Birding at Tempasuk Plain, Kota Belud

 10th November 2023

After Gary sighted the vagrant Asian House-Martin yesterday, I drove early this morning to one of my favourite birding hotspots in Sabah. Waited for few hours but unfortunately, did not see the House-Martin but got the vagrant Long-billed Dowitcher! Will be back here tomorrow with the group from Sabah Birdwatchers Association.

Bird list:

1. Wandering Whistling Duck
2. Spotted Dove
3. Zebra Dove
4. Lesser Coucal
5. Black-backed Swamphen
6. Black-winged Stilt
7. Pacific Golden Plover
8. Little Ringed Plover
9. Long-billed Dowitcher
10. Common Sandpiper
11. Marsh Sandpiper
12. Wood Sandpiper
13. Common Greenshank
14. Whiskered Tern
15. White-winged Black Tern
16. Little Egret
17. Medium Egret
18. Eastern Cattle Egret
19. Great White Egret
20. Purple Heron
21. Grey Heron
22. Black-winged Kite
23. Eastern Marsh Harrier
24. Peregrine Falcon
25. White-breasted Woodswallow
26. Oriental Reed Warbler
27. Striated Grassbird
28. Sand Martin
29. Pacific Swallow
30. Barn Swallow
31. Yellow-vented Bulbul
32. Ornate Sunbird
33. Chestnut Munia
34. Eurasian Tree Sparrow
35. Eastern Yellow Wagtail

Yellow-vented Bulbul

Juvenile Peregrine Falcon

Wandering Whistling Duck

Juvenile Lesser Coucal

Peregrine Falcon

Black-winged Stilt

Marsh Sandpiper

Happy birding!