Great Knot. Still carrying a lot of winter plumage.

Two Marsh Sandpipers in summer plumage arrived together.

The Pin-tailed Snipe haven't been consistent, but Common Snipe numbers are up. Now just waiting for the Swinhoe's Snipe to arrive.

First Dunlin of the season. A little summer plumage coming through.

Red-necked Stint also showed up. Heat shimmer rising off the warmed limestone made it impossible to focus… ^^;

There are some wintering birds around, but this male Black-winged Stilt almost certainly came through on spring migration given the location.

There are plenty of wintering Lesser Sand Plovers too, but it looks like northbound birds have joined them — there were large numbers along the shore.

Common Greenshank numbers are growing at the coast and in the paddies.

This is a Greater Painted-snipe, a resident breeder on Ishigaki Island.

There were a few Red-throated Pipits, but they were very wary and not easy to approach.