I mainly went out during lunchtime while sometimes also in late morning or afternoon. I never try to bird at night or late evening so I did not hear or see any nightjar species. Waders were mainly recorded in spring because of the ‘habitat management’ and other passage migrants (like Yellow-rumped Flycatcher, Oriental Cuckoo or Oriental Scops Owl) usually not stayed for more than a day (or even an hour). Many trees were cut this spring so I expect there will be fewer and fewer forest birds here in future, especially when the construction nearby is done, the buildings will cause much more disturbance to the migrants. For the raptors, it is very clear I had a better autumn than spring, though missed some common species.
For the one I dipped, I expected I could see but finally missed like Temminck Stint and Whimbrel (common waders in HK), Black-capped Kingfisher (wintering in HK), Asian Azure-winged Magpie (an introduced species in Northwest HK), Japanese Sparrowhawk and Grey-faced Buzzard (uncommon passage migrants in HK), Eurasian Kestrel (the remaining falcon species in HK!), Narcissus, Amur and Japanese Paradise, Grey-streaked, Blue-and-white and Mugimaki Flycatcher (which are all common passing or wintering flycatchers in HK), also many bunting species like Little Bunting, Yellow-breasted Bunting, Black-headed Bunting etc.... I also dipped some species which recorded by others, like Greater Painted Snipe, Eurasian Skylark, Chestnut Bunting, Eurasian Jay (real one?), Oriental Pratincole, Lesser Coucal and more...
my route on 21 May 2018. My birding route in HK Wetland Park is more or less the same everyday, only affected by the tide and bird condition. There are three birdwatching hides in HKWP, I usually visit at least one, sometimes even three. In this route, I didn't go to the Northwest part and the River Hide in HKWP (not enough time with an hour lunchtime!). Birds only recorded there include Blue Whistling Thrush, Two-barred Warbler, Fujian Niltava, Chinese Spot-billed Duck etc.
For the one I have seen, the following four should be the best of the year for me in order (I cannot think of the 5th because nothing really exciting as I could not find any Manchurian Reed Warbler...):
1. Sakhalin Leaf Warbler (a tickable calling bird, the sonogram aids identification)
2. Yellow-legged Buttonquail (a skulker but finally managed to get a record shot)
3. Oriental Scops Owl (seen well in daytime)
4. Himalayan swiftlet (my first HKWP 1st, but seen several times including 5 birds for once, the bird survey team clearly overlooked many species in the past)
Here is the list for the species I saw or heard this year from 22 May 2017 to 21 May 2018 (extract from eBird), I did not bring camera everyday so not all species with photos:
2. Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
3. Falcated Duck Mareca falcata
- one female seen in winter
4. Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
5. Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
- one seen in autumn and winter, probably same individual
6. Northern Pintail Anas acuta
7. Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- the Eurasian Teal is the defaulted species in HK
8. Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
9. Japanese Quail Coturnix japonica
- one seen in autumn
10. Chinese Francolin Francolinus pintadeanus
- unexpected species, flushed a female for several times in reedbed in autumn
11. Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
12. Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
13. Yellow Bittern Ixobrychus sinensis
14. Schrenck's Bittern Ixobrychus eurhythmus
- one seen in autumn
15. Cinnamon Bittern Ixobrychus cinnamomeus
- common here, possible breeding
16. Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
17. Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
18. Great White Egret Ardea alba
19. Intermediate Egret Ardea intermedia
20. Chinese Egret Egretta eulophotes
- one joined a mixed egret flock (mainly Little Egret) in autumn
21. Little Egret Egretta garzetta
22. Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
23. Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
24. Striated Heron Butorides striata
25. Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
26. Malayan Night-Heron Gorsachius melanolophus
- one immature seen in autumn
27. Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
28. Black-faced Spoonbill Platalea minor
- highest count 134 birds on 22 Dec 2017
29. Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- winter visitor
30. Crested Serpent-Eagle Spilornis cheela
- resident
31. Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga
- winter visitor
32. Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca
- winter visitor, less commoner than Greater Spotted Eagle
33. Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata
- one adult and one immature seen in autumn
34. Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus
- one immature seen in autumn
35. Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos
- one immature seen in autumn
36. Crested Goshawk Accipiter trivirgatus
- one seen in autumn
37. Chinese Sparrowhawk Accipiter soloensis
- seen in both autumn and spring
38. Besra Accipiter virgatus
- resident
39. Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- one adult female seen in winter
40. Black Kite Milvus migrans
- resident
41. White-bellied Sea-Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster
- adult and immature seen several times in autumn
42. Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
- winter visitor
43. Brown-cheeked Rail Rallus indicus
- one seen several times in autumn
44. White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
45. Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
46. Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
47. Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
48. Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola
49. Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- spring only
50. Lesser Sand Plover Charadrius mongolus
- spring only, include one atrifrons group
51. Greater Sand Plover Charadrius leschenaultii
52. Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius
- with one breeding pair
53. Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- two seen in autumn
54. Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
55. Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- spring only
56. Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- spring only
- spring only
- spring only
- spring only
- spring only
- spring only
- spring only
- spring only
- one wintering here
65. Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- one seen in autumn and winter, probably same individual
66. Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
67. Swinhoe's / Pintail Snipe Gallinago megala / Gallinago stenura
- flushed several birds in autumn
68. Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- spring only
70. Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
71. Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes
- spring only
73. Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
74. Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
75. Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
76. Common Redshank Tringa totanus
77. Yellow-legged Buttonquail Turnix tanki
- one seen in autumn
78. Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
79. Marsh Tern Chlidonias species
- some unidentified Chlidonias species seen in spring
80. Rock Dove Columba livia
81. Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
82. Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
83. Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
84. Spotted Dove Streptopelia chinensis
85. Asian Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica
- two seen in autumn
86. Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
87. Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
88. Plaintive Cuckoo Cacomantis merulinus
- heard only
89. Large Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides
90. Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
91. Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus optatus
- one seen in autumn
92. Collared Scops Owl Otus lettia
- one seen in daytime in autumn
93. Oriental Scops Owl Otus sunia
- one seen in daytime in autumn
94. Asian Barred Owlet Glaucidium cuculoides
- several seen in daytime, include one breeding pair
95. Himalayan Swiftlet Aerodramus brevirostris
- several seen in autumn, highest count 5 birds
96. House Swift Apus nipalensis
97. Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
98. White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
99. Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
100. Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus
- three seen in autumn
101. Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- seen in autumn including adult male
102. Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- one seen in autumn
103. Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
104. Scarlet Minivet Pericrocotus speciosus
105. Ashy Minivet Pericrocotus divaricatus
- heard only
106. Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
107. Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
108. Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis
- seen in autumn
109. Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
110. Hair-crested Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus
111. Red-billed Blue-Magpie Urocissa erythroryncha
112. Common Magpie Pica pica
113. Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
114. Collared Crow Corvus torquatus
115. Pale Sand Martin Riparia diluta
- one seen in autumn
116. Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
117. Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
118. Japanese Tit Parus minor
119. Chinese Penduline-Tit Remiz consobrinus
120. Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
121. Light-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis
122. Sooty-headed Bulbul Pycnonotus aurigaster
123. Chestnut Bulbul Hemixos castanonotus
- heard only
124. Asian Stubtail Urosphena squameiceps
125. Mountain Tailorbird Phyllergates cucullatus
126. Manchurian Bush Warbler Horornis borealis
127. Brownish-flanked Bush Warbler Horornis fortipes
128. Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
129. Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus
130. Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
131. Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
- safely identified by call and song in autumn and spring
132. Two-barred Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus
133. Pale-legged Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus tenellipes
- safely identified by call, mainly in autumn
recording as here: https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/75404771
134. Sakhalin Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus borealoides
- one bird in autumn safely identified by call
recording as here: https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/77337291
135. Black-browed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus bistrigiceps
136. Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis
137. Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Locustella certhiola
138. Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata
139. Large Locustella species
- one seen in Autumn
140. Russet Bush Warbler Locustella mandelli
- heard only
141. Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
142. Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis
- heard only
143. Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
144. Yellow-bellied Prinia Prinia flaviventris
145. Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
146. Japanese White-eye Zosterops japonicus
147. Masked Laughingthrush Garrulax perspicillatus
148. Chinese Hwamei Garrulax canorus
149. Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
150. Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
151. Fujian Niltava Niltava davidi
- one female seen in autumn
152. Rufous-tailed Robin Larvivora sibilans
153. Blue Whistling-Thrush Myophonus caeruleus
154. Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope
155. Yellow-rumped Flycatcher Ficedula zanthopygia
- one first winter male in autumn
156. Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
157. Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
158. Stejneger's Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
159. White's Thrush Zoothera aurea
- one seen in winter
160. Grey-backed Thrush Turdus hortulorum
161. Japanese Thrush Turdus cardis
162. Chinese Blackbird Turdus mandarinus
163. Brown-headed Thrush Turdus chrysolaus
- one seen in winter
164. Black-collared Starling Gracupica nigricollis
165. Red-billed Starling Spodiopsar sericeus
166. White-shouldered Starling Sturnia sinensis
167. White-cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus
168. Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
169. Great Myna Acridotheres grandis
- two seen in winter, introduced species
170. Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus
171. Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker Dicaeum cruentatum
172. Fork-tailed Sunbird Aethopyga christinae
173. Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
174. Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
175. White Wagtail Motacilla alba
176. Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
177. Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
178. Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala
179. Yellow-billed Grosbeak Eophona migratoria
180. Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
181. White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
182. Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
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