Status during the baseline surveys

Lok Ma Chau

1.4.130 Up to four recorded, present autumn through to spring (Figure 41). Distribution and average number per visit are shown in Figure 85.

San Tin

1.4.131 Up to four in winter, one bird in spring (Figure 41). Distribution and average number per visit are shown in Figure 85.

Figure 41

Richard’s Pipit - Number of individuals per visit at

Lok Ma Chau and San Tin winter 2000-01

Long Valley

1.4.132 Present from autumn through to spring with between three and thirteen present on most dates (Figure 42). Distribution and average number per visit are shown in Figure 86.

Figure 42

Richard’s Pipit - Number of individuals per visit at Long Valley 2000-01

Bluethroat Luscinia svecica

Status

1.4.133 In Hong Kong a locally common winter visitor and spring passage migrant (Carey et al. 2001).

Status during the baseline surveys

Lok Ma Chau

1.4.134 Not recorded (Figure 43)

San Tin

1.4.135 One or two present on most visits (Figure 43). Distribution and average number per visit are shown in Figure 87.

Figure 43

Bluethroat - Number of individuals per visit at

Lok Ma Chau and San Tin winter 2000-01

Long Valley

1.4.136 Up to three present in winter (Figure 44). Distribution and average number per visit are shown in Figure 88.

Figure 44

Bluethroat - Number of individuals per visit at Long Valley 2000-01

Common Stonechat Saxicola torquata

Status

1.4.137 In Hong Kong a common passage migrant and winter visitor (Carey et al. 2001).

Status during the baseline surveys

Lok Ma Chau

1.4.138 Present autumn through to spring with a peak of nine on 13 November 2000 (Figure 45). Distribution and average number per visit are shown in Figure 89.

San Tin

1.4.139 Present until the spring, with a peak of 10 on 22 November 2000 and 10 January 2001 (Figure 45). Distribution and average number per visit are shown in Figure 89.

Figure 45

Common Stonechat - Number of individuals per visit at

Lok Ma Chau and San Tin winter 2000-01

Long Valley

1.4.140 Present from autumn through to spring, with a peak of 19 on 10 and 18 January 2001 (Figure 46). Distribution and average number per visit are shown in Figure 90.

Figure 46

Common Stonechat - Number of individuals per visit at Long Valley 2000-01

Pallas’s Grasshopper Warbler Locustella certhiola

Status

1.4.141 In Hong Kong a locally common autumn passage migrant, with infrequent spring records (Carey et al. 2001).

Status during the baseline surveys

Lok Ma Chau

1.4.142 Not recorded.

San Tin

1.4.143 Not recorded.

Long Valley

1.4.144 One record of a single bird on 12 September 2000 (Figure 47). Distribution and average number per visit are shown in Figure 91.

Figure 47

Pallas’s Grasshopper Warbler - Number of individuals per visit at

Long Valley 2000-01

Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis

Status

1.4.145 In Hong Kong, a common winter visitor and passage migrant; rare breeding species (Carey et al. 2001).

Status during the baseline surveys

Lok Ma Chau

1.4.146 Present on most visits from May to March, with an increase in winter. Maximum count 11 on 7 February 2001 (Figure 48). Distribution and average number per visit are shown in Figure 92.

San Tin

1.4.147 Two peaks of occurrence (Figure 48), one in early winter (36 on 6 December 2000) and other in late winter (22 on 7 March 2001). Distribution and average number per visit are shown in Figure 92.

Figure 48

Zitting Cisticola - Number of individuals per visit at Lok Ma Chau and

San Tin winter 2000-01

Long Valley

1.4.148 Present from autumn through to spring with a peak count of 20 on 10 January 2001 (Figure 49). Distribution and average number per visit are shown in Figure 93.

Figure 49

Zitting Cisticola - Number of individuals per visit at Long Valley 2000-01

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