mguy

I was asked some time back to put up a record of birds seen/photographed by me for the winter period, & have been working on a format that would be useful to others, beyond just naming sightings
The format allows me to keep a rough track of when the birds were sighted at my pond & in what weather conditions together with a photo from that day
I hope this is useful
The highlighted bird name (yellow) refers to the bird pic.... other out of the ordinary bird visits (if any) will be highlighted in a different colour
29th January 2016
Tai Shan West, Lamma Island


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Tai Shan West, Lamma Island
30th January 2016
(Slight change of format.... migrants are in yellow lettering)

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Tai Shan West, Lamma Island
31st January 2016

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Tai Shan West, Lamma Island
1st February 2016
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Tai Shan West, Lamma Island
2nd February 2016

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Tai Shan West, Lamma Island
3rd February 2016
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Tai Shan West, Lamma Island
4th February 2016

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Tai Shan West, Lamma Island
5th February 2016

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Tai Shan West, Lamma Island
27th February 2016

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Tai Shan West, Lamma Island
29th February 2016
Despite the bright sunlight our expectations were not realised... was a very slow day whereby there were 2 hours passed without a single bird being seen near or at the pond... livened up as usual as dusk fell... with a fair amount of activity but still not what we had anticipated

mguy

TAI SHAN WEST, Lamma Island, Hong Kong
4th March 2016
A reasonably bright day.
Followed the same trend as the last couple of days..... inundated with Chinese & Red-whiskered Bulbuls & a steady stream of various thrushes, albeit not in great numbers.
Saw the return of a small group of Red-billed Starling, although nowhere near the numbers seen a couple of months ago.
Still nothing new... just the usual species
TAI PENG
Common Buzzard (& a group of 5 a few days ago)
Brown Shrike


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mguy

Hi Geoff......
Apologies yes... 5 male... typing & eyesight not always in sync... are generally more males than females... will post todays details for a 2.5hr afternoon period later
Thrush numbers are still very slow..... around Xmas had about 200 Thrush visits in one day.
Buzzard group was about 6 days ago I think... was reported by Geoff Smith... he got a pic of one yesterday also
(FYI... on the pics... the rectangular areas represent the periods in which those particular birds arrived)

mguy

TAI SHAN WEST, Lamma Island, Hong KJong
5th March 2016
Spent 2.5 hrs at the pond this afternoon... very overcast & dull light... steady stream of birds... except absolutely zero between 16:00-16:30.... which is becoming a very familiar pattern

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TAI SHAN WEST, Lamma Island

mguy

Hi Geoff... sorry, just noticed your comment..... was 38 in one hour (between 16:30 & 17L30)
Best total this year was about 200 in one day
Best one day total was several years ago... over 420... I stopped counting at 17:00 & let them get on with it.... although on those occasions am sure there were return visits

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TAI SHAN WEST, Lamma Island
31st March 2016
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TAI SHAN WEST, Lamma Island
5th March 2016

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TAI SHAN WEST, Lamma Island, Hong Kong
9th April 2016

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TAI SHAN WEST, Lamma Island, Hong Kong
12th April 2016

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TAI SHAN WEST, Lamma Island, Hong Kong
13th April 2016
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TAI SHAN WEST, Lamma Island, Hong Kong
14th April 2016

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15th April 2016

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18th April 2016
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