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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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- RT @birdingfrontier: HSBC: please stop your role in the destruction of rainforests in Borneo @hsbc_uk_press. Sign the petition: http://t.co… 3 days ago
- Packing for Inner Mongolia to participate in the JANKOWSKI'S BUNTING survey.. watch this space! #CriticallyEndangered 3 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 4 days ago
- An incredible 44 ORIENTAL HONEY BUZZARDS over the garden this morning. #BirdingBeijing 1 week ago
- Przewalski's (Rusty-throated) Parrotbill wp.me/p1334i-FQ 1 week ago
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Tag Archives: Yeyahu NR
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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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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Chinese Hill Babbler
The Chinese Hill Babbler (Rhopophilus pekinensis), also known as the Chinese Hill Warbler or White-browed Chinese Warbler, is usually on the list of “most wanted” birds for visiting birders. It has a limited distribution but is quite common in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Beijing, Chinese Hill Babbler, Chinese Hill Warbler, Yeyahu NR
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“****! That looked like a BAER’S POCHARD!!!”
With apologies to my mum, that’s exactly what went through my head as I scanned a group of diving duck at Wild Duck Lake on Wednesday morning and came across a bird with a green-tinged head and pale flanks… It … Continue reading
Chinese Penduline Tits
Yeyahu NR is the only known breeding site for Chinese Penduline Tit (Remiz consobrinus) in Beijing. I have found 2-3 nests at this site in Springs 2011 and 2012. They are also a regular passage migrant, sometimes in good numbers, … Continue reading
Birding Beijing with the British Embassy
On Saturday I led a tour of Yeyahu NR with a group from the British Embassy in Beijing. It was a fun day out that will hopefully inspire a new generation of birders and we also raised GBP 75 to … Continue reading
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Tagged British Embassy Beijing, Saker, Short-toed Eagle, Yeyahu NR
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Blunt-winged Warbler
This autumn I have a bird on my target list. It’s a bird that, in reality, I probably have almost no chance of finding because, as far as I am aware, there have been only a handful of records from … Continue reading
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Tagged Beijing, Blunt-winged Warbler, Manchurian Reed Warbler, Streaked Reed Warbler, Yeyahu NR
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Eagles and more..
In the sweltering heat (it’s hit 39 degrees C this week), I visited Wild Duck Lake on Saturday. I was hoping for some bitterns (There has been a Cinnamon Bittern in the Olympic Forest Park for the last week or … Continue reading
Greater Spotted Eagles and more..
On Saturday I made my usual visit to Wild Duck Lake. Starting at Ma Chang, it was soon obvious that there were no Oriental Plovers on site.. It’s been an incredible spring for this bird and a joy to see … Continue reading
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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