Matsui-sans midwinter hotnews from Yatsuhigata Nature Observation Centre in Chiba:

Observer: Atsushi MATSUI
Date: January  8, 1998

  1.Kentish Plover 40
  2.Mongoloan Plover 3
  3.Grey Plover 134
  4.Ringed Plover 1
  5.Little Stint  1
  6.Red-necked Stint 2
  7.Dunlin 2400
  8.Great Knot 1
  9.Sanderling 14
 10.Long-billed Dowitcher 1
 11.Eurasian Curlew 10 
 12.Common Snipe 1

 13.Black-headed Gull 1149 (Juv20+)
 14.Herring Gull 4 (Ad2:Juv2) (all with pink legs)
 15.Saunders Gull 1

Happy New Year to you!

MATSUI Atsushi