kmike

Monday 11 Feb Nim Shue Wan (0800 - 1000)

Reef Egret 1
White-breasted Waterhen  3
Common Sandpiper 1

Greater Coucal  1
Common Kingfisher 1
White Wagtail 2

Daurian Redstart 1
Korean/Manchurian Bush Warbler 1
Pallas's Leaf Warbler  1 singing
Pale-legged/Sakhalin Leaf Warbler 1

Black-faced Bunting  2


Tuesday 12 Feb at Pui O (0900-1045)

Cattle Egret  8
Little Egret  1 (+1 at Discovery Bay)
Reef Egret 1
Great Egret  2 (+1 at Discovery Bay)
Grey Heron  2

Woodcock  1
Little Ringed Plover 2
Common Sandpiper 1

Black-capped Kingfisher 1 (possibly 2)
Common Kingfisher (Discovery Bay)

Richard's Pipit 1
Olive-backed Pipit 12

Stejneger's Stonchat 2
Daurian Redstart 3 (+1 at Discovery Bay)

Chinese Blackbird 3
Grey-backed Thrush 4
Pale Thrush 1 (+ 1 at Nam Shan Tree Walk)

Yellow-browed Warbler 3
Dusky Warbler 3
Pallas's Leaf Warbler 1

Verditer Flycatcher 1 m

Black-faced Bunting 3
Silky Starling 3

Cheers
Mike

kmike

Saturday 16 Feb 0835 - 1135

Grey Heron 2
Intermediate Egret 1
Cattle Egret 20
Little Egret 4

Little Ringed Plover 5
Common Sandpiper 1

Common Kingfisher 2
Black-capped Kingfisher 1
Barn Swallow 3

Olive-backed Pipit 12
Yellow Wagtail (taivana) 2
White Wagtail (leucopsis) 8

Daurin Redstart 4 (3m 1f)
Red-flanked Bluetail 1m

Chinese Blackbird  5
Grey-backed Thrush 4
Pale Thrush 2
White's Thrush 1

Yellow-browed Warbler - 3
Pallas' Leaf Warbler 1

Silky Starling 19
Black-necked Starling 12
Crested Myna 15
Dusky Warbler 4

Black-faced Bunting 3

Cheers
Mike

kmike

Please note the previous posting was of sightings from Pui O (apologies fro the admission), as are the birds listed below:

Grey Heron - 3
Intermediate Egret - 1
Little Egret - 3
Cattle Egret - 12

Peregrine - 1

White-breasted Waterhen
Snipe sp - 2
Common Sandpiper - 2
Little Ringed Plover - 2

Common Kingfisher - 1

Yellow Wagtail - 1

Verditer - 1

Cheers
Mike

kmike

More birds from Pui O between 0720 an 0845

Intermediate Egret - 1
Grey Heron - 1
Little Egret -1
Chinese Pond Heron - 1

Peregrine - 1

White-breasted Waterhen - 3
Little Ringed Plover - 4

Common Kingfisher - 1
White-throated Kingfisher - 1
Black-capped Kingfisher - 1

Daurian Redstart - 2
Red-flanked Bluetail - 1
Stejneger's Stonechat - 1f
Japanese Thrush - 1
Chinese Blackbird - 3

Dusky Warbler - 3
Pallas' Leaf Warbler - 1
YBW - 2

Silky Starling - 20

Cheers
Mike

kmike

Lower Keung Shan and Tai O, Lantau - 0830 - 1115

Great Egret 4
Grey Heron 5
Black-crowned Night Heron 2

Crested Goshawk 1 in display flight

Common Kingfisher 1

Grey Wagtail 1
Olive-backed Pipit 5

Stejneger's Stonechat  1m
Daurian Redstart 2 f
Blue Whistling Thrush 2

Yellow-browed Warbler 3

Blue-and-white Flycatcher 1 f
Asian Brown Flycatcher 1

Red-billed Blue Magpie 2

Cheers
Mike

kmike

Upper Keung Shan (UKS), Sham Wat (SW) an the path to Tai O (TO) 0900 - 1400

Grey Heron  5
Great Egret  5
Little Egret 10

Eastern Buzzard 1

Common Sandpiper 4

Emerald Dove 2

Grey Wagtail  2 (UKS, SW)

OBP 3(2SW, TO)

Daurian Redstart  1 f
Rufous-tailed Robin  2h
Blue Whistling Thrush (UKS)

Dusky Warbler 3(SW, 2TO)
Yellow-browed Warbler 7

Narcissus Flycatcher 2m (UKS,SW)
Blue-and-white Flycatcher 1m (UKS)

Cheers
Mike

kmike

Tai O (0900 - 1130)

Hobby 1
Besra 1
Pale-legged Leaf Warbler 1 (h)
Yellow-browed Warbler 1
Brown Flycatcher 1

Cheers
Mike

kmike

Another good day walking from Shek Pik to Tai O via Fan Lau (0745-1400) . Today the area around Fan Lau was the most productive:

Cattle Egret 1
Reef Egret 2

Kestrel 1 (f)
Peregrine 1
Grey-faced Buzzard 2
Eastern Buzzard 1
Japanese Sparrowhawk 1
Besra 1
Crested Goshawk 1

Greater Sandplover 1
Common Sandpiper 3

Kingfisher 1
Dollarbird 2
Oriental Cuckoo 2
Chestnut-winged Cuckoo 1

Ashy Minivet 12
Grey Wagtail 1

Rufous-tailed Robin 1 singing

Japanese Thrush 1m
Blue Rock Thrush 1f

Yellow-browed Warbler 10
Dusky Warbler 2
Japanese Bush Warbler 1h

Asian Brown Flycatcher 2
Grey-streaked Flycatcher 1
Blue-and-white Flycatcher 2mm
Narcissus Flycatcher 2 mf
Elisae/owstoni Flycatcher 1f

Chinese Starling 15

Little Bunting 5

Cheers
Mike K

kmike

Thanks John

Pui O was good today - a ten minute stop while buying veggies at 1445 delivered:

Cattle Egret 20
Intermediate Egret 1
Pacific Golden Plover 4
Oriental Plover 1 a very approachable female
Wood Sandpiper 8
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper 2
Long-toed Stint 2
Oriental Pratincole 1


Cheers
Mike

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kmike

Another "shopping trip" to Pui O yesterday:

Intermediate Egret 2
Cattle Egret 40
Reef Egret 1

Greater Sandplover 1
small wader sp. 20 (distant)

Large Hawk Cuckoo 2 (h)
Brown Shrike 1
Yellow Wagtail 65
Black Drongo 3

Cheers
Mike

kmike

A few migrants today at Tai O between 1400 and 1830

Chinese Goshawk 2

White-throated Needletail 3
Pacific Swift 4
Pale Martin 1

Red Turtle Dove 1m
Oriental Turtle Dove 1

Grey Wagtail 1

Black Drongo 1
Hair-crested Drongo 2

Cheers
Mike

kmike

Lots of migrants today between Tai O and Shek Pik (via Yi O and Fan Lau) - 0700 - 1600

Cattle Egret  4 migrating + 31 on Shek Pik dam
Chinese Pond Heron  1

White-Bellied Sea Eagle 2
Crested Serpent Eagle 1
Chinese Goshawk 13
Black Baza 1

Pacific Swift 5

Dollarbird 3

Yellow Wagtail  6
Grey Wagtail 3
Olive-backed Pipit 2

Swinhoe's Minivet 1

Brown Shrike 12

Blue Rock Thrush 1
Blue Whistling Thrush 2

Arctic Warbler 12
Dusky Warbler 3

Asian Brown Flycatcher 1
Grey-streaked Flycatcher 44 (not a typo!)

Ashy Drongo 1
Black Drongo 2

Chestnut Bunting 2
Little Bunting 1

Cheers
Mike

kmike

Lots of migrants today between Tai O and Shek Pik (via Yi O and Fan Lau) - 0700 - 1600

Cattle Egret  4 migrating + 31 on Shek Pik dam
Chinese Pond Heron  1

White-Bellied Sea Eagle 2
Crested Serpent Eagle 1
Chinese Goshawk 13
Black Baza 1

Pacific Swift 5

Dollarbird 3

Yellow Wagtail  6
Grey Wagtail 3
Olive-backed Pipit 2

Swinhoe's Minivet 1

Brown Shrike 12

Blue Rock Thrush 1
Blue Whistling Thrush 2

Arctic Warbler 12
Dusky Warbler 3

Asian Brown Flycatcher 1
Grey-streaked Flycatcher 44 (not a typo!)

Ashy Drongo 1
Black Drongo 2

Chestnut Bunting 2
Little Bunting 1

Cheers
Mike

kmike

Even better on Sunday Dylan  . . . at Pui O from 0645 to 1015

Cattle Egret 30
Intermediate Egret 10
Little Egret 6
Malayan Night Heron 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5quWNVnfcdY&list=UUbmqKnR_BlkEPtppUO8bPKQ
Yellow Bittern 1

Grey-tailed Tattler 1

Emerald Dove 1

Indian Cuckoo 1
Large Hawk Cuckoo 1
Chestnut-winged Cuckoo 1
Cuckoo sp. 1

Yellow Wagtail - 30

Brown Shrike 5

Oriental Reed Warbler
Grey-streaked Flycatcher 1

Little Bunting 1

Cheers
Mike

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kmike

Tai O - Yi O - Fan Lau - Shek Pik. 0700 - 1540 A very hot and much quieter day:


Chinese Goshawk 1
Japanese Sparrowhawk 2
Crested Serpent Eagle  4

Pacific Swift 2

Grey-streaked Flycatcher 8
Brown Shrike 16
Black Drongo 10

+Dollarbird from the bus at Shui Hau

Also 8 Chinese White Dolphins were seen from Fan Lau headland.

Cheers
Mike

kmike

A few good birds at Tai O today:

Black-crowned Night Heron  5 Juveniles
Great Egret 2

Green Sandpiper 1
Common Sandpiper 4
Grey-tailed Tattler 5

Himalayan Swiftlet 2
Pacific Swift 2
House Swift 5Yellow Wagtail  1 (taivana)
Asian Paradise Flycatcher 1
Asian Brown Flycatcher 1
Chinese Starling 25
Black Drongo 8
Hair-crested Drongo 2

Cheers
Mike

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kmike

Tai O (valley behind Shaolin training centre)
0900 - 1300

Besra - 1 Juv
Crested Goshawk - 1

Pale-legged Leaf Warbler - 2
Yellow-rumped Flycatcher - 2 (possibly 3)

Also - one adult Bonelli's Eagle from last week

Cheers
Mike

kmike

Similar to last week at Tai O

Blue Rock Thrush - 1
Yellow-rumped Flycatcher - 1
Pale-legged Leaf Warbler - 1
Arctic Warbler - 1
Brown Shrike - 1

Also on the road down to Tai O at Keung Shan

Asian Brown Flycatcher - 1
Arctic Warbler - 1

Also five Chinese White Dolphins from the watchpoint at Tai O

Cheers
Mike

kmike

A few migrants at Tai O this morning:

Black-naped Oriole - 1

Arctic Warbler - 4
Yellow-browed Warbler - 2
Sakhalin/Pale-legged Leaf Warbler - 1
Yellow-rumped Flycatcher - 1
Asian Brown Flycatcher - 4

But still no Eastern Crowned Warbler for me this autumn . . .

Cheers
Mike

kmike

More migrants this morning at Tai O

Common Kingfisher - 1

Forest Wagtail - 1

Yellow-browed Warbler - 3
Arctic Warbler - 2
Pale-legged Leaf Warbler - 1

Yellow-rumped Flycatcher - 1
Hainan Blue Flycatcher - 1 (f)
Asian Brown Flycatcher - 4

Cheers
Mike

kmike

And again at Tai O this morning . . .

Hobby -1

Red Turtle Dove 4

Richard's Pipit 10 migrating

Brown Shrike - 1

Stejneger's Stonechat- 1

Pale-legged/Sakhalin Leaf Warbler - 1
  
Asian Brown Flycatcher - 2
Hainan Blue Flycatcher - 1
Grey-streaked Flycatcher -1

Chinese Starling 2 (+ 12 starling sp.)


Cheers
Mike

kmike

More migrants from Tai O

Hobby 1
White-bellied Sea Eagle 1

Red Turtle Dove 7
Wryneck 1
Black-naped Oriole 1

Red-rumped Swallow 1
Barn Swallow 3

Olive-backed Pipit 2
Richard's Pipit 1
Grey Wagtail 1

Stejneger's Stonechat 2
Blue Rock Thrush 1

Pale-legged/Sakhalin Leaf Warbler 2
Arctic Warbler 2
Yellow-browed Warbler 1

Yellow-breasted Bunting 1

Cheers
Mike

Asian Brown Flycatcher 1

kmike

Another good day of passage at Tai O:

Yellow Bittern - 1
Hobby - 1
Crested Goshawk - 1
Common Sandpiper - 1

Red Turtle Dove - 2
Black-naped Oriole - 2
Black-winged Cuckooshrike - 1

Stejneger's Stonechat - 2
Blue Rock Thrush - 1

Dusky Warbler - 7
Yellow-browed Warbler - 3
Arctic Warbler - 4
Pale-legged/Sakhalin Leaf Warbler - 4
Oriental Reed Warbler - 1

Asian Brown Flycatcher - 7
Black-naped Monarch - 1

Chinese Starling - 3

Cheers
Mike

kmike

Thanks Geoff

I can confirm that Dave's birds are additional.

There was more passage today. All birds were on Tai O island except the starlings, which were by the bus station.

Hobby - 2
Kestrel - 1
Japanese Sparrowhawk - 1

Barn Swallow - 4
Richard's Pipit - 1
Red-throated Pipit - 1
Ashy Minivet - 2

Orange-headed Thrush - 1

Oriental Reed Warbler - 1
Pale-legged/Sakhalin Leaf Warbler - 2
Arctic Warbler - 2
Yellow-browed Warbler - 2
Zitting Cisticola - 10

Asian Brown Flycatcher - 2
Asian Paradise Flycatcher - 1

Black-naped Oriole - 4
Black Drongo - 25

Chinese Starling - 12

Cheers
Mike K

kmike

A great record Morten!

Do drop me a PM if you find any other good birds at the  airport as I work there and am compiling a list of birds seen - and would love to see them myself.

Cheers
Mike

kmike

More passage at Tai O

Japanese Quail 1

Arctic Warbler 2
Yellow-browed Warbler 2
Pale-legged / Sakhalin Leaf Warbler 2
Dusky Warbler 2

accro sp. 1

Asian Brown Flycatcher 2

Cheers
Mike

kmike

Some interesting records Ken

I've not seen Japanese Quail at the airport before, but I have seen Black Drongos migrating long the southern edge of the airport.

Are you birding this area regularly or just for a few days this week?

Cheers
Mike

kmike

Pui O to Chi Ma Wan

Another good day for migrants. the highlight was an Amur Falcon that was hunting around a tall casuarina tree on the beach at Chi Ma Wan and then perched on some overhead wires.

Other migrants, at Pui O unless otherwise indicated included:

Greater Painted-snipe - 3
Common Sandpiper -1 (plus one at Chi Ma Wan and one at Mui Wo)

Red Turtle Dove - 8
Yellow Wagtail - 8
Dusky Warbler - 6 (plus four at Chi Ma Wan)
Pale-legged/Sakhalin Leaf Warbler -1 (heard from the road between Pui O and Chi Ma Wan)

Brown Shrike - 1

Cheers
Mike K

kmike

A few migrants at Discovery Bay today.

Black-winged Stilt - 1 (does anyone know of previous records from Lantau)

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19/10/2013 22:36

Slaty-breasted Rail - 1
Common Sandpiper - 2
Common Kingfisher - 1
Dusky Warbler - 1h
Yellow-browed Warbler  - 1 h

Cheers
Mike

kmike

Many thanks Geoff

More good birds from DB Morten - strange indeed!


Cheers
Mike

kmike

Tai O, Saturday 2 Oct:

Eastern Buzzard - 1

Oriental Turtle Dove - 2
Daurian Restart -2

Pale-legged/Sakhalin Leaf Warbler- 1
Arctic Warbler-1
Yellow-browed Warbler- 2
Dusky Warbler - 6
Zitting Cisticola - 1

Asian Paradise Flycatcher -1
Blue-and-white Flycatcher - 1




Pui O,  Sunday 3 Oct:

Woodcock - 1

Brown Fish Owl 1
Oriental Turtle Dove  1
Red Turtle Dove -3

Richard's Pipit - 4
Olive-backed Pipit- 5
Red-throated Pipit - 12
ocularis White Wagtail 1

Daurian Redstart -2
Dusky Warbler - 2

Eurasian Starling - 2

Cheers
Mike K

kmike

Tai O, Saturday 2 Oct:

Eastern Buzzard - 1

Oriental Turtle Dove - 2
Daurian Restart -2

Pale-legged/Sakhalin Leaf Warbler- 1
Arctic Warbler-1
Yellow-browed Warbler- 2
Dusky Warbler - 6
Zitting Cisticola - 1

Asian Paradise Flycatcher -1
Blue-and-white Flycatcher - 1




Pui O,  Sunday 3 Oct:

Woodcock - 1

Brown Fish Owl 1
Oriental Turtle Dove  1
Red Turtle Dove -3

Richard's Pipit - 4
Olive-backed Pipit- 5
Red-throated Pipit - 12
ocularis White Wagtail 1

Daurian Redstart -2
Dusky Warbler - 2

Eurasian Starling - 2

Cheers
Mike K

kmike

Tai O

Crested Goshawk - 1

Blue Rock Thrush - 2
Daurian Redstart - 10
Siberian Rubythroat - 2
Red-flanked Bluetail - 1

Asian Stubtail - 2
Russet Bush Warbler - 1
Pallas's Leaf Warbler - 2
Yellow-browed Warbler - 2
Dusky Warbler - 1

Sooty Flycatcher - 1

+ 1 Great Cormorant @ Shek Pik Reservoir

Cheers
Mike

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kmike

Tai O Sunday 10th November.

Eurasian Kestrel - 1

Common Sandpiper - 2
Red Turtle Dove - 2

Daurian Redstart - 4
Rufous-tailed Robin - 3

Yellow-browed Warbler - 8
Pallas's Leaf Warbler - 1
Dusky Warbler - 1
Russet Bush Warbler - 1

Asian Brown Flycatcher - 1

Black-faced Bunting - 1
Yellow-browed Bunting - 1 (m)

Cheers
Mike

kmike

A good morning at Tai O between 0700 and 1400

Purple Heron - 1
Eastern Buzzard -1 (plus one at Shek Pik Reservoir from the bus)

Oriental Turtle Dove - 2
Emerald Dove - 1

Chinese Bulbul - 800

Lesser Shortwing - 1
Siberian Rubythroat - 1
Daurian Redstart - 8
Rufous-tailed Robin - 5

Chinese Blackbird - 4
White's Thrush - 1
Grey-backed Thrush - 4
Japanese Thrush - 2

Asian Stubtail - 1
Brown-flanked Bush Warbler - 2
Manchurian Bush Warbler - 1
Dusky Warbler - 3
YBW - 2

Silky Starling - 5

Brambling - 1

Cheers
Mike

kmike

It was indeed Mr Tai!

kmike

I've been looking forward to this post ever since you gripped me with the Water Rail John!

Sounds like a terrific day that once again emphasizes how good SW Lantau is.

Cheers
Mike