November 20th, 2018
A late-autumn wander about Long Valley with Andrew Hardacre. LV is an area of freshwater vegetable fields, and traditional crops like rice planted by Green Groups, including the HK Birdwatching Society.
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| Sheung Shui Town in the distance |
Many of the usual avian suspects were in view. Photos in the order taken, then.
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| Masked Laughingthrush - Garrulax perspicillatus |
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| Yellow-breasted Bunting - Emberiza aureola |
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| Common (Fantail) Snipe - Gallinago gallinago |
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| Common (Fantail) Snipe - Gallinago gallinago |
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| Black-winged Stilt - Himantopus himantopus |
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| Black-winged Stilt - Himantopus himantopus |
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| "Chinese" Magpie - Pica serica |
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| "Chinese" Magpie - Pica serica |
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| Eastern Yellow Wagtail - Motacilla tschutschensis (taivana) |
The overcast weather made for nice pastelly backgrounds.
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| Spotted Redshank - Tringa erythropus |
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| Chinese Pond Heron - Ardeola bacchus |
By the time we got to San Tin, the sun had come out….
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| Chinese Spot-billed Duck - Anas zonorhyncha |
A fine way to start the day...
Memories of yesteryear for me! That Masked Laughingthrush is a particularly handsome bird. I hadn’t realized the Magpie had been split. Maybe I picked up an armchair tick!
ReplyDeleteThe Magpie has been split into about seven new species, David, so perhaps more than one "Armchair" tick for us all !
DeleteHope to visit this place next spring, hope the Pond Herons are still around..........
ReplyDeleteHi Stu, Most of the CPHs will still be around to greet you, and may have their breeding plumage on, too !
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