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- A Checklist of the Birds of China
- A list of China's "Endangered" or "Critically Endangered" Birds
- China Bird Tours (recommended!)
- China Birding on Facebook
- China Wild Tour
- Chinese Currents
- Crazy Swedes Bird Ringing at Beidaihe, Spring 2013
- Hong Kong Birdwatching Society
- John and Jemi Holmes in Hong Kong
- Latest bird records in China
- Latest from China on BirdForum
- Latest weather in Beijing
- Per Alström's Masterclass on Chinese Phylloscs and Seicercus Warblers
- Per Alström's Research Page
- Shanghai Birding Tours
- Sichuan Birds
- Tibet Birds
Regional reads
- Bamboo Fish
- Birding Mongolia
- Birds Korea
- Dave Bakewell – Dig Deep
- Dave Bakewell – Dig Deep, Malaysia (new site)
- Global Flyway Network – shorebird flagging and colour-banding
- Japanese Gull Site (excellent for those tricky East Asian gulls…)
- Korean Gulls
- Oriental Bird Club
- Spoon-billed Sandpiper Expedition Blog (Summer 2012)
- Stu Price in Hakodate, Hokkaido
- Xeno-canto Asia (Asian bird calls and songs)
Further Afield
- Alan Tilmouth
- Batumi Raptor Count (Georgia)
- Birding Benstead (Sweden)
- Bonvoy Travel
- Chris Gibbins – Gulls in north-east Scotland
- Earbirding
- Lowestoft Birds
- Martin Garner
- My photos on Netfugl.dk
- Netfugl (Denmark and WP)
- Talking Naturally with Charlie Moores
- Winterton Bird Spotting Collective (news from my original local patch)
- Yoav Perlman's Birding in Israel blog
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- First image of JANKOWSKI'S BUNTING at a new site discovered yesterday by the survey team. Honoured to be part of it! http://t.co/AmIUVQG3KI 1 day ago
- On my way back from JANKOWSKI'S BUNTING survey in Inner Mongolia. Y'day found a new site holding at least 6 males! Full report soon. 1 day ago
- RT @birdingfrontier: HSBC: please stop your role in the destruction of rainforests in Borneo @hsbc_uk_press. Sign the petition: http://t.co… 5 days ago
- Packing for Inner Mongolia to participate in the JANKOWSKI'S BUNTING survey.. watch this space! #CriticallyEndangered 5 days ago
- 14 BAER'S POCHARDS yesterday at the breeding site in Hebei Province. Here is a pic of 3 of them with a Fudge Duck. http://t.co/k6lF2Fdmcf 6 days ago
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Author Archives: Terry Townshend
Przewalski’s (Rusty-throated) Parrotbill
The Przewalski’s (Rusty-throated) Parrotbill (Paradoxornis przewalskii) is another special bird seen on our Sichuan/Shaanxi trip. Remarkably, this bird was not seen at all, anywhere on the planet, between 1988 and 2007, when it was rediscovered at Tangjiahe in northern Sichuan by … Continue reading
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Tagged Przewalski's Parrotbill, Rusty-throated Parrotbill, Sichuan, Sid Francis, Tangjiahe
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Colour-marked Shorebirds
Here is a great new link about colour-marked shorebirds in East Asia. It’s in English and Chinese and will help to encourage birders all along the East Asian Flyway to look out for, and report, any colour-marked birds. Well done … Continue reading
Birding Beijing in The Global Times
In April I took a journalist from The Global Times – Jiang Yuxia – to Ma Chang to experience birdwatching as part of her research into birding in Beijing. Yuxia has subsequently written and published this article. It’s a good … Continue reading
Blackthroat
The Black-throated Blue Robin (Blackthroat) was, until very recently, an almost mythical bird. Known only from the odd scattered record in the Chinese Provinces of Sichuan, Shaanxi and Gansu, with presumed wintering records in southern China and Thailand, it has been “the … Continue reading
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Tagged Blackthroat, Firethroat, Jonathan Price, Paul Holt, Per Alström, Rob Holmes, Shaanxi, Sid Francis
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Seeing Double
On Friday I visited Ma Chang with Global Times journalist Jiang Yuxia (writing an article about birding in Beijing) and Jennifer Leung. After a few days of cold and windy weather, the forecast was for a change in the wind … Continue reading
Baer’s Pochard at Ma Chang
On Sunday I visited Ma Chang, Wild Duck Lake. April and May are superb months to visit this special Beijing site. With migration in full swing, it’s fascinating to see the departure of the winter visitors, the arrival of summer … Continue reading
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Tagged Baer's Pochard, Kentish Plover, Lesser Kestrel, Little Ringed Plover, Ma Chang, Oriental Plover, Wild Duck Lake
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A Right Old Bird…
Not long after I arrived in China, I visited Liaoning Province to see my good friend, Dalian-based Tom Beeke. He very kindly showed me some of his local birding sites, including what must be the best gull-watching site in north-eastern … Continue reading
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Tagged Andreas Buchheim, Bai Qingquan, Birding Mongolia, Dalian, Jinzhou Bay, Mongolian Gull, Tom Beeke
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Siberian Cranes at Yeyahu!
This morning I received an email from An Yi, a Denmark-based birder who has been in Beijing visiting family. Yi visited Yeyahu NR on Wednesday 27 March and was lucky enough to see some cranes… but not just any cranes.. … Continue reading
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Tagged An Yi, Siberian Crane, White-naped Crane, Wild Duck Lake, Yeyahu NR
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Oriental Plovers – they’re back!
On Good Friday, I visited Wild Duck Lake (Ma Chang and Yeyahu NR) with visiting Ed Drewitt and Beijing-based student Alice Carfrae. The weather was good, if a little cold, and the birding a superb example of an early Spring … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice Carfrae, Ed Drewitt, Ma Chang, Oriental Plover, Yeyahu NR
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Yunnan Snub-nosed Monkey
I have been meaning to post a few photos from a trip to see the “Endangered” Yunnan Snub-nosed Monkey (Rhinopithecus bieti) during a short break to Yunnan Province in November. Situated a few hours north of Lijiang, in the foothills of the Tibetan … Continue reading
