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| Ojo-ri |
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| Seongsan-po |
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| Hado-ri |
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| Hado horses |
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| Temminck's Cormorant Phalacrocorax capillatus |
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| juvenile Grey-streaked Flycatcher Muscicapa
griseisticta |
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| Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus with Garganey Anas querquedula |
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| Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia |
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| Common Redshank Tringa totanus |
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| Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis |
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| Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis |
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| odd-looking White Wagtail Motacilla
alba |
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| Warbling (Japanese) White-eye Zosterops
japonicus |
A lovely sunny day off for a long drive around coastal sites
mostly on the east coast of Jeju. Shorebird numbers were pretty low, and the winter ducks have yet to
arrive in force, with mostly single-digit numbers of Spot-billed Ducks at most
sites. Several early Garganey were spotted
near Seongsan, in the company of three Black-winged Stilts. Three Little Grebe in summer plumage were
seen nearby, as well as single Common Greenshank and Common Redshank. Active Common Sandpipers were noted at most
sites, with perhaps two dozen seen on the day. Also in the area, five Eastern Yellow Wagtail. Raptors were represented by patrolling Osprey and
Peregrine Falcon.
Hado was very quiet,
with a spotty juvenile Grey-streaked Flycatcher seen.
At Pyeoson, 14 Red-necked Stints, as well as several
Sanderling and Kentish Plover worked a quiet section of beach.
In Seogwipo, 5 Red-necked Stints fed in the harbour, while
the hills around town held two mysterious Cuckoos, which were unfortunately
silent. I'll deal with them in a separate post soon. In a riverside park, a
female-type Mandarin duck (male eclipse?) with a pink bill paddled on a quiet
bit of river. An odd White Wagtail with
a buffy-white head (leucistic?) was spotted nearby. Japanese White-eyes were feeding on berries
at a number of sites.
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