kmike

Black-tailed Gull is pretty unusual in HK in August - good record!

Yesterday I had 24 wader spp at Mai Po between 0740 and 0945. These included:

Black-winged Stilt
Eurasian Curlew
Whimbrel
Black-tailed Godwit
Asiatic Dowitcher
Gallinago snipe sp.
Common Greenshank
Common Redshank
Spotted Redshank
Marsh Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Terek Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Grey-tailed Tattler
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Broad-billed Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Red-necked Stint
Long-toed Stint
Lesser Sandplover
Greater Sandplover
Pacific Golden Plover
Grey Plover
Ruff

The Ruff was a male coming out of breeding plumage with a white head and neck, with three black feathers on the back of the head and a broad black band on breast.

The other highlight was the already reported Black-shouldered Kite.

Cheers
Mike K

kmike

Another good spread of waders at Mai Po this morning during the high tide:

BW Stilt
Curlew
Whimbrel
Bar-tailed Godwit
Asian Dowitcher - 2
Great Knot - 2
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Long-toed Stint - 6
Pacific Golden Plover
Grey Plover
Greater Sandplover
Little Ringed Plover
Greenshank
Redshank
Spotted Redshank
Marsh Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Terek Sandpiper
"Swintail" Snipe
Greater Painted-snipe - 1m
Oriental Pratincole - 1

Other birds of interest included a single Oriental Reed Warbler, a Grey Wagtail, a Collared Dove, A Black-capped Kingfisher, and at least 4 Striated Herons.

Cheers
Mike K