Pulau Seribu, Java
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Autumn migration at Beidaihe 1986-1990 - species |
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Written by Martin Williams
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Saturday, 20 May 2006 |
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Autumn migration at Beidaihe 1986-1990 - species
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Bitterns, egrets and herons
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Spoonbills, Ibises, Storks
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Swans, Geese, Shelducks and Ducks
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Raptors
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Partridges, pheasants and quail
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Cranes
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Rails, Crakes, Coot and Bustards
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Shorebirds
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Skuas, Gulls and Terns
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Sandgrouse and Doves
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Cuckoos, Owls and Swifts
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Kingfishers, Dollarbird, Hoopoe, Wryneck and Woodpeckers
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Larks, Martins and Swallows
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Wagtails and Pipits
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Minivet, Bulbuls, Shrikes
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Waxwings, Orioles, Drongos and Starlings
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Crows
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Wrens and Accentors
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Robins and Chats
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Rockthrushes and Thrushes
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Laughinthrushes, Parrotbill and Bush-Warblers
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Marsh-, Grasshopper, and Reed Warblers
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Phylloscopus warblers, Cisticolas, Kinglets, hill warbler
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Flycatchers
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Tits
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Nuthatches, Wallcreeper and White-eyes
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Finches
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Buntings
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Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephala LT—extremely common near Qinhuangdao in winter. H—common from the beginning of November, throughout the winter; usually in minor flocks of up to 15-20. COE—no records.
1986: 80 bird-days, 26 October to 17 November. Twenty-seven bird-days were logged during the last few days of October, 23 during 2nd-10th and 30 during 14-17 November. The highest counts were 17 on 14th and 10 on 15 November, all flying south. Most records were from LH; from the watchpoint, 72 were recorded flying south, and two flying north.
1987: 102 bird-days (75 were recorded flying south), 14 October to 24 November; highest day totals 18 (15 south, three present) on 21 October and 17 (ten south, seven present) on 5 November.
1988 (Ho): nine bird-days, 6 October to 10 November.
1989: 60 bird-days, 5 October to 14 November; highest day totals were ten flying south on 7th and 19 at LH on 14 November.
1990: the only record before 23 October was three on 9 October. From 23 October, 12 bird-days (all but two were recorded flying south), 2-7 November; highest day total seven (all flying south) on 3 November.
Godlewski’s Rock-Bunting Emberiza (cia) omissa LT—resident in the mountains. H, COE—no records. Ch—range includes northeast Hebei.
1986: eight birds were recorded at LH; all except one flew south. There were singles on 31 October and 1 November, three on 3 November and singles on 12th, 13th and 15 November.
1987: nine bird-days (four were recorded flying south), 24 October to 8 November.
1988 (Ho): seven bird-days, 14-18 November; highest day total three on 17 November.
1989: 22 bird-days, 17 October to 14 November; all but three bird-days were logged at LH.
1990: no records.
Meadow Bunting Emberiza cioides LT—very common resident in the mountains, descends to plains in winter. H—recorded 10-20 birds, November to January. COE—several presumed winter visitors, and about five breeding pairs. Ch—resident in northeast Hebei.
1986: 170 bird-days, 25 August to 5 November. Initially seen in ones and twos, including juveniles, at LH and once on Lighthouse Point; these were considered to be local breeding birds. Two to four were seen on 19th and seven on 25 September, by which date the species had been recorded on 14 dates. Subsequently noted more regularly, presumably indicating either passage or the arrival of winter visitors, which had perhaps had bred in the mountains nearby; Hemmingsen notes that the species had never been observed on migration in Hebei. During October and November there was a minor build up in the numbers of bird-days logged, to a peak of 29 in the third week of October, with occasional birds observed from the watchpoint apparently migrating south (throughout the period, 20 birds were recorded from the watchpoint, flying south). Numbers declined again (19, 13 and five bird-days were logged in successive weeks) but there was a resurgence during the final week when 30 bird-days were logged, perhaps indicating the arrival of winter visitors. The highest day totals were seven on 20 October and 17 in 17 November. The great majority of records were from LH—20 were recorded from the watchpoint, flying south; also seen at Re and Lighthouse Point.
1987: 433 bird-days (77 were recorded flying south), beginning of the survey to 21 November; highest day totals of birds present 31 on 13th and 29 on 24 October; 43 flew south from 18 October to 4 November.
1988 (Ho): 100 bird-days, beginning of the survey to 9 November; highest day total ten on 9 October.
1989: at LH, two on 22nd and one on 24 September; 147 bird-days (17 flew south), 9 October to 14 November; highest day total 18 on 19 October (17 at LH, one at Se).
1990: before 23 October, 60 bird-days, highest day total nine on 10 October. From 23 October, 55 bird-days (two were recorded flying south), throughout the period; mainly recorded at LH, where highest counts five on 24 October and seven on 2 November.
•(NT)Japanese Reed-Bunting Emberiza yessoensis LT—a few seen from the beginning of October; latest date 17 November. H—six specimens, 22 November to 23 December. COE—21 birds, 3 April to 21 May.
1986: five birds were recorded: two males and two females/immatures at GS on 25 October and a male at Re on 1 November.
1987: 59 bird-days, 18 October to 25 November; 50 bird-days from 22 October to 2 November; highest day total ten on 23rd and 26 October.
1988 (Ho): five bird-days, 13-25 October.
1989: 70 bird-days, 9 October to 8 November; highest day total eight birds on 14 October and 3 November; 12 bird-days after 30 October.
1990: before 23 October, eight bird-days, highest day total six on 20 October. From 23 October, records at Re of one on 23rd, two on 25th and one on 31 October, and at FP, one on 4 November.
Tristram’s Bunting Emberiza tristrami LT—passes in spring; only one autumn record, 23 October. H—recorded on about 21 dates in spring, but only once in autumn, on 17 November. COE—68 bird-days, 1-31 May. Ch—migrates through Hebei; status: uncommon.
1986: 10-12 birds were recorded. Two were seen on 23rd and one on 28 September; five bird-days, 3rd-9th and a further four bird-days during 12-16 October.
1987: 48 bird-days; two on 5th and four (three flying south, one present) on 7 September, otherwise 6-28 October; highest day totals 14 on 10th and seven on 13 October.
1988 (Ho): 11 bird-days, 20 September to 12 October.
1989: 17 bird-days, 11-30 October; highest day total four birds on 29 October.
1990: singles were recorded on 15 September and 8 October.
Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata LT—passes commonly, first half of October. H—often recorded in spring, but only one certain autumn record, 12 October 1944, and a possible on 23 October 1944. COE—134 bird-days, 10 April to 31 May. Ch—migrates through Hebei.
1986: 66 bird-days, 20 September to 10 October. Forty-eight bird-days were logged to 29 September, and the remaining 18 during 4-10 October. The highest day count was 15 on 21 September. Recorded at a variety of localities.
1987: 332 bird-days, 23 August to 27 October; 183 were recorded flying south from 16 September to 18 October; highest day totals 56 (44 flying south, 12 present) on 30 September, 41 (25 flying south, 16 present) on 2nd and 42 (41 flying south, one present) on 3 October. In retrospect, almost certain that at least 200 flew south during two days of heavy bunting passage in late August (Hornskov unpubl.).
1988 (Ho): at least 2620 bird-days, beginning of the survey to 17 October; ca. 424 and ca. 2100 were recorded flying south on 20th and 21 September, respectively (appearing ‘pot-bellied, with a curiously rounded head … call reminiscent of Corn Bunting E. calandra soft blep’ as well as zick similar to other buntings).
1989: two on 26 September; 15 bird-days, 9-30 October; highest day total nine birds on 14 October.
1990: before 23 October, 61 bird-days, highest day totals ten on 22nd, 11 on 27 September and nine on 3 October. From 23 October, records at Re of one on 23rd and two on 25 October.
Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla LT—occurs in October and November. H—less common in autumn than in spring, 28 September to 1 November. COE—3009 bird-days, 28 March to 20 May.
1986: 125 bird-days, 11 September to 19 November. Numbers built up gradually, with nine bird-days logged during September, 23 during the first half of October and 47 during the second half of the month; 15 on 1 November proved to be the only record until 29 on 17th—the highest day count. The last record was two birds on 19 November. Records were from a number of localities, with 36 noted from LH, flying south.
1987: 2787 bird-days, 15 September to the end of the survey; 1198 were recorded flying south, including 1012 during 16-31 October. Much of the difference between the 1986 and 1987 tallies for this species (and for Rustic Bunting) may be accounted for by the more confident identification of flying buntings in 1987 (especially birds flying around LH at dusk: see ‘unidentified buntings’). The highest day totals were 214 (138 flew south) on 20th and 245 (225 flew south) on 22 October.
1988 (Ho): 305 bird-days, 19 September to the end of the survey; highest day totals 91 on 5th and 60 on 9 October.
1989: recorded from 17 September, typically one to seven in a day until early October; 324 bird-days, 7 October to 10 November; highest day totals 35 on 11th, 43 on 13th and 33 on 25 October.
1990: before 23 October, 133 bird-days. From 23 October, 72 bird-days (three were recorded flying south), throughout the period; highest day totals 17 (15 at Re, two flying south) on 23 October and 15 (seven at ER, eight at TH) on 4 November, after which day totals did not exceed three.
Yellow-browed Bunting Emberiza chrysophrys LT—no records. WH—no autumn records listed for Beidaihe, but in Hebei not very common from 10 October to 20 November. H—not infrequent in spring, but only once in autumn, 1 September. COE—11 birds, 28 April to 22 May.
1986: 43 bird-days, 10 September to 10 November. Only three birds were recorded to 23 September, but from this date to 29 September 18 bird-days were logged, making this the main passage period, and the highest day count—six birds—was made on 23rd. From 4-16 October a further 20 bird-days were logged; after this period there were three on 25th October, and two on 4th and one on 10 November. Re and Grassy Sands were the favoured localities.
1987: 94 bird-days (13 were recorded flying south), 3 September to 8 November; highest day total ten (present) on 29 September; only one bird in November.
1988 (Ho): nine bird-days, 12 September to 2 October.
1989: 44 bird-days, 9 October to 2 November; highest day total eight on 27 October.
1990: nine bird-days, highest day total two on 8 October; all before 23 October.
Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica LT—passes in autumn; many winter. WH—in Hebei, ‘Common winter visitor in sheltered places and migrant on the plain in March and apparently in November. H—only identified on three autumn dates; one winter record. COE—281 bird-days from the beginning of the survey to 19 April.
1986: 269 bird-days, 30 September to 20 November. Fifteen bird-days were logged to 18 October, and 40 over the following two days. The main passage was over the three-day period 30 October to 1 November, when 113 bird-days were logged and the highest day count—59 birds—was made on 31 October. There was a further pulse of birds over 16-17 November, when 48 bird-days were logged, but there was little evidence that a wintering population had become established by the end of the survey. The pattern of occurrence of this species was perhaps the most irregular of the buntings, with birds seen on only 18 dates.
1987: 2930 bird-days (1714 were recorded flying south), 27 September to 24 November; highest day totals of birds flying south 750 on 7th and 550 on 11 November. As with the Little Bunting, much of the difference between the 1986 and 1987 tallies may be accounted for by the more confident identification of buntings in flight, especially towards dusk at LH, in 1987.
1988 (Ho): 279 bird-days, 5 October to the end of the survey.
1989: 2557 bird-days (including 60 flying south and 300 buntings which were probably this species flying south on 27 October), 9 October to 9 November; 2145 bird-days over 24-30 October; highest day totals 602 (including 300 buntings believed to be this species flying south, 200 at Re) on 27th, 714 (including 650 at Re) on 30 October.
1990: before 23 October, 38 bird-days. From 23 October, 310 bird-days (three were recorded flying south), throughout the period; highest day totals at least 150 (all at Re) on 23 October and 75 (at LH) on 2 November; only four records after 4 November, of one or two birds except 30 at Re on 16th.
Little Bunting/Rustic Bunting Emberiza pusilla/E. rustica
1987: 1486 bird-days; 1410 were recorded flying south in the first three weeks of November.
Yellow-throated Bunting Emberiza elegans LT—occurs in autumn, and probably winters in sheltered localities. H—numerous in spring but, ‘Like other buntings … much less common at PTH [Beidaihe] in autumn than in spring.’; 19 September to 11 November. COE—920 bird-days, 17 March to 19 May.
1986: 275 bird-days, 8 October to 20 November. Seventy-two bird-days were logged before 30 October, and 76 during 30 October to 1 November. There were no records over the next seven days, and 33 bird-days, 9-13 November. The highest day count was 76 on 17 November. LH, Re and YH were the favoured localities.
1987: 520 bird-days (18 were recorded flying south), 13 September to the end of the survey; the first record was not followed until 27 September; 309 bird-days, 21-29 October; highest day totals 37 on 26th and 64 on 27 October.
1988 (Ho): 94 bird-days, 2 October to the end of the survey; highest day total 15 on 22 October.
1989: three on 6 October; 1427 bird-days (including 150 birds which were probably this species flying south on 27 October), throughout the survey; 1016 bird-days over 23-30 October; highest day total 440 on 27 October (including 150 flying south and 150 at LH); only six bird-days to 16 October.
1990: 168 bird-days, 24 October to 16 November; highest day total 36 (two at ER, nine at Re, ten at EG and 15 at LH) on 31 October.
Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola LT—extremely abundant from the beginning of August and in September, ‘when it swarms in the crops’; a few occur at the beginning of October. H—though in spring sometimes seen in flocks of 20-40 or more, in autumn ‘only a few were seen each time’, 4 August to 2 September, with one also seen on 16 November. COE—252 bird-days, 28 April to the end of the survey.
1986: 91 bird-days, 20 August to 10 October. Recorded on six dates to the middle of September, with two to six birds each day apart from 31 August, when 31 birds—the highest day count—were seen. Nineteen bird-days were logged during 19-26 September and 14 during 3-7 October. The next and last record was of one on 10 October. Seen at a variety of localities; 59 were recorded from LH, flying south.
1987: 2274 bird-days (2042 were recorded flying south), beginning of the survey to 21 October; 1533 were recorded flying south during 25-31 August, including 708 on 28th and 681 on 29th; outside this period the highest counts of birds passing south were 65 on 18th, 67 on 26 September and 85 on 8 October; highest day totals of birds present were 40 on 30 August and 33 on 4 October.
1988 (Ho): 167 bird-days, beginning of the survey to 4 November; only three were recorded after the first week of October.
1989: two were seen on 9th, 14th and 29 October, and one on 2 November.
1990: 980 bird-days, highest day totals at least 300 flying south on 29 August and 240 on 22 September; all before 23 October.
Chestnut Bunting Emberiza rutila LT—two obtained 24 September. H—no certain records in autumn. COE—131 bird-days, 9-21 May. Ch—migrates through Hebei (southern plain).
1986: 29 bird-days, 28 September to 16 October; it seems likely that about 23 individuals were involved. One bird on 28 September was followed by four over 3-4 October. The remainder of the records were from 8-16 October, which was the main passage period, with the highest day total of four recorded on five dates. Half the records were from LH.
1987: 107 bird-days (58 were recorded flying south), 7 September to 27 October; highest day totals 14 flying south on 12th, 12 flying south on 20 September, 11 present on 8th and ten present on 9 October.
1988 (Ho): 93 bird-days, 16 September to 15 October; 57 bird-days were logged during the first week of October, and 13 were seen on 12 October.
1989: one on 16 September; 31 bird-days, 11 October to 1 November; four birds were seen on each day during 26-29 October.
1990: 30 bird-days, highest day total 15 on 28 September; all before 23 October.
Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala LT—occurs commonly in September and October. H—not uncommon, records usually of one or two birds (more numerous in spring), 9 August to 16 October. COE—351 bird-days, 8 April to the end of the survey period; possibly bred.
1986: 1174 bird-days (only birds present were recorded), 15 September to 31 October. Passage was quite heavily concentrated into the three-week period 24 September to 14 October, when 1078 bird-days were logged. The largest numbers occurred at Re, including 200 on 28 September (in all, 209 were recorded on this date—the highest day total).
1987: 3453 bird-days (2603 were recorded flying south), 25 August to 9 November; highest day totals of birds flying south were 1210 on 20th, 500 on 21st and 245 on 30 September, and of birds present 75 on 27 September, 110 on 2nd and 70 on 13 October (at least 6000 south-flying buntings on 20 September, the best day of passage, were thought to be this species).
1988 (Ho): at least 3015 bird-days, 12 September to 25 October; 2425 were recorded between 22 September and 1 October, mostly flying south.
1989: recorded from 16 September; 265 bird-days, 8 October to 8 November; 158 bird-days over 10-14 October; highest day total 55 on 12 October.
1990: before 23 October, 457 bird-days, highest day totals 80 on 18th and 105 on 28 September. From 23 October, singles were at Re on 23 October and LH on 2 November.
Pallas’s Reed-Bunting Emberiza pallasi LT—abundant in October; apparently winters. H—three autumn records, 21 October to 12 November; probably under-recorded. COE—recorded from the beginning of the survey to 21 May. Initially, winter visitors at Re; passage birds more widespread.
1986: 931 bird-days, 29 September to 19 November. The main passage was from 30 October to 1 November, when 520 bird-days were logged, and at least 300 were seen at Re on 30 October; 104 bird-days, 23-25 October. Re was the favoured locality. Nineteen were recorded from LH, flying south. This was one of four species of bunting which arrived in numbers on 30 October (others were Little, Rustic, and Yellow-throated), with good numbers remaining to 1 November.
1987: 2417 bird-days (353 were recorded flying south), 20 September to the end of the survey; 1356 bird-days were logged for birds present (mainly at Re) from 17 October to 9 November; highest day totals of birds present 115 on 20th, 240 on 27 October, 140 on 9th and 125 on 24 November.
1988 (Ho): 925 bird-days, 21 September to the end of the survey.
1989: two on 25 September; 1400 bird-days, 6 October to 16 November; 94 bird-days over 13-14 October; 1167 bird-days from 24 October to 3 November; highest day total 285 on 24 October.
1990: before 23 October, 156 bird-days. From 23 October, 198 bird-days (26 were recorded flying south), throughout the period; highest day totals 32 (30 at Re, two at ER) on 23rd and 26 (24 at Re, two flying south) on 31 October.
Common Reed-Bunting Emberiza schoeniculus LT, H—no autumn records. COE—about 16 birds, 25 March to 12 May. Ch—migrates through Hebei.
1986: 34 bird-days, 17 September to 9 November. Recorded on 17 dates; it appears that 28-32 individuals were involved. Eighteen bird-days had been logged by the end of September; a further 11 were logged in the first half of October and three during the rest of the month. Nearly all the records were from Re.
1987: 35 bird-days (17 were recorded flying south), 22 September to 1 November; highest day total four (flying south) on 6th and 21 October.
1988 (Ho): 35 bird-days, 30 September to the end of the survey; all were recorded flying south.
1989: 25 bird-days, 8 October to 1 November; highest day total eight on 10 October.
1990: before 23 October, 26 bird-days, highest day totals six on 28th, three on 29 September and four on 3 October. From 23 October, singles were at Re on 25 October and SF on 4 November.
Lapland Bunting (Lapland Longspur) Calcarius lapponicus LT—appears in numbers in late autumn and occurs on the plain in late winter and early spring in immense flocks. H—in numbers in winter, e.g. ‘large flocks of hundreds flying about GS [Grassy Sands]’ 16th and 18 November 1944; earliest autumn date 22 October. COE—no records. Ch—migrant and winter visitor to Hebei.
1986: 54 bird-days, 20 October to 18 November. Four were recorded before 30 October, from which date to 1 November nine bird-days were logged. The highest day count was 17, recorded from LH, flying south, on 7 November, and there was a flurry of records, totalling 18 bird-days, from 14-18 November. Twenty-seven birds were recorded flying south, at LH or SF.
1987: 92 bird-days (88 were recorded flying south), 13 October to 24 November; highest day totals 19 on 23rd and 28 October; only one bird after 7 November.
1988 (Ho): eight bird-days, 18 October to the end of the survey.
1989: 199 bird-days, 19 October to 16 November (65 flew south); 56 flew south over 31 October and 1 November; 100 were at YH on 16 November.
1990: the only record before 23 October was two on 18 October. From 23 October, 41 bird-days (28 were recorded flying south), throughout the period; highest day totals eight flying south on 8th and 11 at YH on 15 November.
This species has not been abundant in recent years, in contrast to the observations of La Touche and Hemmingsen. This may be because recent winters have been relatively mild.
Unidentified buntings Emberiza spp.
1986: 4946 unidentified buntings were recorded from 21 August to 19 November, mostly during October and the first ten days of November. Records were mainly of birds flying south during the first few hours after dawn, or flying around before dusk (about to go to roost, or begin migrating?), at LH.
1987: 6516 bird-days, beginning of the survey to 8 November; 5955 were recorded flying south.
Unidentified small passerines Passeriformes
1986: 49,653 unidentified small passerines were recorded flying south from 23 August to 19 November. It seems likely that more than half were buntings, pipits and Yellow Wagtails, which were seen passing in some numbers and are less distinctive at a distance than, say, larks. The peak count was 8822 on 13 September, marking the beginning of a 12-day period during which 20,816 were recorded flying south. Most records were from LH.
Typically the great majority of the unidentified small passerines were logged in the first two or three hours after dawn, when streams of passerines were sometimes seen heading south over the plain. Especially later in the period, numbers were recorded at dusk—buntings were well-represented in these dusk movements.
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