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| Author: | Andy Sims [ Tue Dec 29, 2009 2:45 pm ] |
| Post subject: | East China, 6th to 20th December 2009. |
Phil Espin and I recently spent two weeks birding in Eastern China. This was an independently organised trip with the principle aim of seeing a number of special species, namely Cabot’s Tragopan, Koklass, Silver & Reeve’s Pheasants, Siberian, White-naped, Hooded & Red-crowned Cranes, Swan Goose, Spoon-billed Sandpiper & Ibisbill. We organised this trip with Zhang Lin, a Shanghai birder who operates as http://www.shanghaibirdingtour.com, we contacted him by email, agreed an itinerary and he then organised and booked the 3 internal flights, 2 train journeys and cars and drivers for the trip. Hotels were generally found in the evenings depending on where we were and were readily available. We covered the eastern part of China from just north of Beijing to as far south as Fuzhou. Highlights of the trip were as follows (order follows Mark Brazil, Birds of East Asia):- Cabot’s Tragopan Koklass, Silver & Reeve’s Pheasants 1,000+ Swan Geese 15 Lesser White-fronted Geese 3 Baer’s Pochards 55 Smew on one pond 10 Scaly-sided Mergansers 300+ Oriental Storks 1 Black-faced Spoonbill 1 Pied Harrier 5 Upland Buzzards 1 Indian Black Eagle 1 Mountain Hawk Eagle 11 Great Bustards c600 Siberian, 1 Sandhill, c80 White-naped, c400 Common, 10 Hooded & 23 Red-crowned Cranes 2 Ibisbill 5 Long-billed Plovers 1 Greater Sand Plover 2 Spoon-billed Sandpipers Black-tailed, Vega, Mongolian, Relict & Saunder’s Gulls 11 Pallas’s Sandgrouse Hill Pigeons & Oriental Turtle Doves Asian Barred Owlet 2 Crested Kingfishers 3 Speckled Piculets 1 Lesser Yellow-naped Woodecker 5 Chinese Grey Shrikes Azure-winged & Red-billed Blue Magpies Grey Treepies 6 Daurian Jackdaws & 3 Collared Crows Yellow-bellied, Yellow-cheeked, Yellow-browed & Black-throated Tits Chinese Penduline Tits Collared Finchbills Chinese, Mountain & Chestnut Bulbuls Streak-breasted Scimitar Babblers Masked & Lesser-necklaced Laughingthrushes Chinese Hwamei Vinous-throated & Reed Parrotbills (the latter like Bearded Tits on steroids) White’s, Grey-backed, Pale, Naumann’s & Dusky Thrushes Plumbeous Redstarts Little, Slaty-backed, White-crowned & Spotted Forktails Brown Dippers Orange-bellied Leafbirds Fork-tailed Sunbirds Eastern Yellow Wagtails Olive-backed, Buff-bellied & Richard’s Pipits Chinese Grosbeaks Pine, Meadow, Tristram’s, Little, Yellow-browed, Elegant, Black-faced, Pallas’s Reed, Japanese Reed & Lapland Buntings We saw a total of 212 species on the trip, which went very well. The only real disappointment was the weather in the Wuyi mountains where we had low cloud and rain on both of our days. This prevented us from seeing several passerine specialities of this area. In all a very enjoyable trip and we would thoroughly recommend the services of Lin to anyone visiting this area. |
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| Author: | Freddy Johnson [ Tue Dec 29, 2009 6:24 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: East China, 6th to 20th December 2009. |
Andy, Sounds a fantastic trip - your detailed planning plus the services of Zhang Lin obviously paid off. What a mouth-watering trip list which others can also enjoy vicariously. Congratulations and thanks for letting the rest of us enjoy reading about it. Regards, Freddy PS I had hoped to revisit the Orient to celebrate my 80th birthday in 3 years time or so, but the nearer we get to 2013 the more the possibility recedes. Ah well, you can't win 'em all... |
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