1/10/09 Out at 5.30am with John Williams and a japanese twitcher to a nice sunrise with clear skies and a NE1 breeze that slightly increased during the day to ENE2 by dusk but that strengthened after dark. Saw the Whinchat at the beach to the south of the pool also showing it to Maki-san who had newly-arrived for it from Tobishima Island. Hence, promoted to a hero and a God!! Buff-bellied Pipit, Japanese Grey Thrush and Tristram's Bunting were all new for the trip but otherwise rather few migrants present.
Teal along the western shore 
Local fisherman along the western shore
Female Whinchat along the western shore
Coastguard Helicopter that visited Hegura-jima
First-winter personata Black-faced Bunting along the western perimeter track
Female Whinchat along the western shore
Juvenile Grey Heron on the School field
Sunset over the western shoreSpecies noted:
Streaked Shearwater 10
Grey Heron 4
Mandarin Duck 5
Wigeon 1
Teal 15
Mallard 3
Black-eared Kite 5
Peregrine 2
Common Snipe 1
Far Eastern Curlew 1
Black-tailed Gull 100
Vega Gull 2
Rock Dove 1
Japanese Woodpigeon 1
Rufous Turtle Dove 5
Cuckoo sp. 1
Pacific Swift 1
Great Spotted Woodpecker 1
Olive-backed Pipit 1
Siberian Buff-bellied Pipit 1
Grey Wagtail 2
Black-backed Wagtail 20
Brown-eared Bulbul 3
Siberian Stonechat 3
Whinchat 1
Blue Rock Thrush 10
White's Thrush 1
Japanese Grey Thrush 1
Pale Thrush 5
Eye-browed Thrush 12
Dusky Thrush 1
Japanese Bush Warbler 10
Middendorff's Warbler 3
Arctic Warbler 8
Blue-and-white Flycatcher 2
Brown Flycatcher 3
Japanese White-eye 2
Bull-headed Shrike 3
Large-billed Crow 4
White-cheeked Starling 1
Brambling 2
Oriental Greenfinch 20
Common Rosefinch 3
Black-faced Bunting 15
Tristram's Bunting 1
Little Bunting 1
