Kujukuri

Another migration season, another breeding season.

Lesser sand plovers (Medaichidoriメダイチドリ) are resting / fuelling up en route to their breeding grounds.

I believe that the Lesser sand plover has been split into two independent species - the Siberian Sand Plover and the Tibetan Sand Plover. I am not still sure which is which, so please forgive me for using the old English common name.

a Kentish plover (Shirochidoriシロチドリ)

Kentish plovers also migrate but probably not a long distance like only within Japan or to/from the eastern coast of the Asian continent.

Some birds, like this one, just have made a dent in the sand and sat on it as if they were trying to work out the nest was comfortable enough to sit for a long time. 

Quite a few Skylarks were singing over the grassland on the edge of the beach.