WWF Mai Po

米埔雀鳥記錄 Bird Records from Mai Po Nature Reserve : 03 – 09 March 2007

The following list is taken from data on the WWF Visitor Centre chalk board, birders note book, HKBWS BBS and Bird Line (English and Chinese).
以下記錄摘自訪客中心記錄板、米埔雀鳥記錄冊、香港觀鳥會新聞組及觀鳥熱線。

03-Mar
030 Great Bittern 大麻鳽 x 1
081 Greater Spotted Eagle 烏鵰 x 1
337 Paddyfield Warbler 稻田葦鶯 x 2 (#8)

05-Mar
418 Yellow-billed Grosbeak 黑尾蠟嘴雀 x 1 (#15b) [male]

06-Mar
081 Greater Spotted Eagle 烏鵰 x 2 (Southern Mai Po)
082 Imperial Eagle 白肩鵰 x 1 (Southern Mai Po)
303 Common Blackbird 烏鶇 x 1 (#7)  
418 Yellow-billed Grosbeak 黑尾蠟嘴雀 x 1 (#15b) [male]

08-Mar
045 Gadwall 赤膀鴨 x 11 (#20c)
050 Spot-billed Duck (haringtoni) 斑嘴鴨 x 7 (#8)
081 Greater Spotted Eagle 烏鵰 x 3 (#20)
253 Asian House Martin 煙腹毛腳燕 x 50 (MP and LMChau)
283 Siberian Rubythroat 紅喉歌鴝(紅點頦) x 3 (#8)
302 Japanese Thrush 烏灰鶇 x 1 (MP Car Park) [male]
387 Chinese Penduline Tit 攀雀 x 1 (#8)
418 Yellow-billed Grosbeak 黑尾蠟嘴雀 x 1 (#15b) [male]

09-Mar
207 Plaintive Cuckoo 八聲杜鵑 x 1 (#15b)
369 Asian Brown Flycatcher 北灰鶲 x 1 (#7)
418 Yellow-billed Grosbeak 黑尾蠟嘴雀 x 1 (#15b) [male]

Not many records this week!

For information, gei wai #7 will continue to be drained over the weekend and the water level should be low enough to attract good numbers of Black-faced Spoonbill, Herons and Egrets.

Also please note all of the 2006 WWF Morning Bird Count data sheets for Mai Po Nature Reserve can now be accessed through the WWF website Click Here.

Bena Smith
WWF Reserve Officer

WWF Mai Po

米埔雀鳥記錄 Bird Records from Mai Po Nature Reserve : 09 – 16 March 2007

The following list is taken from data on the WWF Visitor Centre chalk board, birders note book, HKBWS BBS and Bird Line (English and Chinese).
以下記錄摘自訪客中心記錄板、米埔雀鳥記錄冊、香港觀鳥會新聞組及觀鳥熱線。

09-Mar
207 Plaintive Cuckoo 八聲杜鵑 x 1 (#15b)
369 Asian Brown Flycatcher 北灰鶲 x 1 (#7)
418 Yellow-billed Grosbeak 黑尾蠟嘴雀 x 1 (#15b) [male]

10-Mar
035 Eurasian Spoonbill 白琵鷺 x 6  
167 Slaty-backed Gull 灰背鷗 x 2 (boardwalk)

11-Mar
037 Lesser Whistling Duck 栗樹鴨 x 1 (#15b)
087 Peregrine Falcon 遊隼 x 1
157 Curlew Sandpiper 彎嘴濱鷸 (boardwalk) [1st Report of the Year]
163 Black-tailed Gull 黑尾鷗 x 1 (boardwalk)
252 Red-rumped Swallow 金腰燕 x 3
253 Asian House Martin 煙腹毛腳燕 x 3
369 Asian Brown Flycatcher 北灰鶲
387 Chinese Penduline Tit 攀雀
445 Daurian Jackdaw 達烏里寒鴉 x 1
--- Lesser White-fronted Goose 小白額雁 x 2 (#8)
(Mini Bird Race recorded 114 species between 08:00 - 12:00)

12-Mar
036 Black-faced Spoonbill 黑臉琵鷺 x 156 (Mai Po)
044 Falcated Duck 羅紋鴨 x 4 (boardwalk)
126 Far Eastern Curlew 紅腰杓鷸 x 1 (boardwalk)
131 Nordmann's Greenshank 小青腳鷸 x 1 (boardwalk)
138 Ruddy Turnstone 翻石鷸 x 1 (boardwalk)
139 Red-necked Phalarope 紅頸瓣蹼鷸 x 1 (boardwalk)
157 Curlew Sandpiper 彎嘴濱鷸 x 10 (boardwalk)
163 Black-tailed Gull 黑尾鷗 x 1 (boardwalk)
167 Slaty-backed Gull 灰背鷗 x 3 (boardwalk)
369 Asian Brown Flycatcher 北灰鶲 x 1 (#18)
445 Daurian Jackdaw 達烏里寒鴉 x 1 (#12/13)

13-Mar
109 Oriental Pratincole 普通燕(行鳥) x 2 (access road)
139 Red-necked Phalarope 紅頸瓣蹼鷸 x 1 (access road)
181 Caspian Tern 紅嘴巨鷗 x 2 (boardwalk)
305 Grey-backed Thrush 灰背鶇 x 1 (#19)
377 Red-throated Flycatcher 紅喉姬鶲 x 1 (#7)
387 Chinese Penduline Tit 攀雀 x 5 (#8)
445 Daurian Jackdaw 達烏里寒鴉 x 1 (#12)
446 Carrion Crow 小嘴烏鴉 x 1 (#23)
434 White-shouldered Starling 灰背椋鳥 x 3
WWF Morning Bird Count Summary Report (4771 birds counted) Click here.

14-Mar
238 Eurasian Wryneck 蟻鴷 x 1 (#8)
--- Lesser White-fronted Goose 小白額雁 x 2

16-Mar
081 Greater Spotted Eagle 烏鵰 x 1 (#20)
082 Imperial Eagle 白肩鵰 x 1 (#20)
126 Far Eastern Curlew 紅腰杓鷸 x 1 (316/17)

Please note that previous Mai Po bird record postings dating back to October 2005 can now be accessed through the WWF website Click here.

Please continue to post you Mai Po bird records on the HKBWS BBS. It seems recently very few people are doing so.

Bena Smith
WWF Reserve Officer

WWF Mai Po

米埔雀鳥記錄 Bird Records from Mai Po Nature Reserve : 17 Mar – 22 Mar 2007

(Posted a day early ahead of tomorrow's Big Bird Race)

The following list is taken from data on the WWF Visitor Centre chalk board, birders note book, HKBWS BBS and Bird Line (English and Chinese).
以下記錄摘自訪客中心記錄板、米埔雀鳥記錄冊、香港觀鳥會新聞組及觀鳥熱線。

17-Mar      
082 Imperial Eagle 白肩鵰 x 1
109 Oriental Pratincole 普通燕(行鳥) x 2 (access road)
147 Red Knot 紅腹濱鷸 x 5 (BW)
148 Great Knot 大濱鷸 x 15 (BW)
150 Red-necked Stint 紅胸濱鷸 x 3 (BW)

18-Mar      
082 Imperial Eagle 白肩鵰 x 2
108 Pied Avocet 反嘴鷸 x 6500 (BW) [High count]
109 Oriental Pratincole 普通燕(行鳥) x 2 (access road)
163 Black-tailed Gull 黑尾鷗 x 1 (BW)
193 Red Turtle Dove 火斑鳩 x 1 (PSFSC)
252 Red-rumped Swallow 金腰燕 x 13 (access road)
308 Dusky Thrush 斑鶇 x 1 (#16/17)
--- Lesser White-fronted Goose 小白額雁 x 2 (#22)

19-Mar      
003 Great Crested Grebe 鳳頭(辟鳥)(虒鳥) x 17 (BW)
044 Falcated Duck 羅紋鴨 x 12 (BW) [Highest count of this winter]
081 Greater Spotted Eagle 烏鵰 x 1 (#16/17)
111 Grey-headed Lapwing 灰頭麥雞 x 1 (#23) [1st report of the spring in Mai Po]
--- Lesser White-fronted Goose 小白額雁 x 2 (#21)

20-Mar      
081 Greater Spotted Eagle 烏鵰 x 1 (#7)
082 Imperial Eagle 白肩鵰 x 1 (#3)
109 Oriental Pratincole 普通燕(行鳥) x 2 (access road)
193 Red Turtle Dove 火斑鳩 x 1 (#15a)
253 Asian House Martin 煙腹毛腳燕 x 2 (access road)
--- Lesser White-fronted Goose 小白額雁 x 2 (#8)

21-Mar       
036 Black-faced Spoonbill 黑臉琵鷺 x 170 (#6)
081 Greater Spotted Eagle 烏鵰 x 1 [immature] (#14)
160 Ruff 流蘇鷸 x 2 (#16/17) [1st report of the spring]

22-Mar       
081 Greater Spotted Eagle 烏鵰 x 1
082 Imperial Eagle 白肩鵰 x 1
160 Ruff 流蘇鷸 x 1 (#16/17)
369 Asian Brown Flycatcher 北灰鶲 x 1 (PSFSC)
--- Lesser White-fronted Goose 小白額雁 x 2 (#8)

23-Mar      
081 Greater Spotted Eagle 烏鵰 x 1
082 Imperial Eagle 白肩鵰 x 1
106 Greater Painted Snipe 彩鷸 x 1 (#6)
111 Grey-headed Lapwing 灰頭麥雞 x 1 (#23)
145 Long-billed Dowitcher 長嘴半蹼鷸 x 1 (#16/17)
156 Dunlin 黑腹濱鷸 x 1 (#16/17) [1st report of the spring]
160 Ruff 流蘇鷸 x 1 (#16/17)
305 Grey-backed Thrush 灰背鶇 x 1 (#8)
--- Lesser White-fronted Goose 小白額雁 x 2 (#8)


Katherine Leung
Assistant Reserve Officer
WWF Mai Po

WWF Mai Po

米埔雀鳥記錄 Bird Records from Mai Po Nature Reserve : 24 Mar – 30 Mar 2007

The following list is taken from data on the WWF Visitor Centre chalk board, birders note book, HKBWS BBS and Bird Line (English and Chinese).
以下記錄摘自訪客中心記錄板、米埔雀鳥記錄冊、香港觀鳥會新聞組及觀鳥熱線。

24-Mar      
109 Oriental Pratincole 普通燕(行鳥) x 2 (access road)
145 Long-billed Dowitcher 長嘴半蹼鷸 x 2 (#16/17)
160 Ruff 流蘇鷸 x 1 (#16/17)
--- Lesser White-fronted Goose 小白額雁 x 2 (#16/17)

25-Mar      
131 Nordmann's Greenshank 小青腳鷸 x 3 (#16/17)
149 Sanderling 三趾濱鷸 x 1 (#16/17) [1st report of the spring]
159 Broad-billed Sandpiper 闊嘴鷸 x 1 (#16/17) [1st report of the spring]
170 Pallas’s Gull 魚鷗 x 1 (boardwalk) [3rd winter] [Very good record]

26-Mar       
109 Oriental Pratincole 普通燕(行鳥) x 2 (#16/17)
119 Greater Sand Plover 鐵嘴沙(行鳥) x 1 (boardwalk) [1st report of the spring]
139 Red-necked Phalarope 紅頸瓣蹼鷸 x 6 (#16/17)
146 Asian Dowitcher 半蹼鷸 x 1 (boardwalk) [1st report of the spring]
160 Ruff 流蘇鷸 x 1 (boardwalk)
176 Saunders’s Gull 黑嘴鷗 x 4 (#16/17) [Unusual record on #16/17]
181 Caspian Tern 紅嘴巨鷗 x 15 (boardwalk)

27-Mar      
074 Eastern Marsh Harrier 白腹鷂 (澤鷂) x 2 (#20)
081 Greater Spotted Eagle 烏鵰 x 1 (#16/17)
082 Imperial Eagle 白肩鵰 x 1 (#10)
109 Oriental Pratincole 普通燕(行鳥) x 5 (#16/17)
180 Gull-billed Tern 鷗嘴噪鷗 x 12 (boardwalk)
181 Caspian Tern 紅嘴巨鷗 x 16 (boardwalk)
378 Blue-and-white Flycatcher 白腹鶲 x 1 [male] (Education Center) [1st report of the spring at Mai Po]
445 Daurian Jackdaw 達烏里寒鴉 x 1 (#12)
--- Lesser White-fronted Goose 小白額雁 x 2 (#8)
WWF Morning Bird Count Summary Report (1911 birds counted) Click here

28-Mar      
044 Falcated Duck 羅紋鴨 x 2 (boardwalk)
377 Red-throated Flycatcher 紅喉姬鶲 x 1 (#19)

29-Mar       
035 Eurasian Spoonbill 白琵鷺 x 3
069 White-bellied Sea Eagle 白腹海鵰 x 1 (#23)
238 Eurasian Wryneck 蟻鴷 x 1 (FCA mangroves)
377 Red-throated Flycatcher 紅喉姬鶲 x 1 (#19)
380 Hainan Blue Flycatcher 海南藍鶲 x 1 [male] (#18) [1st report of the spring at Mai Po]

30-Mar       
109 Oriental Pratincole 普通燕(行鳥) x 14 (access road)
377 Red-throated Flycatcher 紅喉姬鶲 x 1 (#17b)


Katherine Leung
Assistant Reserve Officer
WWF Mai Po

kmike

This morning at about 0900 a female Oriental Plover was on the first drained pond along the Mai Po access rd. Unfortuately It was flushed by a Black Kite around 0920 and flew north towards San Tin.

Also at Mai Po a massive 28 Nordmann's Greenshank, a Long-billed Dowitcher, 18 Grey-faced Buzzards and both male and female Blue-and-white Flycatchers.

also lots of other waders for a very nice day.


Members of the group I was leading also reported Red-necked Phalaropes and an Arctic Warbler along the Shing Mun River near the Regal Riverside Hotel.

Cheers
Mike K

WWF Mai Po

米埔雀鳥記錄 Bird Records from Mai Po Nature Reserve : 31 Mar – 06 Apr 2007

The following list is taken from data on the WWF Visitor Centre chalk board, birders note book, HKBWS BBS and Bird Line (English and Chinese).
以下記錄摘自訪客中心記錄板、米埔雀鳥記錄冊、香港觀鳥會新聞組及觀鳥熱線。

31-Mar       
083 Bonelli’s Eagle 白腹山鵰 x 1
369 Asian Brown Flycatcher 北灰鶲 x 3
373 Narcissus Flycatcher 黃眉姬鶲 x 1 (#8), x 1 (PSFSC) [1st report of the spring at Mai Po]

1-Apr      
074 Eastern Marsh Harrier 白腹鷂 (澤鷂) x 1 [male]
238 Eurasian Wryneck 蟻鴷 x 1
385 Asian Paradise Flycatcher 壽帶鳥 x 1

2-Apr       
109 Oriental Pratincole 普通燕(行鳥) x 22 (Access road)
249 Plain Martin 棕沙燕(褐喉沙燕) x 8

3-Apr       
074 Eastern Marsh Harrier 白腹鷂 (澤鷂) x 3 (MPNR)
085 Common Kestrel 紅隼 x 1 (#16/17)
131 Nordmann's Greenshank 小青腳鷸 x 2 (boardwalk)
249 Plain Martin 棕沙燕(褐喉沙燕) x 16 (access road)
252 Red-rumped Swallow 金腰燕 x 12 (access road)
369 Asian Brown Flycatcher 北灰鶲 x 1 (PSFSC)
445 Daurian Jackdaw 達烏里寒鴉 x 1 (#22)
WWF Morning Bird Count Summary Report (808 birds counted) Click here

4-Apr      
111 Grey-headed Lapwing 灰頭麥雞 x 1
122 Bar-tailed Godwit 斑尾塍鷸 x 94 (boardwalk) [new high count for this spring]
131 Nordmann's Greenshank 小青腳鷸 x 5
146 Asian Dowitcher 半蹼鷸 x 1
373 Narcissus Flycatcher 黃眉姬鶲 x 1 (#18)

5-Apr       
109 Oriental Pratincole 普通燕(行鳥) x 11 (access road)
126 Far Eastern Curlew 紅腰杓鷸 x 1 (boardwalk)
131 Nordmann's Greenshank 小青腳鷸 x 15 (#16/17)
155 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper 尖尾濱鷸 x 2 (#16/17) [1st report of the spring]
252 Red-rumped Swallow 金腰燕 x 12
253 Asian House Martin 煙腹毛腳燕 x 2 (access road)
427 Red-billed Starling 絲光椋鳥 x 80
434 White-shouldered Starling 灰背椋鳥 x 40
445 Daurian Jackdaw 達烏里寒鴉 x 1
446 Carrion Crow 小嘴烏鴉 x 1
--- Pale Martin 棕沙燕 x 35 (access road)

6-Apr      
109 Oriental Pratincole 普通燕(行鳥) (access road)
117 Kentish Plover 環頸(行鳥) x 1 [rufous morph] (#16/17)
126 Far Eastern Curlew 紅腰杓鷸 x 1
131 Nordmann's Greenshank 小青腳鷸 x 15 (#16/17)
178 Whiskered Tern 鬚浮鷗 (access road)
250 Sand Martin 灰沙燕 (access road)


Katherine Leung
Assistant Reserve Officer
WWF Mai Po

kmike

Yesterday the following birds were seen at Mai Po or along the access rd.

Swinhoe's Egret - 1 B/Walk

Long-toed Stint - 2 Access Rd - first of the spring
Sanderling - 1 on the Boardwalk/Scrape- first of the spring
Spoon-billed Sandpiper - 1 on Scrape (not by me) - first of the spring

Asiatic Dowitcher - 3 on Pond 11

Nordmann's Greenshank - 40 (counted by Richard Lewthwaite) - Scrape

Little Tern - 2 - Boardwalk

Narcissus Flycatcher - 3 (inc 2 female and 1 male)

Chinese Starling - 20 Access Rd

Chestnut-eared Bunting - 1 - Access Rd nr Mai Po pumping station

Cheers
Mike K

WWF Mai Po

米埔雀鳥記錄 Bird Records from Mai Po Nature Reserve : 07 Apr – 13 Apr 2007

The following list is taken from data on the WWF Visitor Centre chalk board, birders note book, HKBWS BBS and Bird Line (English and Chinese).
以下記錄摘自訪客中心記錄板、米埔雀鳥記錄冊、香港觀鳥會新聞組及觀鳥熱線。

7-Apr      
072 Grey-faced Buzzard 灰臉鵟 x 18
120 Oriental Plover 東方(行鳥) x 1 [female] (access road)
131 Nordmann's Greenshank 小青腳鷸 x 28 (#16/17)
145 Long-billed Dowitcher 長嘴半蹼鷸 x 1
378 Blue-and-white Flycatcher 白腹鶲 x 2 [male & female]
409 Japanese Yellow Bunting 硫黃(巫鳥) x 2

8-Apr      
030 Great Bittern 大麻鳽 x 1
086 Eurasian Hobby 燕隼 x 1
142 Pintail Snipe 針尾沙錐 x 1 (#8)
201 Chestnut-winged Cuckoo 紅翅鳳頭鵑 x 2
373 Narcissus Flycatcher 黃眉姬鶲 x 1
401 Chestnut-eared Bunting 栗耳(巫鳥)(赤胸(巫鳥)) x 2

9-Apr      
019 Swinhoe’s Egret 黃嘴白鷺 x 2
122 Bar-tailed Godwit 斑尾塍鷸 x 144 [Highest count of this spring so far]
131 Nordmann's Greenshank 小青腳鷸 x 46 [Highest count of this spring so far]
178 Whiskered Tern 鬚浮鷗 x 3
179 White-winged Tern 白翅浮鷗 x 3
180 Gull-billed Tern 鷗嘴噪鷗 x 246
201 Chestnut-winged Cuckoo 紅翅鳳頭鵑 x 1
373 Narcissus Flycatcher 黃眉姬鶲 x 1

10-Apr      
019 Swinhoe’s Egret 黃嘴白鷺 x 1 (boardwalk)
037 Lesser Whistling Duck 栗樹鴨 x 1 (#15) [still present]
131 Nordmann's Greenshank 小青腳鷸 x 40 (#16/17)
146 Asian Dowitcher 半蹼鷸 x 3 (#11)
149 Sanderling 三趾濱鷸 x 1 (#16/17)
153 Long-toed Stint 長趾濱鷸 x 2 (access road) [1st report of the spring]
158 Spoon-billed Sandpiper 勺嘴鷸 x 1 (#16/17) [1st report of the spring]
188 Little Tern 白額燕鷗 x 2 (boardwalk) [1st report of the spring]
373 Narcissus Flycatcher 黃眉姬鶲 x 3 [male x2, female x1]
401 Chestnut-eared Bunting 栗耳(巫鳥)(赤胸(巫鳥)) x 1 (access road)
434 White-shouldered Starling 灰背椋鳥 x 20 (access road)

11-Apr      
019 Swinhoe’s Egret 黃嘴白鷺 x 1 (boardwalk)
037 Lesser Whistling Duck 栗樹鴨 x 1 (#15)
083 Bonelli’s Eagle 白腹山鵰 x 2 (#13) [adult]
109 Oriental Pratincole 普通燕(行鳥) x 1 (#8), x 1 (#23)
111 Grey-headed Lapwing 灰頭麥雞 x 1 (#23)
145 Long-billed Dowitcher 長嘴半蹼鷸 x 1 (#16/17)
146 Asian Dowitcher 半蹼鷸 x 8 (#16/17) [Highest count of this spring so far]
149 Sanderling 三趾濱鷸 x 4 (#16/17) [Highest count of this spring so far]
158 Spoon-billed Sandpiper 勺嘴鷸 x 1 (#16/17)
160 Ruff 流蘇鷸 x 2 (#16/17)
171 Brown-headed Gull 棕頭鷗 x 1 (#16/17) [adult]
238 Eurasian Wryneck 蟻鴷 x 1 (#6)
369 Asian Brown Flycatcher 北灰鶲 x 1 (PSFSC)
373 Narcissus Flycatcher 黃眉姬鶲 x 1 [male] (PSFC)
409 Japanese Yellow Bunting 硫黃(巫鳥) x 3 (#15c), x1 (access road)
418 Yellow-billed Grosbeak 黑尾蠟嘴雀 x 3 [male x1, female x2] (#24)

12-Apr      
035 Eurasian Spoonbill 白琵鷺 x 1 (#16/17)
109 Oriental Pratincole 普通燕(行鳥) x 22 (Access road)
155 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper 尖尾濱鷸 x 1 (boardwalk)
204 Indian Cuckoo 四聲杜鵑 x 1 (access road)
407 Chestnut Bunting 栗(巫鳥) x 1 (access road)

13-Apr      
037 Lesser Whistling Duck 栗樹鴨 x 1 (#15)
109 Oriental Pratincole 普通燕(行鳥) x 12 (access road)
131 Nordmann's Greenshank 小青腳鷸 x40
146 Asian Dowitcher 半蹼鷸 x 7
150 Red-necked Stint 紅胸濱鷸 x1000+
153 Long-toed Stint 長趾濱鷸 x 6 (access road)
158 Spoon-billed Sandpiper 勺嘴鷸 x 6 (BW) [breeding plumage x1, non-breeding x5]
302 Japanese Thrush 烏灰鶇 x 1 (PSFSC)
373 Narcissus Flycatcher 黃眉姬鶲 x 1 (#18)



Katherine Leung
Assistant Reserve Officer
WWF Mai Po

kmike

This afternoon a Drongo Cuckoo was found by John Alcock near the AFCD Post at Mai Po. It was seen between 1:00pm and 1:30pm.

Other birds on the reserve today included approx 3000 Curlew Sandpipers, 3 Asiatic Dowitchers, 4 Sanderling, a Ruff and at least 5 Nrdmann's Greenshank, although only part of the Scrape was covered.

Cheers
Mike K

kmike

No sign of the Drongo Cuckoo today, but a few birds added to the wonderful array of waders:

Eurasian Spoonbill - 2
Black-faced Spoonbill - 22

Ruddy Shelduck - 1 - Tower hide
Lesser Tree Duck - 1 - Pond 15
Falcated Duck - 2 - Pond 15

Oriental Reed Warbler - 2- one with metal ring on right leg (my first this year!)

Japanese Paradise Flycatcher - 1 male - Tower hide
Asian Brown Flycatcher - 2


Cheers
Mike K

WWF Mai Po

米埔雀鳥記錄 Bird Records from Mai Po Nature Reserve : 14 Apr – 20 Apr 2007

The following list is taken from data on the WWF Visitor Centre chalk board, birders note book, HKBWS BBS and Bird Line (English and Chinese).
以下記錄摘自訪客中心記錄板、米埔雀鳥記錄冊、香港觀鳥會新聞組及觀鳥熱線。

14-Apr      
039 Ruddy Shelduck 赤麻鴨 x 1 (#8) [1st report this year]
072 Grey-faced Buzzard 灰臉鵟 x 1 (#8)
076 Chinese Goshawk 赤腹鷹 x 1 (#18)
087 Peregrine Falcon 遊隼 x 1 (#10)
285 Bluethroat 藍喉歌鴝(藍點頦) x 1 (#10)
302 Japanese Thrush 烏灰鶇 x 1 (PSFSC)
370 Ferruginous Flycatcher 紅褐鶲 x 1 (#9) [1st report of spring at Mai Po]
384 Black-naped Monarch 黑枕王鶲 x 1 (#18)

15-Apr      
407 Chestnut Bunting 栗(巫鳥) x 2 (AFCD path)
414 Brambling 燕雀 x 1 (AFCD path) [Good record]

16-Apr      
015 Purple Heron 草鷺 x 2 [one carrying resting material] (#23)
037 Lesser Whistling Duck 栗樹鴨 x 1 (#15b)
131 Nordmann's Greenshank 小青腳鷸 x 5 (#16/17)
137 Grey-tailed Tattler 灰尾鷸 x 1 (BW) [1st report of the spring]
145 Long-billed Dowitcher 長嘴半蹼鷸 x 1 (BW)
146 Asian Dowitcher 半蹼鷸 x 3 (#16/17)
149 Sanderling 三趾濱鷸 x 4 (#16/17)
153 Long-toed Stint 長趾濱鷸 x 7 (access road)
160 Ruff 流蘇鷸 x 1 (#16/17)
176 Saunders’s Gull 黑嘴鷗 x 1 (BW)
208 Drongo Cuckoo 烏鵑 x 1 (#9) [1st record for Mai Po]
234 Blue-tailed Bee-eater 栗喉蜂虎 x 6 (fly pass at dusk)
369 Asian Brown Flycatcher 北灰鶲 x 3
377 Red-throated Flycatcher 紅喉姬鶲 x 1 [male in breeding plumage] (#24)
414 Brambling 燕雀 x 1 (AFCD path)

17-Apr      
035 Eurasian Spoonbill 白琵鷺 x 2 (#16/17)
036 Black-faced Spoonbill 黑臉琵鷺 x 26 (#16/17)
037 Lesser Whistling Duck 栗樹鴨 x 1 (#15b)
039 Ruddy Shelduck 赤麻鴨 x 1 (#8)
044 Falcated Duck 羅紋鴨 x 2 [pair] (#15a)
073 Pied Harrier 鵲鷂 x 1
109 Oriental Pratincole 普通燕(行鳥) x 10
146 Asian Dowitcher 半蹼鷸 x 6 (#16/17)
151 Little Stint 小濱鷸 x 2 (#16/17) [1st report of spring at Mai Po]
153 Long-toed Stint 長趾濱鷸 x 16 (access road)
157 Curlew Sandpiper 彎嘴濱鷸 x 10980 [Recorded high count] (#16/17)
158 Spoon-billed Sandpiper 勺嘴鷸 x 4 (#16/17)
340 Oriental Reed Warbler 東方大葦鶯 x 2
369 Asian Brown Flycatcher 北灰鶲 x 2
386 Japanese Paradise Flycatcher 紫壽帶鳥 x 1 (#8) [1st report of spring at Mai Po]

18-Apr      
037 Lesser Whistling Duck 栗樹鴨 x 1 (#15)
039 Ruddy Shelduck 赤麻鴨 x 1
044 Falcated Duck 羅紋鴨 x 2 (#15)
146 Asian Dowitcher 半蹼鷸 x 8 (#16/17)
153 Long-toed Stint 長趾濱鷸 x 19 (access road) [Highest count so far of the spring]
156 Dunlin 黑腹濱鷸 x 1
158 Spoon-billed Sandpiper 勺嘴鷸 x 3 (#16/17)
160 Ruff 流蘇鷸 x 1 (#16/17)
171 Brown-headed Gull 棕頭鷗 x 1
234 Blue-tailed Bee-eater 栗喉蜂虎 x 9 (fly pass at 10:00)
249 Plain Martin 棕沙燕(褐喉沙燕) x 8 (access road)

19-Apr      
035 Eurasian Spoonbill 白琵鷺 x 1 (#16/17)
036 Black-faced Spoonbill 黑臉琵鷺 x 41 (#16/17)
044 Falcated Duck 羅紋鴨 x 2 (#15)
149 Sanderling 三趾濱鷸 x 1 (BW)
158 Spoon-billed Sandpiper 勺嘴鷸 x 1 (BW)
238 Eurasian Wryneck 蟻鴷 x 1 (#18)
407 Chestnut Bunting 栗(巫鳥) x 1 (#15c)

20-Apr      
019 Swinhoe’s Egret 黃嘴白鷺 x 1 (#16/17)
039 Ruddy Shelduck 赤麻鴨 x 1 (#8)
086 Eurasian Hobby 燕隼 x 1 (#16/17)
145 Long-billed Dowitcher 長嘴半蹼鷸 x 1 (#16/17)
146 Asian Dowitcher 半蹼鷸 x 4 (#16/17)
149 Sanderling 三趾濱鷸 x 1 (#16/17)
151 Little Stint 小濱鷸 x 1 (#16/17)
158 Spoon-billed Sandpiper 勺嘴鷸 x 2 (#16/17)
234 Blue-tailed Bee-eater 栗喉蜂虎 x 5 (#24e)
369 Asian Brown Flycatcher 北灰鶲 x 2 (#7)
402 Little Bunting 小(巫鳥) x 1 (#9)
407 Chestnut Bunting 栗(巫鳥) x 1 (#15c)
413 Common Reed Bunting 蘆(巫鳥) x 1 [male](#24e)

Katherine Leung
Assistant Reserve Officer
WWF Mai Po

WWF Mai Po

米埔雀鳥記錄 Bird Records from Mai Po Nature Reserve : 21 Apr – 27 Apr 2007

The following list is taken from data on the WWF Visitor Centre chalk board, birders note book, HKBWS BBS and Bird Line (English and Chinese).
以下記錄摘自訪客中心記錄板、米埔雀鳥記錄冊、香港觀鳥會新聞組及觀鳥熱線。

21-Apr      
019 Swinhoe’s Egret 黃嘴白鷺 x 1 (BW)
035 Eurasian Spoonbill 白琵鷺 x 2 (#16/17)
036 Black-faced Spoonbill 黑臉琵鷺 x 90 (#16/17)
039 Ruddy Shelduck 赤麻鴨 x 1 (#16/17)
044 Falcated Duck 羅紋鴨 x 2 (#15)
131 Nordmann's Greenshank 小青腳鷸 x 1 (BW)
145 Long-billed Dowitcher 長嘴半蹼鷸 x 1 (#16/17)
149 Sanderling 三趾濱鷸 x 1 (#16/17)
151 Little Stint 小濱鷸 x 2 (BW)
178 Whiskered Tern 鬚浮鷗 x 19 (#16/17)
228 Pied Kingfisher 斑魚狗 x 5 (#10)
234 Blue-tailed Bee-eater 栗喉蜂虎 x 4 (#8)
369 Asian Brown Flycatcher 北灰鶲 x 1 (#24)
--- Pale Martin 棕沙燕 x 1 (#10)

22-Apr      
035 Eurasian Spoonbill 白琵鷺 x 1 (#16/17)
036 Black-faced Spoonbill 黑臉琵鷺 x 33 (#16/17)
039 Ruddy Shelduck 赤麻鴨 x 1 (#16/17)
109 Oriental Pratincole 普通燕(行鳥) x 2 (access road)
131 Nordmann's Greenshank 小青腳鷸 x 1 (#16/17)
145 Long-billed Dowitcher 長嘴半蹼鷸 x 1 (#16/17)
171 Brown-headed Gull 棕頭鷗 x 1 (BW)
--- Pale Martin 棕沙燕 x 1 (access road)

23-Apr      
035 Eurasian Spoonbill 白琵鷺 x 2 (#16/17)
036 Black-faced Spoonbill 黑臉琵鷺 x 75 (#16/17)
037 Lesser Whistling Duck 栗樹鴨 x 1 (#15)
039 Ruddy Shelduck 赤麻鴨 x 1 (#16/17)
044 Falcated Duck 羅紋鴨 x 2 (#15)
073 Pied Harrier 鵲鷂 x 1 (#22)
146 Asian Dowitcher 半蹼鷸 x 12 (#16/17)
180 Gull-billed Tern 鷗嘴噪鷗 x 54 (#16/17)
181 Caspian Tern 紅嘴巨鷗 x 7 (#16/17)
234 Blue-tailed Bee-eater 栗喉蜂虎 x 13 (#10)
WWF Morning Bird Count Summary Report (1217 birds counted) Click here

24-Apr      
037 Lesser Whistling Duck 栗樹鴨 x 1 (#15)

25-Apr      
010 Great Cormorant 鸕(茲鳥) x 1 (#18)
036 Black-faced Spoonbill 黑臉琵鷺 x 60
037 Lesser Whistling Duck 栗樹鴨 x 1 (#15)
039 Ruddy Shelduck 赤麻鴨 x 1
109 Oriental Pratincole 普通燕(行鳥) x 1 (#16/17)
146 Asian Dowitcher 半蹼鷸 x 2
158 Spoon-billed Sandpiper 勺嘴鷸 x 1
234 Blue-tailed Bee-eater 栗喉蜂虎 x 5
369 Asian Brown Flycatcher 北灰鶲 x 1 (#7)
373 Narcissus Flycatcher 黃眉姬鶲 x 2

26-Apr      
010 Great Cormorant 鸕(茲鳥) x 1 (#24)
074 Eastern Marsh Harrier 白腹鷂 (澤鷂) x 1 (#23)
083 Bonelli’s Eagle 白腹山鵰 x 2 (#20) [eating a Cattle Egret]
109 Oriental Pratincole 普通燕(行鳥) x 1 (#8)
234 Blue-tailed Bee-eater 栗喉蜂虎 x 8 (#10/11)
367 Grey-streaked Flycatcher 斑胸鶲 x 1 (#7) [1st report of the spring at Mai Po]

27-Apr      
037 Lesser Whistling Duck 栗樹鴨 x 1 (#15)
234 Blue-tailed Bee-eater 栗喉蜂虎 x 7
367 Grey-streaked Flycatcher 斑胸鶲 x 1 (#7) x 2 (#15c)


Katherine Leung
Assistant Reserve Officer
WWF Mai Po

WWF Mai Po

米埔雀鳥記錄 Bird Records from Mai Po Nature Reserve : 28 Apr – 4 May 2007

The following list is taken from data on the WWF Visitor Centre chalk board, birders note book, HKBWS BBS and Bird Line (English and Chinese).
以下記錄摘自訪客中心記錄板、米埔雀鳥記錄冊、香港觀鳥會新聞組及觀鳥熱線。

29-Apr      
019 Swinhoe’s Egret 黃嘴白鷺 x 2 (BW)
146 Asian Dowitcher 半蹼鷸 x 30 (BW)
158 Spoon-billed Sandpiper 勺嘴鷸 x 1 (BW)
188 Little Tern 白額燕鷗 x 24 (BW) [Highest count so far]

30-Apr      
037 Lesser Whistling Duck 栗樹鴨 x 1 (#15)
039 Ruddy Shelduck 赤麻鴨 x 1 (#16/17)
106 Greater Painted Snipe 彩鷸 x 2 [male & female] (#16/17)

1-May      
019 Swinhoe’s Egret 黃嘴白鷺 x 1
146 Asian Dowitcher 半蹼鷸 x >120 [Highest count of the spring]
158 Spoon-billed Sandpiper 勺嘴鷸 x 1 (#16/17)
234 Blue-tailed Bee-eater 栗喉蜂虎 x 1
367 Grey-streaked Flycatcher 斑胸鶲 x 1 (PSFSC)

2-May      
369 Asian Brown Flycatcher 北灰鶲 x 1 (#15)

3-May      
010 Great Cormorant 鸕(茲鳥) x 2 (#24)
089 Japanese Quail 鵪鶉 x 1 (#8)
109 Oriental Pratincole 普通燕(行鳥) x 1 (#8)
406 Yellow-breasted Bunting 黃胸(巫鳥) x 1 [male] (#8)

Katherine Leung
Assistant Reserve Officer
WWF Mai Po

WWF Mai Po

米埔雀鳥記錄 Bird Records from Mai Po Nature Reserve : 5 – 11 May 2007

The following list is taken from data on the WWF Visitor Centre chalk board, birders note book, HKBWS BBS and Bird Line (English and Chinese).
以下記錄摘自訪客中心記錄板、米埔雀鳥記錄冊、香港觀鳥會新聞組及觀鳥熱線。

5-May      
151 Little Stint 小濱鷸 x 2
406 Yellow-breasted Bunting 黃胸(巫鳥) x 1
--- Pale Martin 棕沙燕 x 6

6-May      
036 Black-faced Spoonbill 黑臉琵鷺 x 32 (#6)
071 Crested Serpent Eagle 蛇鵰 x 1 (PSFSC)
155 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper 尖尾濱鷸 x 4 (#16/17)

7-May      
026 Yellow Bittern 黃葦鳽 x 1 (#10)
036 Black-faced Spoonbill 黑臉琵鷺 x 34 (#16/17)
131 Nordmann's Greenshank 小青腳鷸 x 2 (#16/17)
146 Asian Dowitcher 半蹼鷸 x 60 (#16/17)
153 Long-toed Stint 長趾濱鷸 x 1 (BW)
367 Grey-streaked Flycatcher 斑胸鶲 x 1 (#7)

8-May      
019 Swinhoe’s Egret 黃嘴白鷺 x 1 (#8)
036 Black-faced Spoonbill 黑臉琵鷺 x 39 (#16/17)
037 Lesser Whistling Duck 栗樹鴨 x 1 (#15)
131 Nordmann's Greenshank 小青腳鷸 x 2
139 Red-necked Phalarope 紅頸瓣蹼鷸 x 6
146 Asian Dowitcher 半蹼鷸 x 30
149 Sanderling 三趾濱鷸 x 2
407 Chestnut Bunting 栗(巫鳥) x 1 (#9)

9-May 　  　
036 Black-faced Spoonbill 黑臉琵鷺 x 38 (#16/17)
150 Red-necked Stint 紅胸濱鷸 x 2200 [Highest count of the spring]
234 Blue-tailed Bee-eater 栗喉蜂虎 x 15
434 White-shouldered Starling 灰椋鳥 x 2 (AFCD post)
WWF Morning Bird Count Summary Report (670 birds counted) Click here

10-May      
026 Yellow Bittern 黃葦鳽 x 1 (#23)
037 Lesser Whistling Duck 栗樹鴨 x 1 (#15)
043 Eurasian Wigeon 赤頸鴨 x 4 (#20)
047 Common Teal 綠翅鴨 x 2 (#8)
053 Northern Shoveler 琵嘴鴨 x 1 (#20)

11-May      
179 White-winged Tern 白翅浮鷗 x 12 (access road)
356 Arctic Warbler 極北柳鶯 x 1

Wader numbers were good throughout the week as daytime high tides brought many thousands into gei wai #16/17. Also Yellow Bittern are arriving and can be seen in gei wai #8 and Pond #24.

A Black-winged Stilt breeding survey in the week recorded 23 nesting pairs on the islands of pond #15a, and gei wai #16/17 and #23. Several already have chicks and these can be seen from Hide 1.

Unfortunately there have been no recent sightings of Spot-billed Duck, so it seems none will breed this year.

Katherine Leung
Assistant Reserve Officer
WWF Mai Po

WWF Mai Po

米埔雀鳥記錄 Bird Records from Mai Po Nature Reserve : 12 – 18 May 2007

The following list is taken from data on the WWF Visitor Centre chalk board, birders note book, HKBWS BBS and Bird Line (English and Chinese).
以下記錄摘自訪客中心記錄板、米埔雀鳥記錄冊、香港觀鳥會新聞組及觀鳥熱線。

12-May
019 Swinhoe’s Egret 黃嘴白鷺 x 2 (BW)
234 Blue-tailed Bee-eater 栗喉蜂虎 x 2 (#5)

13-May
234 Blue-tailed Bee-eater 栗喉蜂虎 x 18 (#11)

14-May
019 Swinhoe’s Egret 黃嘴白鷺 x 1 (BW)
111 Grey-headed Lapwing 灰頭麥雞 x 1 (#20b) [Very late record]
158 Spoon-billed Sandpiper 勺嘴鷸 x 1 (BW)

15-May
158 Spoon-billed Sandpiper 勺嘴鷸 x 1 (BW)

16-May
037 Lesser Whistling Duck 栗樹鴨 x 1 (#15b)
106 Greater Painted Snipe 彩鷸 x 2 (access road)
146 Asian Dowitcher 半蹼鷸 x 1 (access road)

17-May
036 Black-faced Spoonbill 黑臉琵鷺 x 34 (#16/17)
052 Garganey 白眉鴨 x 1 (#8)
057 Tufted Duck 鳳頭潛鴨 x 2 (#20e) [Very late record]
340 Oriental Reed Warbler 東方大葦鶯 x 1 (#8)

18-May
057 Tufted Duck 鳳頭潛鴨 x 2 (#20e)
343 Zitting Cisticola 棕扇尾鶯 x 1 (#20)

Bena Smith
WWF Reserve Officer

wgeoff

I think your Grey-headed Lapwing on 14th May is the bird I saw coming in off the sea on Po Toi at 4 pm on 13th May.



According to Avifauna, it's the second latest on record, the latest being on 17th May 1986 - Avifauna doesn't say where - was it Mai Po?

WWF Mai Po

米埔雀鳥記錄 Bird Records from Mai Po Nature Reserve : 19 – 25 May 2007

The following list is taken from data on the WWF Visitor Centre chalk board, birders note book, HKBWS BBS and Bird Line (English and Chinese).
以下記錄摘自訪客中心記錄板、米埔雀鳥記錄冊、香港觀鳥會新聞組及觀鳥熱線。

19-May      
149 Sanderling 三趾濱鷸 x 9 (#16/17)
151 Little Stint 小濱鷸 x 1 (#16/17)
156 Dunlin 黑腹濱鷸 x 1 (#16/17)
427 Red-billed Starling 絲光椋鳥 1 (access road)
435 Common Myna 家八哥 x 3 (access road)

21-May       
036 Black-faced Spoonbill 黑臉琵鷺 x 34 (#16/17)
037 Lesser Whistling Duck 栗樹鴨 x 1 (#15b)
109 Oriental Pratincole 普通燕(行鳥) x 2 (#16/17)
135 Terek Sandpiper 翹嘴鷸 x 100+ (#16/17)
137 Grey-tailed Tattler 灰尾鷸 x 1 (#16/17)
138 Ruddy Turnstone 翻石鷸 x 12 (#16/17)
146 Asian Dowitcher 半蹼鷸 x 1 (#16/17)
147 Red Knot 紅腹濱鷸 x 27 (#16/17)
150 Red-necked Stint 紅胸濱鷸 x 600+ (#16/17)
156 Dunlin 黑腹濱鷸 x 1 (#16/17)
159 Broad-billed Sandpiper 闊嘴鷸 x 33 (#16/17)
188 Little Tern 白額燕鷗 x 1 (#16/17)





22-May      
015 Purple Heron 草鷺 x 2 (Southern MP)
026 Yellow Bittern 黃葦鳽 x 8 (flying over at dusk)
047 Common Teal 綠翅鴨 x 2 [female] (#16/17)
057 Tufted Duck 鳳頭潛鴨 x 2 (#20f)
105 Pheasant-tailed Jacana 水雉 x 1 (#20d) [1st report of the spring]
109 Oriental Pratincole 普通燕(行鳥) x 5 (#16/17)
234 Blue-tailed Bee-eater 栗喉蜂虎 x 3 (#18) [Latest record of the spring]

23-May      
053 Northern Shoveler 琵嘴鴨 x 1 [female] (#8)
106 Greater Painted Snipe 彩鷸 x 2 [pair] (#16/17)
109 Oriental Pratincole 普通燕(行鳥) x 5 [flying at dusk] (#14)
158 Spoon-billed Sandpiper 勺嘴鷸 x 1 (BW)
176 Saunders’s Gull 黑嘴鷗 x 1 [with broken wing] (#16/17)
WWF Morning Bird Count Summary Report (592 birds counted) Click Here

24-May      
086 Eurasian Hobby 燕隼 x 1 (#24)
158 Spoon-billed Sandpiper 勺嘴鷸 x 1 (#16/17)

25-May      
106 Greater Painted Snipe 彩鷸 x 1 [female] (#16/17)

Katherine Leung
Assistant Reserve Officer
WWF Mai Po

WWF Mai Po

米埔雀鳥記錄 Bird Records from Mai Po Nature Reserve : 26 May – 1 Jun 2007

The following list is taken from data on the WWF Visitor Centre chalk board, birders note book, HKBWS BBS and Bird Line (English and Chinese).
以下記錄摘自訪客中心記錄板、米埔雀鳥記錄冊、香港觀鳥會新聞組及觀鳥熱線。

28-May       
057 Tufted Duck 鳳頭潛鴨 x 2 [male and female] (#20)

30-May      
434 White-shouldered Starling 灰背椋鳥 x 2 [nesting pair] (PSFSC)

31-May      
036 Black-faced Spoonbill 黑臉琵鷺 x 11 (#16/17)
047 Common Teal 綠翅鴨 x 3 [female] (#16/17)
109 Oriental Practincole 普通燕(行鳥)

A rather quiet week but Black-headed Gulls and waders including Redshank, Whimbrel and Pied Avocet could still be seen at gei wai #16/17 during hightide.

Up to 6 immature Black-winged Stilts were actively running around and foraging on the islands at gei wai #16/17. They could be easily seen in all bird-watching hides around gei wai #16/17.

Gei wai at the northern part of the Reserve were undergoing water exchange process and hundreds of herons and egrets were attracted to feed in the shallow water.

Katherine Leung
Assistant Reserve Officer
WWF Mai Po

WWF Mai Po

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