Kuala Abai Mudflat, Kota Belud

 4th January 2022

The list continues with a short trip to Kg. Damat, Kuala Abai mudflat and Tempasuk Plains at Kota Belud. At the mudflat, saw 2 globally threatened Chinese Egret and other common winter visitors such as Common Redshank and Greenshank, Lesser and Greater Sand Plover and Sanderling. For Tempasuk, hoping for Ducks but only the resident Wandering Whistling Duck were present but Red-rumped Swallow (rare migrant) and Pale Sand Martin were seen among the plenty Egrets at the paddy field.

414 species to go!

 New species list:

1. Black-backed Swamphen
2. Buff-banded Rail
3. Watercock
4. Little ringed Plover
5. Long-toed Stint
6. Common Snipe
7. Whiskered Tern
8. Oriental Darter
9. Yellow Bittern
10. Intermediate Egret
11. Black-winged Kite
12. Eastern Marsh Harrier
13. Oriental Reed Warbler
14. Pale Sand Martin
15. Red-rumped Swallow
16. Plaintive Cuckoo
17. Lesser Sand-Plover
18. Greater Sand-Plover
19. Kentish Plover
20. Great Knot
21. Red-necked Stint
22. Sanderling
23. Common Greenshank
24. Common Redshank
25. Chinese Egret
26. Osprey
27. Changeable Hawk-Eagle
28. White-bellied Sea-Eagle
29. Greater Coucal
30. Chinese Pond-Heron
31. Dollarbird
32. Black-winged Flycatcher-Shrike
33. Orange-bellied Flowerpecker

 

Watch a short video of the Egrets and Swallows at Tempasuk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKWPmTmMIEM

 

Mt. Kinabalu from Damat

 

Kuala Abai mudflat with possibility of Nordmann's Greenshank

Tempasuk Plain and got the Watercock here....

Check my birding tours in Sabah: https://birdersofborneo.blogspot.com/

Happy birding!