15th October 2012 Hegura-jima NW4 Overcast

Awoke to a NW4 wind and overcast conditions that soon cleared although the wind persisted all day. A quiet early morning walk although a Carrion Crow was new for the trip! The morning produced a Pochard, Long-eared Owl and a first-winter male Chinese Grosbeak but the wind made birding difficult especially at Tsukasa. The afternoon was largely uneventful although a Common Snipe feeding out in the open on the grass at the Harbour Park was good value as were good numbers of Daurian Redstarts and Elegant Buntings.

Streaked Shearwater 10
Greater Cormorant 1
Japanese Cormorant 2
Grey Heron 4
Teal 1
Pochard 2
Black-eared Kite 1
Eastern Buzzard 1
Sparrowhawk 2
Peregrine 1
Common Snipe 1
Black-headed Gull 2
Black-tailed Gull 150
Vega Gull 2
Slaty-backed Gull 6
Rufous Turtle Dove 2
Long-eared Owl 1 ex.
Great Spotted Woodpecker 2
Skylark 2
Olive-backed Pipit 2
Black-backed Wagtail 8
Brown-eared Bulbul 6
Red-flanked Bluetail 2
Daurian Redstart 60
Stejneger's Stonechat 6
Blue Rock Thrush 5
Japanese Grey Thrush 1 male
Pale Thrush 5
Dusky Thrush 50
Naumann's Thrush 1
Japanese Bush Warbler 4
Black-browed Reed Warbler 1
Arctic Warbler 8
Yellow-browed Warbler 3
Goldcrest 30
Eastern Great Tit 1
Japanese White-eye 20
Carrion Crow 1
Large-billed Crow 2
Brambling 50
Oriental Greenfinch 15
Siskin 60
Chinese Grosbeak 1 first-winter male
Hawfinch 50
Masked Bunting 6
Grey Bunting 1
Pine Bunting 2
Elegant Bunting 50
Tristram's Bunting 2
Rustic Bunting 15
Little Bunting 1
Reed Bunting 1

Long-eared Owl over the East Shore

First-winter male Chinese Grosbeak

JFC at Tsukasa Fields

Yellow-browed Warbler at the Tree Shrine

Male Daurian Redstart near the School Field

Pale Thrush at the Drinking Pool

Naumann's Thrush at the Earth Field

Common Snipe at the Harbour Park

Blue Rock Thrush with damaged bill at Tsukasa

Rustic Bunting at Tsukasa