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Message: <blockquote data-quote="PJSharp" data-source="post: 3555743" data-attributes="member: 118519">Ok, so I didn’t manage any updates once into our trip to Bali, sorry about that, too busy enjoying myself.I’m now sat at HK airport, having flown in from Bali, and we are waiting for our return flight to the UK . It’s late at night so no more birds for my HK list. As for Bali, we had a great time, the people are lovely, the food enjoyable and the island is still very beautiful. As I hope to write a more comprehensive trip report I’ll just summarise the birding for now. On a general note birding in Bali is good, if a little odd. Trapping for the cage bird trade has reduced the population of birds that were common even ten years ago to vanishingly small levels, and with a few exceptions birds are really only present in protected areas - which includes temples. The exceptions are Tree Sparrow, Yelow-vented Bulbul, Cave Swiftlet, Cattle Egret, Little Egret and Javan Pondheron, which are generally present in suitable habitat.I won’t repeat details of these species below.</blockquote>