A loud thunderstorm passed over shortly before dawn. Walked to the Dragon's Pool via the Central Track in quite a brisk SW3 that soon moderated and clear so another hot day. We walked the southern loop including the SW beach and enclosures with 2 Wrynecks together proving the highlight. We then tried the Drinking Pool where we had missed a bathing Gray's Grasshopper Warbler by 5 minutes - damn!! We the met Ted Shimba off the ferry and saw our only Asian House Martin of the trip over the School Field and walked to Tsukasa only obtaining distant views of a Pine Bunting on the small island in the harbour although the Red-throated Pipit performed well and the only Short-eared Owl of our trip arrived on the island over our heads. We returned to the Drinking Pool but very little activity there so we had a lunchtime break before returning to the Drinking Pool when virtually immediately picked out the Gray's returning and watched it for the next five minutes - brilliant!! We returned to Tsukasa seeing the Dusky Warbler on our way shortly followed by JFC finding an obliging Radde's Warbler. On our return we found a male Siberian Rubythroat in some harbourside bushes that played hide and seek over the next hour. We returned to the Drinking Pool where the Asian Stubtail rounded off another exciting day. Spent the evening watching Kabutomushi's Fairy Pitta videos obtained on Hegura during late May.
Streaked Shearwater 10
Grey Heron 8
Teal 2
Mallard 1
Spot-billed Duck 1
Pintail 1
Shoveler 1
Black-eared Kite 1
Peregrine 2
Common Sandpiper 1
Black-tailed Gull 100
Rufous Turtle Dove 2
Oriental Cuckoo 1
Short-eared Owl 1
Wryneck 3
Great Spotted Woodpecker 1
Skylark 2
Asian House Martin 1
Olive-backed Pipit 8
Red-throated Pipit 1
Grey Wagtail 2
Black-backed Wagtail 20
Brown-eared Bulbul 2
Siberian Rubythroat 1 male ex.
Siberian Stonechat 6
Blue Rock Thrush 5
Pale Thrush 8
Eye-browed Thrush 6
Dusky Thrush 150
Naumann's Thrush 1
Asian Stubtail 1
Japanese Bush Warbler h
Middendorff's Grasshopper Warbler 3
Gray's Grasshopper Warbler 1 ex.
Black-browed Reed Warbler 2
Arctic Warbler 6
Pacific Warbler 6
Yellow-browed Warbler 1
Radde's Warbler 1 ex.
Dusky Warbler 1 ex.
Goldcrest 10
Blue-and-white Flycatcher 1
Dark-sided Flycatcher 1
Grey-streaked Flycatcher 5
Brown Flycatcher 7
Eastern Great Tit 1
Japanese White-eye 15
Bull-headed Shrike 1
Large-billed Crow 2
White-cheeked Starling 1
Brambling 60
Oriental Greenfinch 25
Siskin 100
Hawfinch 5
Masked Bunting 15
Pine Bunting 4
Chestnut-eared Bunting 1
Tristram's Bunting 1
Rustic Bunting 3
Little Bunting 6
Two Wrynecks along the SE shore
Wrynecks along the SE shore
Great Spotted Woodpecker along the SE shore
Red-throated Pipit at Tsukasa
Gray's Grasshopper Warbler at the Drinking Pool
Radde's Warbler at Tsukasa
Dusky Warbler at the Statue
Little Bunting at the Statue
