Near-calm conditions with a slight westerly airstream at dawn being overcast all day and quite humid. We walked the Central Track to the Dragon's Pool where we saw a party of 3 Coal Tits and back via the School Field. First stop after breakfast was the Water Plant scrub tracking down Kabutomushi's male Siberian Rubythroat - the first of three males seen today. We then walked to the SW beach and enclosure before meeting Rob Edmunds off the ferry. We then tried the School Field where the only Hobby of our trip overflew us and a new Tree Pipit dropped in. We then walked the Tsukasa Fields before returning to the SW where we saw the only 2 White-fronted Geese of the trip touring the isle looking for some suitable habitat and then finally caught-up with a Taiga Flycatcher first seen by other birders yesterday and our first Little Cuckoo of the trip. We then found nearby the first Daurian Redstart (a smart adult male) and Red-flanked Bluetail of the trip.
Streaked Shearwater 10
Japanese Cormorant 1
Grey Heron 5
White-fronted Goose 2
Teal 2
Mallard 2
Black-eared Kite 1
Hobby 1
Peregrine 1
Common Sandpiper 1
Grey-tailed Tattler
Black-tailed Gull 100
Slaty-backed Gull 1
Japanese Woodpigeon 1
Rufous Turtle Dove 2
Little Cuckoo 1
Great Spotted Woodpecker 1
Skylark 4
Olive-backed Pipit 10
Tree Pipit 2
Grey Wagtail 2
Black-backed Wagtail 20
Brown-eared Bulbul 4
Siberian Rubythroat 3 males ex.
Red-flanked Bluetail 1
Daurian Redstart 1 male
Stejneger's Stonechat 1
Blue Rock Thrush 5
Pale Thrush 6
Eye-browed Thrush 6
Dusky Thrush 100
Naumann's Thrush 1
Asian Stubtail 1
Japanese Bush Warbler 5
Black-browed Reed Warbler 4
Oriental Great Reed Warbler 1
Arctic Warbler 10
Pacific Warbler 3
Yellow-browed Warbler 2
Goldcrest 25
Blue-and-white Flycatcher 4
Grey-streaked Flycatcher 5
Brown Flycatcher 5
Taiga Flycatcher 1
Narcissus Flycatcher 1
Coal Tit 3
Japanese White-eye 15
Bull-headed Shrike 1
Large-billed Crow 2
White-cheeked Starling 3
Brambling 100
Oriental Greenfinch 30
Siskin 200
Hawfinch 6
Masked Bunting 20
Pine Bunting 1
Chestnut-eared Bunting 3
Tristram's Bunting 2
Rustic Bunting 5
Little Bunting 5
Reed Bunting 1
Stejneger's Stonechat at the Water Plant
Japanese Woodpigeon along the Central Track
Tree Pipit on the School Field
Hobby over the School Field
Pine Bunting at Tsukasa
presumed Pacific Warbler at Tsukasa
the yellow suffused underparts appear just about convincing enough for this recently split species
Black-browed Reed Warbler at Tsukasa
Peregrine over the SW beach
White-fronted Geese touring the island before heading on south
Taiga Flycather along the Central Track
Yellow-browed Warbler along the Central Track
