Torrential rain again through the night but by dawn it was much dryer.
Another early start, 5.20am, found us foraging around all areas of the island, breaking only for meals...
New birds today -
Grey sided Thrush 2
Two barred Greenish Warbler 1 ( above)
White throated Rock Thrush 1 male ( Above)
Blyth's Leaf Warbler ( Claudia's Leaf Warbler) 1 very distinctive behaviour feeding up and down tree trunks and branches like a Nuthatch!
Chestnut Bunting 1 male.
'Chinese' Blackbird 1 male
Pallas's Reed Bunting 2, male and female.
Chestnut eared Bunting 1 male.
Yellow browed Bunting 1
White throated Needletail 3 and 5. One gave a fly past that the Red Arrows would have been proud of. Not often do you see a bird getting a round of applause and cheers! Richard got some good photos as it flashed past.
Yellow breasted Bunting 2 male and female. The male is the most pristine bird I have seen, exactly like a field guide plate. Dazzling. ( Above somewhere in there is the brightest bunting of the trip!)
Rufous bellied Woodpecker 1
All of those plus the commoner Amur Falcons, Mugamaki and Yellow rumped Flycatchers, Jap Quails etc.
Out along the raised bund veiwing the vast mud flats...
Oriental Pratincole 1
Asian Dowitcher 3
Plus a close ringtailed Pied Harrier, Saunders Gull, 20+ Black faced Buntings another Two barred Greenish, many Pallas's and Yellow browed Warblers,Siberian Blue Robin and Yellow rumped Flycatcher side by side, 13 Great Knot, 2 Far Eastern Curlew, Lesser Sandplover etc...
Above - Lesser Sandplovers, Siberian Blue Robin on the beach and Yellow rumped Flycatcher.
