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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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- Packing for Inner Mongolia to participate in the JANKOWSKI'S BUNTING survey.. watch this space! #CriticallyEndangered 1 day 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 1 day ago
- An incredible 44 ORIENTAL HONEY BUZZARDS over the garden this morning. #BirdingBeijing 4 days ago
- Przewalski's (Rusty-throated) Parrotbill wp.me/p1334i-FQ 4 days ago
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Tag Archives: Oriental Plover
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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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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Bull-headed Shrike!
Yesterday I accompanied visiting British birder John Gerson and Dutch birder Ben Wielstra to Wild Duck Lake. We started at Ma Chang where we were lucky enough to find 2 Oriental Plovers, 5 Greater Sand Plovers and a Mongolian Lark … Continue reading
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Tagged Ben Wielstra, Bull-headed Shrike, Garganey, Greater Sand Plover, John Gerson, Ma Chang, Oriental Plover, Osprey, Wild Duck Lake, Yeyahu NR
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Oriental Plover
This Spring I have been fortunate enough to enjoy two encounters with Oriental Plovers, surely one of the best looking birds in China..! These charismatic waders breed in north eastern China and south eastern Russia with the majority of the … Continue reading
Desert Wheatear
This morning I found what I believe is the 2nd Beijing record of Desert Wheatear. It was the highlight on a special day that included 19 stunning Oriental Plovers, 12 Relict Gulls and a Mongolian Lark. Early April is a great … Continue reading
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Tagged Beijing, Desert Wheatear, Grey-headed Lapwing, Ma Chang, Mongolian Lark, Oriental Plover, Relict Gull, Swan Goose, Wild Duck Lake
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Oriental Plover and Pallas’s Gulls
This weekend has been something of a bonanza for me in Beijing. The weather had been very windy on Friday which cleared away all the smog and set up the weekend to be sunny, clear and (on Sunday at least) … Continue reading
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Tagged Common Crane, Ma Chang, Oriental Plover, Pallas's Gull, Wild Duck Lake, yeyahu
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The Best Looking Bird in China?
Ok, so I deliberately chose the title of this post to get a few extra ‘hits’ on the blog… but I think you’ll agree that an Oriental Plover in breeding plumage is one smart bird. Oriental Plover (or OP) has … Continue reading
