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- A Checklist of the Birds of China
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- Crazy Swedes Bird Ringing at Beidaihe, Spring 2013
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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
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- 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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Tag Archives: Dandong
Nordmann’s Greenshank
Another highlight from the trip to Dandong was the remarkable total of Nordmann’s Greenshanks (Tringa guttifer) that we observed at a high-tide roost. Totals of 17, 17 and 16 were recorded on my three visits and, on one of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Bai Qingquan, Dandong, Donggang, Harry Potter Hedge, Liaoning Province, Nordmann's Greenshank, North Korea, Paul Holt
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A Surfeit of Sibes
Dandong wasn’t just a wader bonanza (17 Nordmann’s Greenshanks roosting with 2 Asian Dowitchers was really something!) but also a celebration of Siberian migrants. We encountered Siberian Rubythroats and both Siberian Blue and Rufous-tailed Robins bobbing along the sea wall, … Continue reading
Black-winged Cuckooshrike
I am still wading (no pun intended) through my sightings and images from a shorebirding trip to Donggang, Dandong, last weekend with Paul Holt and local birder, Bai Qingquan. The highlights were many. One of the surprises was the amount … Continue reading
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Tagged Bai Qingquan, Black-winged Cuckooshrike, Dandong, Donggang, Liaoning Province, Paul Holt
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My North Korean Bird List
Many birders, being obsessive types, like to keep lists of the birds they have seen. This could be a “life list” (a list of the total number of species seen in one’s life), a “year list”, the total seen in … Continue reading
Birding the China-North Korea border
After a couple of visits to Liaoning Province, I have been captivated by the birding promise, including the coastal mudflats between Dalian and Dandong and the migration potential at the southern tip of the peninsula, Laotieshan. Last weekend I nipped … Continue reading
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Tagged Black-faced Spoonbill, Dalian, Dandong, Liaoning Province, North Korea, Pikou
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