lighthouse
White's Thrush at the School Field
Species noted:
Streaked Shearwater 500
Cormorant 5Eastern Reef Egret 2
Grey Heron 3
Teal 1
Mallard 1
Spot-billed Duck 1
Pintail 1
Black-eared Kite 3
Sparrowhawk 2
Peregrine 1
Eastern Water Rail 1
Black-tailed Gull 50
Vega Gull 1
Rufous Turtle Dove 5
Great Spotted Woodpecker 1
Skylark 6
Olive-backed Pipit 3
Red-throated Pipit 1
Siberian Buff-bellied Pipit 15
Black-backed Wagtail 2
Brown-eared Bulbul 3
Waxwing 5
Red-flanked Bluetail 3
Daurian Redstart 35
Blue Rock Thrush 4
White's Thrush 1
Pale Thrush 40
Eye-browed Thrush 2
Dusky Thrush 40
Naumann's Thrush 2
Japanese Bush Warbler 5
Arctic Warbler 8
Yellow-browed Warbler 1
Goldcrest 30
Coal Tit 1
Great Tit 1
Japanese White-eye 50
Eastern Rook 6
Large-billed Crow 4
Brambling 75
Oriental Greenfinch 5
Siskin 300
Mealy Redpoll 1
Hawfinch 1
Black-faced Bunting 1
Masked Bunting 3
Chestnut-eared Bunting 1
Elegant Bunting 30
Rustic Bunting 25
Reed Bunting 5
