Tempasuk Paddy Fields, Kota Belud Update

 30th September 2020

Below is the list of waterbirds seen at the above in the early migratory season together with Oliver:

• Great Egret
• Intermediate Egret
• Little Egret
• Cattle Egret
• Javan Pond Heron
• Cinnamon Bittern
• Black-winged Stilt
• Oriental Pranticole
• Pacific Golden Plover
• Little Ringed Plover
• Black-tailed Godwit
• Bar-tailed Godwit
• Asiatic Dowitcher
• Common Redshank
• Common Greenshank
• Marsh Sandpiper
• Wood Sandpiper
• Common Sandpiper
• Red-necked Phalarope
• Common Snipe
• Red-necked Stint
• Little Stint
• Temminck's Stint
• Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
• Long-toed Stint
• Whiskered Tern
• White-winged Tern

Images taken with Swarovski Optik STX95. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

 

Sharp-tailed Sandpiper is a common passage migrants to Kota Belud

 

Wood Sandpiper

Little Ringed Plover

 

Sharp-tailed Sandpiper

Red-necked Phalarope

From left to right: Wood Sandpiper (left and bottom right), Black-winged Stilt juvenile and adult and Common Greenshank (middle)

White-winged and Whiskered Tern

Pacific Golden Plover

Scanning for the juvenile Little Stint with Mt. Kinabalu at the background with Ali and Oliver

My setup Swarovski STX95 + TLS APO + Nikon V1 mounted on Swarovski Optik PTH gimbal head and Fotopro carbon fibre tripod

Good sealed road around the paddy field

Shooting the Sharp-tailed Sandpiper!

Happy birding and stay safe everyone!