HKBWS Vicky

30 Aug 2012
2 Intermediate Egret 中白鷺
~10 Yellow Wagtail 黃鶺鴒
a few Pintail/Swinhoe's Snipe 針尾/大沙錐
Wood Sandpiper 林鷸

lchunfai

5/9
Spotted Redshank x1
Swinhoe's/Pintail Snipe 6+
Palla's Grasshopper Warbler x2

akhan

01.09.2012
Stone Chat

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5/09/2012 20:45

ddavid

Also at Long Valley today (Sep 5) - a Little Grebe with two very young juveniles.

David

louislee

Pied Kingfishers are active
Grey Wagtail are seen.

A Mongoose was spotted climbing up from Sheung Yue River

ddavid

Long Valley - Sep 8th

Cinnamon Bittern X1
Spotted Redshank X1
Gter Painted-snipe X3
Pintail/Swinhoe's Snipe X6
Wood Sandpiper X40
Asian Brown Flycatcher X1
Eastern Yellow Wagtail X8

David

akhan

On 08.09.2012
Plain Prinia

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9/09/2012 20:26

Scaly Breasted Munia

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9/09/2012 20:26

House Swift

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9/09/2012 20:26

ddavid

Long Valley - Sep 14

Black-naped Oriole 1
Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler 1

David

Beetle

Sep 15:

Cinnamon Bittern x1 flushed from rice paddy
Spotted Redshank x1
Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler maybe more than 3
Brown Shrike

[ Last edited by Beetle at 16/09/2012 10:22 ]

HKBWS Vicky

21 Sep
1 Common Teal female
1 Marsh Sandpiper
1 Cinnamon Bittern & 4 Red-rumped Swallow (both seen by Pan Lau)

ddavid

September 26 - a.m.

Garganey x5
Ruddy-breasted Crake x1
Marsh Sandpiper x1
Little Curlew x1
Red Turtle Dove x1
Common Blackbird x1
White-shouldered Starling x10
White-cheeked Starling x2
Daurian Starling x1

David

brendank

Dave, did the Little Curlew fly away or might it still be there?

ddavid

Brendan

It flew over the middle of the fields - right over our heads in fact - but unfortunately it then rose higher and I believe headed off to the south.

Dave

brendank

As I figured. Seems like they never stay anywhere for long.

brendank

27 September 2012 AM

1 Cinnamon Bittern
1 Oriental Pratincole
1 Pied Kingfisher
1 Plaintive Cuckoo
9 Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler
2 Red-throated Pipt

ddavid

Monday October 1st a.m.

Unfortunately no sign of the Red-backed Shrike. However, I saw the following:

Pheasant-tailed Jacana x1
Eurasian Woodcock x1
Common Greenshank x1
Black-naped Oriole x2
Daurian Starling x3
White-cheeked Starling x15
White-shouldered Starling x6
Asian Brown Flycatcher x1
Oriental Reed Warbler x8
Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler x3
Richard's Pipit x8
Pechora Pipit x1
Yellow-breasted Bunting x2

David

kmike

If anyone finds a pair of Tommy Hilfiger sunglasses in Long Valley please could you send me a PM.

I dropped a pair there on Monday morning.

Many thanks,

Mike K

lchunfai

More were seen today:

Little bunting
Yellow-browed bunting
Black-browed reed warbler
Chestnut Bittern
Japanese Quail
Kentish Plover

brendank

Also

2 Pechora Pipit
1 Yellow Bittern
at least 6 Black-browed Reed Warbler

brendank

9 October - am

1 Yellow Bittern
1 Crested Serpent-eagle
2 Black-browed Reed Warbler
5 Yellow-breasted Buntings

Beetle

13 Oct 2012 AM

quite productive this morning with:

Amur Falcon x2 (confirmation appreciated, see below)
Eurasian Skylark x1 (no apparent feather damage but right leg appears abnormal when walking and foraging on ground)
Eurasian Woodcock x1
Japanese Quail x2
Yellow-breasted Bunting x6+
Black-browed Reed Warbler
Asian Brown Flycatcher





Also flocks of garganeys, pintails and maybe other ducks

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fatchun

Quote:

Original posted by Beetle at 13/10/2012 12:31
13 Oct 2012 AM

quite productive this morning with:

Eurasian Hobby x2
Eurasian Skylark x1 (no apparent feather damage but right leg seems hurt)
Woodcock x1
Japanese Quail x2
Yellow-breasted Bunting x ...

And one chestnut bunting in 0630am.

puppymic

嘩，乜你地見到咁多雀，早知跟住你地行

Ronaldo

14th October
1x Woodcock
3+ (likely at least 4) Japanese Quails
1x Black-naped Oriole
1x Cinnamon Bittern (spotted by James only)
2x Yellow-browed Buntings (and a few Yellow-breasted)
1x Eurasian Skylark
1x Kestrel
1x Amur Falcon
1x rubythroat (male)
Also at least two Oriental Reed Warblers and a young Greater Painted Snipe.
Ducks seen were Wigeons (females only) and Pintails.

[ Last edited by Ronaldo at 14/10/2012 21:45 ]

fatchun

15-10-2012 Afternoon

Baillon's crake x1
Eurasian Skylark x2
Japanese Quails x2
Yellow-breasted bunting

ddavid

Long Valley - October 18 - late afternoon

Japanese Quail x1
Eurasian Teal x1
Common Greenshank x2
Grey-headed Lapwing x1
Red Turtle Dove x2
Eurasian Skylark x7 together
Yellow-breasted Bunting x3+
Chestnut-eared Bunting x2+
Black-headed Bunting x1 (possible only)

David

brendank

21 October - am

1 Yellow-legged Buttonquail
1 Slaty-breasted Rail
4 Painted Snipe
1 Ocularis White Wagtail
2 Yellow-breasted Bunting
2 Eurasian Skylark
2 Black-browed Reed Warbler

ddavid

Tuesday 23 October - late afternoon

Japanese Quail x3
Marsh Sandpiper x1
Common Greenshank x1
Eurasian Skylark x2
Buff-bellied Pipit x3
Chestnut-eared Bunting x1

David

shey

1 Nov 12 morning
Japanese Quail 1
Chestnut-eared Bunting 4
Yellow-breasted Bunting 3
Grey-headed Lapwing 1
Rosy Pipit 1

kennix_lam

灰林䳭 Grey Bushchat
28Oct12


北紅尾鴝 Daurian Redstart
21Oct12

brendank

2 November 2012 - pm

1 Mandarin Duck (female very shy, seems quite wild)
1 Japanese Quail
2 Eurasian Woodcock
1 Rosy Pipit
1 Black-headed Bunting
9 Yellow-breasted Bunting
3 Chestnut-eared Bunting
1 Eurasian Skylark
1 Lanceolated Warbler
2 Russet Sparrow

A rather productive afternoon but I missed the Common Starlings which is what I most wanted to see.

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kmike

Saturday 3 Nov - 4:15 - 6:20

Anas sp. 3
Mandarin - 1 f

Common Buzzard - 1

Water Rail - 1
Japanese Quail - 4 (possibly 5)
Greater Painted-snipe - 30 (after dusk)

Pallas' Grasshopper Warbler - 1

Yellow-breasted Bunting - 5
Chestnut-eared Bunting - 2
Rustic Bunting - well photographed by others

Cheers
Mike K

Beetle

addition to mike's report :-

Lanceolated Warbler
Slaty-breasted Rail

ivantse

Addition to Beetle

Oriental Honey Buzzard X3 (flew over to south)

kennix_lam

04Nov12
鴛鴦(雌性) Mandarin Duck(female)

kennix_lam

04Nov12
小鸊鷉 Little Grebe

  

brendank

6 Nov 2012

The male House Sparrow, wild or not, was still there today.

Also the Grey Bushchat, Rosy Pipit, Mandarin Duck and Rustic Bunting were also still there.

kmike

No sign of the Red-backed Shrike this morning between 0645 and 0730, but the following provided nice compensation:

Common Kestrel - 1
Amur Falcon - 1

Citrine Wagtail - 1

Rustic Bunting - 1
Chestnut-eared Bunting - 3
Yellow-breasted Bunting - 5

Cheers
Mike K