Dave is exactly right.
Black-faced Buntings are the regular buntings on Po Toi in the last week of March. Little Buntings are just arriving and are regular throughout April. Chestnut Buntings are from the third week in April, as are Yellow-breasted but they are rare on Po Toi.
The attached Excel File shows the non-resident species I have seen on Po Toi for each week of the year, added together from 2006 to 2010 and colour coded. Red means seen in 4 or 5 of the years, orange for 2 or 3 of the years, yellow for 1 year and no colour for not seen in that week in any year.
http://www.geoffwelch46.com/WebsiteCharts2006-10.xls
Resident species are currently Pacific Reef Egret, Black Kite, Spotted Dove, Greater and Lesser Coucal, Red-whiskered and Chinese Bulbul, Long-tailed Shrike, Oriental Magpie Robin, Blue Whistling Thrush, Masked Laughingthrush, Yellow-bellied Prinia, Common Tailorbird, Crested Myna and Large-billed Crow.
Interesting to compare this with today's sightings.
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