21 Nov 2018

Oh, what a grey day...for Long Valley "regulars"

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.

Sheung Shui Town in the distance

Many of the usual avian suspects were in view. Photos in the order taken, then.

Masked Laughingthrush - Garrulax perspicillatus


Yellow-breasted Bunting - Emberiza aureola

Common (Fantail) Snipe - Gallinago gallinago

Common (Fantail) Snipe - Gallinago gallinago

Black-winged Stilt - Himantopus himantopus

Black-winged Stilt - Himantopus himantopus

"Chinese" Magpie - Pica serica

"Chinese" Magpie - Pica serica

Eastern Yellow Wagtail - Motacilla tschutschensis (taivana)



The overcast weather made for nice pastelly backgrounds.

Spotted Redshank - Tringa erythropus

Chinese Pond Heron - Ardeola bacchus

By the time we got to San Tin, the sun had come out…. 

Chinese Spot-billed Duck - Anas zonorhyncha

A fine way to start the day...

4 comments:

  1. 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!

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    1. The Magpie has been split into about seven new species, David, so perhaps more than one "Armchair" tick for us all !

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  2. Hope to visit this place next spring, hope the Pond Herons are still around..........

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    1. Hi Stu, Most of the CPHs will still be around to greet you, and may have their breeding plumage on, too !

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