Sunday, December 14, 2008

Miri "Right-Smack-in-the" City Mudflats in front of HSBC




There's only a small puddle left behind a kongsi after the most recent dumping of sand as part of the reclaimation process by our city fathers (Jabatan Saliran dan Pengairan).

The following waders were sighted 13.12.08 at the "what-used-to-be" a mudflat in front of HSBC:

20-30 Pacific Golden Plover
2 Common Greenshank
1 Marsh Sandpiper
5 Wood Sandpiper
1 Little Ringed Plover
5 Red-necked Stint
1 Long-toed Stint
5 Common Sandpiper

as well as :
2 White-breasted Waterhen,
1 Little Egret,
1 Great Egret.

One small opportunistic biawak was also present!

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