Birding North Unst: 27th November 2013 Wushe Hotel, Chun Yung Farm & Blue Gates Trail

Wednesday, 27 November 2013

27th November 2013 Wushe Hotel, Chun Yung Farm & Blue Gates Trail

On leaving our hotel at dawn the first bird seen was a Vinous-throated Parrotbill whereupon a flock were found and whilst enjoying watching these a Taiwan Hwamei started to sing and was soon located and a Korean Bush Warbler was seen leaving roost. A great start to the day. We then made a morning visit to Chun Yung Farm where a smart male Brown Shrike proved the highlight. We then spent much of the rest of the day along the Blue Gates trail.

Chinese Bamboo Partridge h
Crested Goshawk 2
Oriental Turtle Dove 4
White-bellied Green Pigeon 30
House Swift 2
Taiwan Barbet 4
Grey-chinned Minivet 2
Brown Shrike 1 male lucionensis ex.
Black Drongo 1
Grey Treepie 1
Large-billed Crow 1
Green-backed Tit 3
Pacific Swallow 2
Asian House Martin 25
Plain Prinia 2
Collared Finchbill 3
Chinese Bulbul 5
Himalayan Black Bulbul 2
KOREAN BUSH WARBLER 1 ex.
Yellow-bellied Bush Warbler 2
Yellow-browed Warbler h
Rufous-faced Warbler 2
Taiwan Scimitar Babbler 2
Rufous-capped Babbler 6
TAIWAN HWAMEI 3
Steere's Liocichla 6
Grey-cheeked Fulvetta 12
Taiwan Sibia 10
Taiwan Yuhina 10
White-bellied Erpornis 1
VINOUS-THROATED PARROTBILL 15 ex.
Japanese White-eye 2
Taiwan Whistling Thrush 1
White's Thrush 1
Eye-browed Thrush 4
Siberian Rubythroat 1
Red-flanked Bluetail 1 female
Daurian Redstart 6
Vivid Niltava 6
Fire-breasted Flowerpecker 1 male
Tree Sparrow 10
White-rumped Munia 8
Grey Wagtail 1
Olive-backed Pipit 6
Brown Bullfinch 3
Black-faced Bunting 12 ex.

Vinous-throated Parrotbills at Wushe

Female Daurian Redstart at Wushe (JFC)

Crested Goshawk at Chun Yung Farm, Wushe

Displaying Crested Goshawk at Chun Yung Farm, Wushe

Male Luzon Brown Shrike at Chun Yung Farm, Wushe (lower JFC)

White-bellied Green Pigeon at Chun Yung Farm, Wushe (JFC)

Taiwan Black-browed Barbet at Chun Yung Farm

Taiwan Scimitar Babbler at Chun Yung Farm

Formerly placed within Streak-breasted Scimitar Babbler P. ruficollis this species was split in Forktail 22 (2006) A partial revision of the Asian Babblers (Timaliidae) by N.J. Collar and that treatment was followed by Brazil (2009)

Grey-chinned Minivets at Chun Yung Farm

Japanese White-Eye at Chun Yung Farm, Wushe

Blue Pansy at Chun Yung Farm, Wushe

Common Tiger at Chun Yung Farm, Wushe (lower JFC)

Chestnut Tiger at Chun Yung Farm, Wushe (lower JFC)

We managed to free this individual from a Spider's web. It is a long-distance migrant that we have previously seen on Hegura. One marked at Wajima constituted the first proven migrant to China.