Shek Kong Catchment - Winter 2008/2009
Shek Kong Catchment – January 27, 2009 8.00 a.m. – 3.45 p.m.
From Shek Kong Camp at the bottom of Route Twisk to Ho Pui Reservoir & back.
(N.B. The site where the Hawfinch has been seen, is Shek Kong Airfield Road, NOT Shek Kong Catchment. The catchment is in Tai Lam Country Park and goes from Shek Kong Village to Tai Lam Reservoir, roughly following the 100m contour line.)
Little Grebe – 9
Chinese Pond Heron – 1
Striated Heron – 1
Common Koel – 1 calling
Grey Wagtail – 1
White Wagtail (leucopsis) – 2
Olive-backed Pipit – 9
Grey-chinned Minivet – 3+
Scarlet Minivet – 4+
Orange-bellied Leafbird - 3
Daurian Redstart – 1
Blue Whistling Thrush – 1
Scaly Thrush – 1
Japanese Thrush – 1
Grey-backed Thrush – 20++
Pale Thrush – 1
Streak-breasted Scimitar Babbler – 5+
Rufous-capped Babbler – 11+
Greater Necklaced Laughingthrush - 10
Black-throated Laughingthrush – 3
Hwamei – 3+
Silver-eared Mesia – 30++
Blue-winged Minla – 6+
Asian Stubtail Warbler – 2
Radde’s Warbler – 1
Pallas’s Leaf Warbler – 3
Yellow-browed Warbler – 13+
Grey-headed Flycatcher – 1
Asian Brown Flycatcher – 1
Velvet-fronted Nuthatch – 4+
Black-faced Bunting – 1+
Ashy Drongo – 1
Hair-crested Drongo – c.50
Grey Treepie - 1
[ Last edited by ddavid at 27/01/2009 19:10 ]
