Andrea and David's trip to Japan, July-August 2011
Day 3 19-7-11 - Day 2 - birdlist - bird gallery
Yatsu Higata is renowned for its waders. And being the end of July we were not disappointed, with several summer plumage niceties on view. Greater Sand Plover and Red-necked Stint were particularly fine. A nice walk despite the poor weather. See http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=16125 for accurate instructions. Thanks to Charles Harper for inspiration and accuracy. See site picture here or Day 3.
Birds: Sadly the light was poor and the waders too far off to photograph, so limited action on the gallery :-) The waders disappeared as the tide came in, leaving stilts and Little Ringed Plovers and the Herons. So tide is critical. The website referred to by Charles is only in Japanese.
| English name | Latin name | Danske navne | comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eastern Spot-billed Duck | Anas (poecilorhyncha) zonorhyncha | Pletneæbbet And | About 50 |
| Tufted Duck | Aythya fuligula | Troldand | One female |
| Striated (Little) Heron | Butorides striatus | Mangrovehejre | One on edge of reeds |
| Grey Heron | Ardea cinerea | Fiskehejre | 19/7 Yatsu Higata |
| Great White Egret | Ardea alba | Sølvhejre | about 10 |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | Silkehejre | a few |
| Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | Skarv | 12 |
| Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | Stylteløber | 7 |
| Little Ringed Plover | Charadrius dubius | Lille Præstekrave | breeding 2 ad 3 young |
| Greater Sand Plover | Charadrius leschenaultii | Ørkenpræstekrave | 32 mostly adults in summer plumage |
| Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | Damklire | 1 |
| Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | Hvidklire | a few |
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | Tinksmed | 10 |
| Grey-tailed Tattler | Heteroscelus (Tringa) brevipes | Sibirisk Gråklire | one, a lifer |
| Red-necked Stint | Calidris ruficollis | Rødhalset Ryle | 2 in summer plumage |
| Broad-billed Sandpiper | Limicola falcinellus | Kærløber | 1 |
| Black-tailed Gull | Larus crassirostris | Japanmåge | several including a 1k which put up all the waders. Some few off completely |
| Oriental (Rufous) Turtle Dove | Streptopelia orientalis | Østlig Turteldue | 3 incluind one "singing" |
| Azure winged Magpie | Cyanopica cyana | Blåskade | 2 the other lifer |
| Large-billed Crow | Corvus macrorhynchos | Stornæbbet Krage | a few |
| Eastern (Japenese) Great Tit | Parus (major) minor | Østlig Musvit | 2, actually one might have been a willow tit but I didn't see it. |
| Swallow | Hirundo rustica | Landsvale | a few |
| Brown-eared Bulbul | Ixos (Microselis) amaurotis | kastanjeret Bulbul | 1 |
| White-cheeked Starling | Sturnus cineraceus | Gråstær | several |
| Tree Sparrow | Passer montanus | Skovspurv | common |
| White Wagtail | Motacilla alba | Hvid Vipstjært | 2, including an imature |
| Oriental (Grey-capped) Greenfinch | Carduelis sinica | Brunirisk | 2 |
It was windy and rainy building up to the typhoon, so thin on small birds. Nothing singing in the reed bed.
