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(Message started by: Mike_Kilburn on Dec 18^th, 2003, 3:02pm)

Title: Common Swift at Long Valley
Post by Mike_Kilburn on Dec 18^th, 2003, 3:02pm

This morning a Common Swift was briefly at Long Valley at around 10:40.

This is an extraordinary record as the bird should be in Southern Africa in winter.

There is only only possible confusion species - Dark-rumped Swift. This has white-scalloped flanks and underbelly, while the bird I saw today was sooty brown-black all over.

This is the third record for Hong Kong (if accepted by the Records Committee)

There was a also a male Bluethroat around the central marshy area.

Cheers
Mike