23/10/10: A beautiful sunrise with an E1 breeze. The early morning produced our first Wren and Eye-browed Thrush of the trip and another White’s Thrush. The Radde’s Warbler and Daurian Jackdaw were also seen. Rob Edmunds arrived on the ferry but despite touring the island with him in hot and sunny conditions annoyingly we couldn’t relocate the Daurian Jackdaw that would have proved a new species for him. We did enjoy our only Pelagic Cormorant of our trip and a newly arrived Yellow-browed Warbler at the School Field and our last Blue-and-white Flycatcher. We said farewell to Rob and whilst again photographing the Naumann’s Thrush the Goosander put in another appearance. Finally we again saw the male Siberian Rubythroat making the most of the evening sunshine near the southern shrine.
Pale Thrush near the Lighthouse
Yellow-browed Warbler at the School Field
Brown-eared Bulbul along the Central Track
Male Daurian Redstart
Arctic Warbler at Tsukasa Fields
Red-throated Pipit at Tsukasa Fields
Species noted:
Streaked Shearwater 50
Cormorant 6
Pelagic Cormorant 1
Grey Heron 3
Goosander 1
Wigeon 1
Teal 3
Mallard 1
Spot-billed Duck 1
Pintail 1
Black-eared Kite 4
Sparrowhawk 4
Peregrine 2
Black-tailed Gull 75
Vega Gull 2
Slaty-backed Gull 5
Feral Pigeon 1
Rufous Turtle Dove 6
Japanese Green Pigeon 2
Skylark 6
Olive-backed Pipit 3
Red-throated Pipit 1
Siberian Buff-bellied Pipit 15
Eastern Yellow Wagtail 1
Grey Wagtail 1
Black-backed Wagtail 5
Brown-eared Bulbul 3
Siberian Rubythroat 1 male
Red-flanked Bluetail 1 female
Daurian Redstart 50
Siberian Stonechat 2
Blue Rock Thrush 4
White's Thrush 1
Pale Thrush 30
Eye-browed Thrush 5
Dusky Thrush 25
Naumann's Thrush 1
Japanese Bush Warbler 10
Middendorff's Grasshopper Warbler 1
Arctic Warbler 6
Yellow-browed Warbler 1
Radde's Warbler 1
Goldcrest 30
Wren 1
Blue-and-white Flycatcher 1
Japanese White-eye 60
Eastern Rook 6
Large-billed Crow 4
Daurian Jackdaw 1
White-cheeked Starling 1
Brambling 50
Oriental Greenfinch 5
Siskin 200
Japanese Grosbeak 1
Hawfinch 4
Black-faced Bunting 4
Chestnut-eared Bunting 1
Elegant Bunting 30
Rustic Bunting 15
Reed Bunting 5
