Crested Serpent-Eagle X2
Emerald Dove
Black-winged Cuckooshrike
Ashy Drongo
Golden-headed Cisticola
Asian Brown Flycatcher
Rufous-tailed Robin
Grey Bushchat
Grey-backed Thrush
Orange-bellied Leafbird
Chinese Hwamei X7
Wed Jan 06
Lesser Coucal
Black-winged Cuckooshrike
Ashy Drongo
Asian House-Martin X3 (152)
Grey-headed Canary-Flycatcher
Mountain Bulbul
Two-barred Warbler
Asian Brown Flycatcher
Red-flanked Bluetail X6
Orange-bellied Leafbird
Black-faced Bunting X2
Little Bunting X3
Fri Jan 08
Common Snipe X5
Alexandrine Parakeet
Ashy Drongo
Asian Brown Flycatcher
Rufous-tailed Robin
Sun Jan 10
Grey-headed Canary-Flycatcher
Red-billed Blue-Magpie
Mountain Bulbul
Radde's Warbler
Chestnut Collared Yuhina x25
Asian Brown Flycatcher
Rufous-tailed Robin
Red-flanked Bluetail X2
Collared Scops-Owl X2 (153)
Sun Jan 17
Ashy Drongo
Red-flanked Bluetail X3
Grey-backed Thrush
Japanese Thrush
Orange-bellied Leafbird X2
Little Bunting
Silver-backed Needletail x3 (164)
Ashy Drongo
Asian House-Martin x5
Narcissus Flycatcher x2
Little Bunting x8
Black-faced Bunting x5
Thu Mar 31
Emerald Dove x2
Plaintive Cuckoo
Alexandrine Parakeet x2
Black-winged Cuckooshrike
Blue-and-white Flycatcher
Siberian Rubythroat
Rufous-tailed Robin x2
Japanese Thrush
Eyebrowed Thrush (165)
[ Last edited by JohnC at 15/06/2016 16:22 ] Author: JohnC Time: 20/04/2016 18:20
20th/April
120 White-throated Needletails
I tried different ways to capture the number of Needletails. My 300mm would not get all of them and my phone camera would not focus on them properly. I could not see what I was filming anyway. The first picture shows 62 of them, the best I could do.
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[ Last edited by JohnC at 21/04/2016 16:19 ] Author: cywong Time: 20/04/2016 21:13
Really amazing!
Thank you for sharing this wonderful encounter. Author: subbuteo Time: 20/04/2016 21:41
That must have been quite a sight- were they noisy too? You are getting some great stuff on your patch. Did you do a map or your route before? I quite fancy a visit some time.
Dylan Author: lrichard Time: 20/04/2016 22:02
Great stuff, John!
As far as I know, the record all-China count is 1,160 at Beidaihe, Hebei on 6 Sep 1987.
This count is a record for SE China, eclipsing the previous high count of 108 at Wuyuan, Jiangxi on 4 May 2002 Author: JohnC Time: 21/04/2016 09:17
Thanks Cherry, Dylan and Richard.
Richard, thanks for the China info.
Dylan, they were not noisy, but yes, it was great to see.
I have uploaded a map of my usual route. Red then Green then Blue then Orange. At the interchange between Red and Green there is a white type Pagoda shelter. The top of the Red path (the cemetery) is where the Needletails were. I don't see why you couldn't just walk all the way to Ho Pui though, I only take this route because it is convenient for me. I sometimes go up an unofficial hiking trail to my little "Tai Po Kau" forest. I won't post that here as people could get lost.
Good patch! Thanks for that John, never birded much of the area at all, nice range of habitats. I normally start near the Farm Milk and wander aimlessly. Nice to have a route to try.
Dylan Author: JohnC Time: 15/06/2016 14:09 Subject: April 2016
Fri Apr 01
White-throated Kingfisher
Ashy Minivet x3 (166)
Asian Brown Flycatcher
Blue-and-white Flycatcher
Siberian Rubythroat
Narcissus Flycatcher
Japanese Thrush
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