ajohn

Some of my recent sightings from Kam Tin (11th - 25th Oct)

Grey-headed Lapwing - up to 19
Eurasian Hobby - 1 on 15th
Buttonquail sp. - 1 on 15th
Moorhen - 1 on 22nd
Asian Barred Owlet - 4 heard on 21st
Oriental Turtle Dove - up to 5
Red Turtle Dove - 6 on 25th
Emerald Dove - 1 on 24th (*KT first*)
Red-rumped Swallow - 5 on 20th (over the village - breeding birds still present?)
Black-winged Cuckoo-shrike - 1 on 15th
Brown Shrike - 1 cristatus on 24th, 1 lucionensis on 19th (possibly returning wintering bird)
Bright-capped Cisticola - 1 on 20th
Zitting Cisticola - up to 4
Lanceolated Warbler - 1 on 15th, 1 on 20th, 1 on 21st
Black-browed Reed Warbler - up to 8
Greenish Warbler - 1 on 15th (*KT first*)
Sakhalin Leaf Warbler - 1 trapped on 22nd
Blackbird - 1 on 15th, 2 on 22nd
Black-naped Oriole - 1 on 19th
White-cheeked Starling - up to 32
Red-billed Starling - up to 5
White-shouldered Starling - up to 23
Daurian Starling - 1 on 25th
Yellow-breasted Bunting - up to 5

ajohn

A few more sightings from 26th to 28th Oct:

Great Egret - 71 on 26th flying south at dusk
Green Sandpiper - 10 on 26th (going to roost)
Common Sandpiper - 17 on 26th (going to roost)
Japanese Sparrowhawk - 1 on 27th
Spotted Redshank - 1 on 27th (*KT first*)
Common Starling - 1 on 28th
Chestnut-cheeked Starling - 1 on 28th (this was a female, seen in the same place as I reported a Purple-backed on 25th, so was perhaps the same bird - but seen better this time!)

ajohn

The Radde's Warbler was seen at about 8.00 in the line of trees next to the abandoned houses near Shui Mei village fishponds. A different individual was seen today (10th) near the blue bridge between Sha Po and the Buffalo Fields.

In addition to Graham's birds, the following have been seen this week:
Bright-capped Cisticola - 3 on 8th
Common Blackbird - 3 on 8th
Brown Shrike - 3 different individuals today and yesterday
Spotted Redshank - 1 still present in upstream section of main drainage channel
Yellow-billed Grosbeak - a few now present
Starlings - several scattered flocks of white-cheeked/red-billed
Sparrowhawk sp. - probably besra but not seen well
Asian Brown Flycatcher - 1

ajohn

My regular visitts to Kam Tin continued until Friday (17th Nov). Highlights from the week 11th-17th were:

Common Teal - 8 on 12th (in buffalo fields), 42 on 13th (near Fung Kat Heung)
Garganey - 1 on 14th (surpringly my first at KT)
Greater Spotted Eagle - 1 on 11th, 1 on 12th
Grey-headed Lapwing - peak count 20
Greater Painted-snipe - known to be present at various locations, peak count of 9 was certainly an underestimate
Black-winged Stilt - peak count 25 in the main drainage channel
Spotted Redshank - still present until 17th
Common Greenshank - 1 on 14th and 17th
Red Turtle Dove - female on 11th
Red-rumped Swallow - 3 on 17th
Siberian Rubythroat - about 10 calling at dawn  near the buffalo fields on 12th, surely lots more elsewhere!
Zitting Cisticola - 3 on 12th
Russet Bush Warbler - 1 on 11th
Little Bunting - 2 on 12th
Yellow-billed Grosbeak - peak count 12, sometimes even heard singing!

Unfortunately, a net was set up on 14th over the pond which had contained 42 teal the previous day, obviously an attempt to catch these birds.
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I reported this to AFCD who have removed the net and a few duck have since returned (5 on 16th)

ajohn

A few more sightings

Common Teal - 46 in the buffalo fields on 22nd, 36 on 25th
Northern Pintail - 4 in buffalo fields on 22nd, 5 on 25th
Spotted Eagle - 1 on 25th
Grey-headed Lapwing - 21 on 25th
Black-winged Stilt - 37 on 25th
Spotted Redshank - 2 on 25th
Yellow-browed Warbler - 7 around the buffalo fields on 25th
White-shouldered Starling - 5 on 25th
Yellow-breasted Bunting - 1 male on 25th

Another net has been put up - next to the buffalo fields. I will again report it to AFCD