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Title: Kam Tin 錦田 2006 Autumn 秋 Post by johnallcock on Sep 5th, 2006, 11:43am 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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Title: Re: Kam Tin 錦田 2006 Autumn 秋 Post by bond on Sep 25th, 2006, 12:13am 24/9 1600-1830 White-cheeked starling White-shouldered starling Pintail/Swinhoe's snipe Oriental pratincole Japanese quail |
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Title: Re: Kam Tin 錦田 2006 Autumn 秋 Post by johnallcock on Sep 29th, 2006, 6:24pm 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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Title: Re: Kam Tin 錦田 2006 Autumn 秋 Post by johnallcock on Oct 3rd, 2006, 12:55pm 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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Title: Re: Kam Tin 錦田 2006 Autumn 秋 Post by johnallcock on Oct 9th, 2006, 5:25pm 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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