kmike

Just in case no-one else saw it today I had  a male Siberian Blue Robin around 1pm today about 50m past the cafe to the east of the pier.

Lots of others, but many ther people saw them, some of the pix have already been posted, and I'll look forward to Geoff's weekly write-up.

Cheers
Mike K

kmike

Today 14 of us hired a boat from Aberdeen at 0800 and spent from 0915 to 1315 on Po Toi, then from 1315 until 1645 in waters south of Lamma.

The wind were fresh easterlies and the day was sunny with occasional cloud

The following birds were seen:

Great Egret - 1

Red-necked Phalarope - 100+

Greater Crested Tern - 2
Aleutian Tern - 12
Common Tern - 16

Brown Hawk Owl  - at least 2, possibly 3 one mobbed by a pair of Black Drongo

Indian Cuckoo - 2
Drongo Cuckoo - found by Geoff Welch this bird is the 5th record for Hong Kong and showed superbly well in the pier area.

Black-capped Kingfisher - 1
Common Kingfisher - 1

Black-naped Oriole - 2

Daurian Redstart - 1f

Yellow-browed Warbler - 2

Blue-and-white Flycatcher - 2m
Grey-streaked Flycatcher - 2
Asian Brown Flycatcher - 1

Chestnut Bunting -1
Trsitram's Bunting - 1
Black-faced Bunting - 1


Many thanks to all for a very enjoyable day!

I look forward to seeing some of the pix.

Cheers
Mike K