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johnallcock
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Kam Tin 錦田 2006 Autumn 秋
« on: Sep 5th, 2006, 11:43am » |
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As elsewhere, autumn passage is underway at Kam Tin.
Highlights from the last few days have included:
Cattle Egret - Peak count 55 on 26/8
Striated Heron - 1 on 27/8
Yellow Bittern - 1 on 29/8
Cinnamon Bittern - 1 female on 24/8
Bonelli's Eagle - Adult on 26/8 caught a cattle egret in the Buffalo Fields (and gave spectacular views!)
Greater Painted-snipe - several present throughout
Grey-headed Lapwing - 1 regularly present
Little Ringed Plover - peak 24 on 24/8
Wood Sandpiper - peak 35 on 26/8
Pintail/Swinhoe's Snipe - peak 10 on 26/8
Savanna Nightjar - up to 5 regularly around Buffalo Fields at night, 1 flushed in hills nearby during the day
Plaintive Cuckoo - peak 5 on 29/8
Yellow Wagtail - 2 on 26/8, 3+ on 2/9
Grey Wagtail - 1 on 24/8
Richard's Pipit - 1 on 30/8
Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler - 2 on 29/8
White-shouldered Starling - peak 32 on 30/8
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Re: Kam Tin 錦田 2006 Autumn 秋
« Reply #1 on: Sep 25th, 2006, 12:13am » |
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24/9 1600-1830
White-cheeked starling
White-shouldered starling
Pintail/Swinhoe's snipe
Oriental pratincole
Japanese quail
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Re: Kam Tin 錦田 2006 Autumn 秋
« Reply #2 on: Sep 29th, 2006, 6:24pm » |
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Japanese Quail is a very good record for Kam Tin. Well done bond!
My records during September have included:
Intermediate Egret - 2 on 14/9
Cattle Egret - peak 61 on 22/9
Chestnut Bittern - 1 on 15/9
Yellow Bittern - 1 on 12/9, 1 on 27/9
Greater Painted-snipe - present throughout but scattered, peak count 11 on 26/9 is certainly an underestimate. Nesting male found on 22/9
Black-winged Stilt - 6 on 15/9, 7 on 22/9
Little Ringed Plover - peak count 30 on 12/9
Grey-headed Lapwing - peak 5 on 26/9
Pintail/Swinhoe's Snipe - 24 on 15/9
Common Snipe - 1 on 26/9 (my first here this autumn and surprisingly late!)
Long-toed Stint - 1 on 12/9
Red Turtle Dove - 1 on 14/9 and 15/9
Asian Barred Owlet - 1 on 22/9
Black-capped Kingfisher - 1 on 22/9 (at Sha Po)
Grey Wagtail - 1 on 26/9
Black-winged Cuckoo-shrike - 1 on 26/9, 1 on 27/9 (different birds)
Brown Shrike - 1 on 15/9, 1 on 27/9
Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler - 1 on 15/9, 2 on 26/9
Oriental Reed Warbler - 10 on 26/9
Black-browed Reed Warbler - 3 on 26/9
Dusky Warbler - 5 on 26/9
Dark-sided Flycatcher - 1 on 22/9
Yellow-breasted Bunting - 1 on 26/9
Black-naped Oriole - 1 on 15/9
White-shouldered Starling - 8 on 22/9, 13 on 26/9
Daurian Starling - 1 on 22/9
White-cheeked Starling - 1 on 22/9, 2 on 27/9
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Re: Kam Tin 錦田 2006 Autumn 秋
« Reply #3 on: Oct 3rd, 2006, 12:55pm » |
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A couple of trips to Kam Tin this weekend with the following highlights:
Saturday afternoon (30 Sept)
Daurian Starling x1
White-shouldered Starling x25 approx.
Grey-headed Lapwing x8
Black-naped Oriole x1
Greater Painted-snipe x4 (including nesting bird)
Also nearby at Cheung Po (Pat Heung) (30 Sept)
Greater Painted-snipe x 8
Moorhen x1
Monday morning (2 Oct)
Yellow-rumped Flycatcher x1 (a long-awaited Kam Tin tick for me!)
Asian Brown Flycatcher x 2 (at least)
Brown Shrike x1 probably cristatus
Arctic Warbler x2
Pale-legged/Sakhalin Leaf Warbler x1
Black-naped Oriole x1
Black-winged Cuckoo-shrike x2
Oriental Reed Warbler x1
Dusky Warbler x5+
There's also been a noticeable increase in Richard's Pipits since last weekend - now quite numerous around the Buffalo Fields (they've been scarce until now)
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Re: Kam Tin 錦田 2006 Autumn 秋
« Reply #4 on: Oct 9th, 2006, 5:25pm » |
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I visited Kam Tin both days again this weekend - the trip on Sunday to look for a possible Blyth's Pipit I'd found on Saturday morning. Unfortunately I haven't been able to relocate the bird and I'm not sure that I saw enough to rule out the possibility of a sinensis Richard's Pipit (although it was clearly different from a typical richardi)
Other highlights over the two days were:
Saturday (7 Oct)
Grey-headed Lapwing x18
Black-winged Stilt x2
Bonelli's Eagle x1
Common Kestrel x1
Red Turtle Dove x1
Red-rumped Swallow x1
White-cheeked Starling x6
White-shouldered Starling several small flocks
Zitting Cisticola x2
Bright-capped Cisticola x1
Asian Brown Flycatcher x4
Arctic Warbler x3
Yellow-browed Warbler x2
Also a Javan Mongoose - surprisingly the first I've seen here.
Sunday (8/10)
Black-crowned Night Heron x54
White-cheeked Starling x32
Plaintive Cuckoo x1
Yellow-breasted Bunting x1
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