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Shing Mun Reservoir 城門水塘

Shing Mun Reservoir 城門水塘

This is my first time to post a bird watching report. Please kindly advise if I did anything wrong. Thanks.

Date: 14/01/2007
Time 8:30 - 17:00

Chinese Bulbul X 20
Red Whickered Bulbul X 5
Chestnut Bulbul X 2
Ashy Drongo X 1
Scarlet Minivet X 6
Grey-chinned Minivet  Male X 3,  Female X 5
Orange-bellied Leafbird   Male X 2, Female X 1, Juvenile X 1
Olive-backed Pipit X 1
Large-billed Crow X 5
Fork-Tailed Sunbird X 6
Japanese White-eye X 12
Grey-headed Flycatcher X 1
Blue-winged Minla X 2
Great tit X 1
Grey-backed Thrush X 5
Scaly Thrush X 2
Black-winged Cuckoo Strike X 2
House Swift X 2
Yellow-brown Warbler X 8
Common Tailorbird X 4

I also saw around 60 Black-eared kites flying over the slope next to the mini-bus stop when I was leaving the reservoir at dusk.

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Your report is great Gilman - you have included numbers for each species and this information helps us to understand local bird populations better!

cheers
Mike K
Mike KilburnVice Chairman, HKBWSChairman, Conservation Committee

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Thanks, Mike

I will keep trying to post more reports in the coming future if it's really helpul.

Gilman

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29Jan2007 Shing Mun        1400-1800               

230        白胸翡翠        White-throated Kingfisher        1 seen
237        大擬啄木鳥        Great Barbet        Heard
257        灰鶺鴒        Grey Wagtail       
258        白鶺鴒        White Wagtail       
260        樹鷚        Olive-backed Pipit       
275        橙腹葉鵯        Orange-bellied Leafbird        1x Male & 1 x Female
286        紅脇藍尾鴝        Red-flanked Bluetail        2x Male & 2x Female
301        虎斑地鶇        Scaly Thrush        1x
305        灰背鶇        Grey-backed Thrush        Male & Female
309        棕頸鈎嘴鶥        Streak-breasted Scimitar Babbler       
310        紅頭穗鶥        Rufous-capped Babbler       
314        黑喉噪鶥        Black-throated Laughingthrush        1x
315        畫眉        Hwamei        2x
318        紅嘴相思鳥        Red-billed Leiothrix       
369        北灰鶲        Asian Brown Flycatcher        1x
395        叉尾太陽鳥        Fork-tailed Sunbird        Male


30Jan2007 Shing Mun        1400-1800               

230        白胸翡翠        White-throated Kingfisher        1 seen
237        大擬啄木鳥        Great Barbet        Heard
260        樹鷚        Olive-backed Pipit       
272.8        綠翅短腳鵯        Mountain Bulbul        3+
273        栗背短腳鵯        Chestnut Bulbul       
286        紅脇藍尾鴝        Red-flanked Bluetail        4x Female
289        北紅尾鴝        Daurian Redstart        1x Male & 1x Female
301        虎斑地鶇        Scaly Thrush        2x
305        灰背鶇        Grey-backed Thrush        Male & Female
309        棕頸鈎嘴鶥        Streak-breasted Scimitar Babbler       
369        北灰鶲        Asian Brown Flycatcher        3+
383        方尾鶲        Grey-headed Flycatcher        1 seen
439        灰卷尾        Ashy Drongo        1 seen 1 heard at same time

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