16th October 2012 Hegura-jima E3 Overcast

Dawn was accompanied by a E3 wind that strengthened as the morning progressed. Our early morning was memorable with a White's Thrush on the Central Track that we watched for 5 minutes before it melted away. JFC flushed a Japanese Quail at the Water Treatment Works that we all saw as it gained height and away. We then tried Tsukasa finding a Richard's Pipit there. We then relocated the Taiga Flycatcher near the earth field before trying the Central Track where a vocal Radde's Warbler performed well and another Taiga Flycatcher was seen briefly. We then tried Tsukasa again finding 2 Richard's Pipits now present. We reluctantly departed Hegura-jima on the 3pm ferry. A choppy crossing with only a few Streaked Shearwaters.

Streaked Shearwater 50
Greater Cormorant 1
Japanese Cormorant 1
Great Egret 1
Grey Heron 4
Mandarin Duck 2
Teal 2
Mallard 3
Pochard 2
Black-eared Kite 1, c.70 at Wajima
Sparrowhawk 1
Merlin 1
Peregrine 1
Japanese Quail 1 ex.
Coot 1
Woodcock 1
Common Snipe 1
Black-headed Gull 2, 1 Wajima
Black-tailed Gull 100
Slaty-backed Gull 1, 3 Wajima
Wryneck 1
Great Spotted Woodpecker 1
Skylark 2
Richard's Pipit 2
Olive-backed Pipit 1
Siberian Buff-bellied Pipit 1
Black-backed Wagtail 6
Brown-eared Bulbul 6
Red-flanked Bluetail 3
Daurian Redstart 15
Stejneger's Stonechat 2
Blue Rock Thrush 2
White's Thrush 1 ex.
Pale Thrush 2
Dusky Thrush 80
Japanese Bush Warbler 4
Middendorff's Grasshopper Warbler 2
Black-browed Reed Warbler 1
Arctic Warbler 2
Radde's Warbler 1 ex.
Goldcrest 15
Taiga Flycatcher 2
Japanese White-eye 15
Large-billed Crow 2
Brambling 30
Oriental Greenfinch 12
Siskin 50
Hawfinch 50
Masked Bunting 4
Grey Bunting 2
Pine Bunting 1
Elegant Bunting 20
Tristram's Bunting 1
Rustic Bunting 6
Reed Bunting 5



Watercolour in the Minshuku

Merlin along the west shore

Eastern Reed Bunting at the Water Treatment Works

Richard's Pipit at Tsukasa

The Central Track

Radde's Warbler along the Central Track