Wildlife News from Beijing 2021

Wildlife News from 1 January to 31 December 2021.

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31 December 2021

1 TUNDRA BEAN GOOSE Anser serrirostris 短嘴豆雁 Duǎn zuǐ dòu yàn, 1 EURASIAN WIGEON Anas penelope 赤颈鸭 Chì jǐng yā, 1 HEN HARRIER Circus cyaneus 白尾鹞 Bái wěi yào and 2 BLACK-WINGED KITE Elanus caeruleus 黑翅鸢 Hēi chì yuān, Wenyu River (Terry Townshend)

26 December 2021

1 PALE THRUSH (白腹鸫 Bái fù dōng), Olympic Forest Park (云天)

25 December 2021

6 JAPANESE GROSBEAK (黑头蜡嘴雀 Hēitóu là zuǐ què) reported from 东方太阳城/Oriental Sun City (Bonnie Jiang)

1 presumed RED-THROATED THRUSH (黑颈鸫 Hēi jǐng dōng) x NAUMANN’S THRUSH (红尾鸫 Hóng wěi dōng) intergrade, Botanical Gardens (Terry Townshend). With a head pattern, upper throat and most upperparts resembling Red-throated and the underparts, including marked undertail coverts (not visible in photo but seen well), matching Naumann’s, this bird is a presumed intergrade between the two species

23 December 2021

1 MONGOLIAN LARK (蒙古百灵 Ménggǔ bǎilíng), Kangxi Grassland. With at least 820 Common Crane (灰鹤 Huī hè).

19 December 2021

220 ROOK (秃鼻乌鸦 Tū bí wūyā) at Tsinghua University (Ceoffrey Lions). A good winter count.

2 RED-BILLED LEIOTHRIX of unknown origin still in the Botanical Gardens (Hang Ye)

17 December 2021

1 RED-BREASTED MERGANSER (红胸秋沙鸭 Hóng xiōng qiū shā yā), Summer Palace (辰吕)

16 December 2021

A JAPANESE GROSBEAK (黑头蜡嘴雀 Hēitóu là zuǐ què) reported from Nanhaizi (Vandy L)

14 December 2021

1 BEARDED VULTURE (胡兀鹫 Hú wù jiù), Yanhecheng, Mentougou District (Guan Xueyan et al.). The third record for Beijing.

1 WALLCREEPER (红翅旋壁雀 Hóng chì xuán bì què), Yanhecheng (Zhou Zichen)

10 December 2021

2 LONG-TAILED DUCK (长尾鸭 Cháng wěi yā), Huairou Reservoir (Cinclus cinclus and amal amer)

An unseasonal report of a BLACK-CAPPED KINGFISHER (蓝翡翠 Lán fěicuì), Wanping Lake (Maxx Zhao)

2 RED-BILLED LEIOTHRIX (红嘴相思鸟, Hóng zuǐ xiāngsī niǎo), of uncertain origin, still in the Botanical Gardens (amal amer)

9 December 2021

1 RED-BILLED STARLING (丝光椋鸟 Sīguāng liáng niǎo), Ming Tombs (悟空天下)

7 December 2021

2 (one adult and one 1cy) PALLAS’S GULL (渔鸥 Yú ōu), Shahe Reservoir (Colm Moore and Terry Townshend). Plus 1 (1cy) SIBERIAN GULL (taimyrensis).

1 RED-BREASTED MERGANSER (红胸秋沙鸭 Hóng xiōng qiū shā yā), Green Bank Park, Yongding River (Jun Shuai)

1 (female) BLUE-FRONTED REDSTART (蓝额红尾鸲 Lán é hóng wěi qú), Botanical Gardens (98号电车 – WeChat name). The bird from Shahe Reservoir relocating or a different individual?

6 December 2021

2 RED-CROWNED CRANE (丹顶鹤 Dān dǐng hè) still at Ma Chang (Guan Xueyang et al.)

5 December 2021

1 (female) RED-BREASTED MERGANSER (红胸秋沙鸭 Hóng xiōng qiū shā yā), Summer Palace (天书)

4 December 2021

2 RED-CROWNED CRANE (丹顶鹤 Dān dǐng hè), Ma Chang (刘双祺刘星语田思译黄明攀布昕辰 et al.)

3 December 2021

14 CINEREOUS VULTURE (秃鹫 Tūjiù) and 1 WHITE-CAPPED WATER REDSTART (白顶溪鸲 Bái dǐng xī qú), Shidu, Fangshan District (amal amer and peng su)

2 December 2021

2 COMMON CROSSBILL (红交嘴雀 Hóng jiāo zuǐ què), Botanical Gardens (Liu Aitao)

1 December 2021

1 NORTHERN SHRIKE (灰伯劳 Huī bóláo), Miaofengshan (大牙齿 458)

30 November 2021

The BLUE-FRONTED REDSTART (蓝额红尾鸲 Lán é hóng wěi qú) still at Shahe Reservoir (Guan Xueyan).

1 HOODED CRANE (白头鹤 Bái tóu hè), Ma Chang (amal amer and Cinclus cinclus)

28 November 2021

3 HOODED CRANE (白头鹤 Bái tóu hè), Kangxi Grassland (Liu Aitao et al.)

1 (female) COMMON CHAFFINCH (苍头燕雀 Cāng tóu yànquè) and a (female) COMMON ROSEFINCH (普通朱雀 Pǔtōng zhūquè), Botanical Gardens (Brook Wang et al.)

1 candidate (3w) VEGA GULL, Shahe Reservoir (Terry Townshend). Heavy streaking on crown, neck and breast and structurally most resembling Vega with more rounded head, smaller size and relatively short-winged look.

27 November 2021

1 BLUE-FRONTED REDSTART (蓝额红尾鸲 Lán é hóng wěi qú), Shahe Reservoir (Oriental Stork et al.). A female. The first record for Beijing.

1 LONG-TAILED DUCK (长尾鸭 Cháng wěi yā), Miyun Reservoir (Lou Fangzhou)

24 November 2021

1 BROWN-EARED BULBUL (栗耳短脚鹎 Lì ěr duǎn jiǎo bēi), Yuyuantan Park (Zichen Zhou)

2 RED-BILLED LEIOTHRIX (红嘴相思鸟, Hóng zuǐ xiāngsī niǎo) of questionable origin, Botanical Gardens (peng su et al.)

1 COMMON CROSSBILL (红交嘴雀 Hóng jiāo zuǐ què), Botanical Gardens (大牙齿 458)

23 November 2021

1 PLUMBEOUS WATER REDSTART (红尾水鸲 Hóng wěi shuǐ qú), Shahe Reservoir (peng su)

1 COMMON GULL ssp kamtschatschensis (“Kamchatka Gull”), Ming Tombs Reservoir (Colm Moore).

21 November 2021

2 RED-BREASTED MERGANSER (红胸秋沙鸭 Hóng xiōng qiū shā yā), DaYunHe Golf Course, Tongzhou (Catherine Dong)

1 NORTHERN SHRIKE (灰伯劳 Huī bóláo), Baihuashan (Terry Townshend et al.)

19 November 2021

1 COMMON CROSSBILL (红交嘴雀 Hóng jiāo zuǐ què) and 4 EURASIAN SISKIN (黄雀 Huáng què), Botanical Gardens (amal amer et al)

18 November 2021

1 WHITE WAGTAIL (白鹡鸰 Bái jí líng) ssp ocularis, Liangshui River (Brook Wang)

17 November 2021

1 BLACK-NECKED GREBE (黑颈䴙䴘 Hēi jǐng pì tī), Shahe Reservoir (peng su)

15 November 2021

The RED-BREASTED FLYCATCHER (红胸姬鹟 Hóng xiōng jī wēng) still at Temple of Heaven Park (Zhou Zichen and Jun Shuai). Plus 2 PALE THRUSH (白腹鸫 Bái fù dōng)

14 November 2021

2 SLAVONIAN (HORNED) GREBE (角䴙䴘 Jiǎo pì tī), Summer Palace (Wang Qihan)

3 GREAT BUSTARD (大鸨 Dà bǎo), Liangshui River (Hang Ye)

13 November 2021

1 PALE THRUSH (白腹鸫 Bái fù dōng), Temple of Heaven Park (Cinclus cinclus et al.)

2 SLAVONIAN (HORNED) GREBE (角䴙䴘 Jiǎo pì tī), Summer Palace (Richard Zhang)

1 late COMMON REDSHANK (红脚鹬 Hóng jiǎo yù) at Yuanmingyuan (Hang Ye)

1 (late) GREATER SPOTTED EAGLE (乌雕 Wū diāo) and 1 (late) EASTERN MARSH HARRIER (白腹鹞 Bái fù yào), Yeyahu (hermitress geng)

12 November 2021

1 WALLCREEPER (红翅旋壁雀 Hóng chì xuán bì què), Xiaweidian (Xing Chao)

11 November 2021

1 JAPANESE WAXWING (小太平鸟) and 1 COMMON CROSSBILL (红交嘴雀 Hóng jiāo zuǐ què), Botanical Gardens (大牙齿 458)

10 November 2021

The SLAVONIAN (HORNED) GREBE (角䴙䴘 Jiǎo pì tī) still at Yuanmingyuan (Su Peng). Plus 5 COMMON MERGANSER (普通秋沙鸭 Pǔ tōng qiū shā yā)

9 November 2021

1 EURASIAN EAGLE OWL (雕鸮 Diāo xiāo), Peking University campus (Ge Mengshuai et al.).

7 November 2021

The SLAVONIAN (HORNED) GREBE (角䴙䴘 Jiǎo pì tī) still at Yuanmingyuan (大牙齿 458)

1 ORIENTAL STORK (东方白鹳 Dōngfāng bái guàn), Kangxi Grassland (Luo Shujin et al.)

6 November 2021

A very late female COMMON STONECHAT Saxicola maurus (stejnegeri) 黑喉石䳭 Hēi hóu shí jí, Olympic Forest Park (Catherine Dong)

5 November 2021

At least 1 NORTHERN SHRIKE (灰伯劳 Huī bóláo) still at Miaofengshan (amal amer and Su Peng)

4 November 2021

At least 2 NORTHERN SHRIKE (灰伯劳 Huī bóláo), Miaofengshan (Colm Moore). Plus 3 WHITE-WINGED REDSTART (红腹红尾鸲 Hóng fù hóng wěi qú).

3 November 2021

1 SLAVONIAN (HORNED) GREBE (角䴙䴘 Jiǎo pì tī) at Yuanmingyuan (Ge Mengshuai)

1 NORTHERN SHRIKE (灰伯劳 Huī bóláo), Yangtaishan Rosefields (Miaofengshan) (Jun Shuai)

30 October 2021

1 JAPANESE GROSBEAK (黑头蜡嘴雀 Hēitóu là zuǐ què), Agricultural Exhibition Center (Stefan Andrew)

29 October 2021

A late YELLOW BITTERN (黄苇鳽 Huángwěijiān) and a BLACK-BROWED REED WARBLER (黑眉苇莺 Hēi méi wěi yīng), Wenyu River (Terry Townshend)

28 October 2021

1 NORTHERN SHRIKE (灰伯劳 Huī bóláo), 25 RED-THROATED THRUSH (赤颈鸫 Chì jǐng dōng), 4 LONG-TAILED ROSEFINCH (长尾雀 Cháng wěi què), 4 PALLAS’S ROSEFINCH (北朱雀 Běi zhūquè), 6 EURASIAN SISKIN (黄雀 Huáng què), 2 PINE BUNTING (白头鹀 Báitóu wú) and 1 YELLOW-BROWED BUNTING (黄眉鹀 Huángméiwú), Lingshan (大牙齿 458, Liu Aitao)

1 SHORT-TOED EAGLE (短趾雕 Duǎn zhǐ diāo) and 4 WHITE-WINGED REDSTART (红腹红尾鸲 Hóng fù hóng wěi qú), Miaofengshan (amal amer and Cinclus cinclus)

27 October 2021

1 WHITE-WINGED REDSTART (红腹红尾鸲 Hóng fù hóng wěi qú), Wangjinglou (amal amer et al.). At 680m asl, a low elevation for this species.

30 BEARDED TIT (文须雀 Wén xū què), Shahe Reservioir (Su Peng et al.)

24 October 2021

1 GREY-BACKED THRUSH (灰背鸫 Huī bèi dōng), Tsinghua University campus (Tz Hsuan Tseng)

The RED-BREASTED FLYCATCHER (红胸姬鹟 Hóng xiōng jī wēng) still in the Temple of Heaven Park (Su Peng). Plus WHITE’S THRUSH (虎斑地鸫 Hǔbān de dōng).

1 PALE-LEGGED LEAF WARBLER (淡脚柳莺 Dàn jiǎo liǔ yīng) and 3 RED-THROATED PIPIT (红喉鹨 Hóng hóu liù), DaShi River (Stefan Andrew)

22 October 2021

1 BAR-HEADED GOOSE(斑头雁 Bān tóuyàn) of unknown origin, Olympic Forest Park (Wang Qihan)

21 October 2021

4 RED-BREASTED MERGANSER (红胸秋沙鸭 Hóng xiōng qiū shā yā), Ming Tombs Reservoir (Su Peng, amal amer and Qian Dan’an). Plus the SLAVONIAN (HORNED) GREBE (角䴙䴘 Jiǎo pì tī) still present.

1 RED-BREASTED FLYCATCHER (红胸姬鹟 Hóng xiōng jī wēng), Temple of Heaven Park (安妮)

20 October 2021

4 YELLOW-BROWED BUNTING (黄眉鹀 Huángméiwú), Olympic Forest Park (大牙齿 458). Plus CHINESE THRUSH (宝兴歌鸫 Bǎo xìng gē dōng).

1 SHORT-EARED OWL (短耳鸮 Duǎn ěr xiāo), Wenyu River (Terry Townshend)

18 October 2021

1 GREATER SCAUP (斑背潜鸭 Bān bèi qián yā) and 1 BAER’S POCHARD (青头潜鸭 Qīng tóu qián yā), Huairou Reservoir (amal amer et al.)

2 RED-BREASTED MERGANSER (红胸秋沙鸭 Hóng xiōng qiū shā yā), Ming Tombs Reservoir (悟空天下)

17 October 2021

1 SLAVONIAN (HORNED) GREBE (角䴙䴘 Jiǎo pì tī), Ming Tombs Reservoir (amal amer and Cinclus cinclus)

16 October 2021

1 (juvenile) RED-NECKED GREBE (赤颈䴙䴘, Chì jǐng pì tī), Ming Tombs Reservoir (Colm Moore). Possibly fewer than ten records in the capital.

15 October 2021

1 RUFOUS-TAILED ROBIN (红尾歌鸲 Hóng wěi gē qú), Tsinghua University campus (Tz Hsuan Tseng)

1 SHORT-TOED EAGLE (短趾雕 Duǎn zhǐ diāo), 9 GREATER SPOTTED EAGLE (乌雕 Wū diāo), 2 STEPPE EAGLE (草原雕 Cǎoyuán diāo草原雕 Cǎoyuán diāo), 1 JAPANESE SPARROWHAWK (日本松雀鹰 Rìběn sōng què yīng), 2 LESSER KESTREL (黄爪隼 Huáng zhǎo sǔn), 1 MERLIN (Huī bèi sǔn), Baiwangshan (Su Peng)

13 October 2021

1 RUFOUS-TAILED ROBIN (红尾歌鸲 Hóng wěi gē qú), Jingshan Park (via Frank Gao)

12 LONG-TAILED MINIVET (长尾山椒鸟 Cháng wěi shānjiāo niǎo), Shahe Resevoir (Xu Liang)

2 COMMON STARLING (紫翅椋鸟 Zǐ chì liáng niǎo), Shahe Reservoir (amal amer)

32 CHINESE PENDULINE TIT (中华攀雀 Zhōnghuá pān què), Shahe Reservoir (Su Peng)

11 October 2021

2 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE (白额雁 Bái é yàn), Ming Tombs Reservoir (Zhen Niu)

10 October 2021

The NORTHERN HAWK CUCKOO still at Temple of Heaven Park (铭俊黄). Plus 8 LONG-TAILED MINIVET (长尾山椒鸟 Cháng wěi shānjiāo niǎo), 4 WHITE’S THRUSH (虎斑地鸫 Hǔbān de dōng), 2 CHINESE THRUSH (宝兴歌鸫 Bǎo xìng gē dōng) and 1 GREY-BACKED THRUSH (灰背鸫 Huī bèi dōng).

2 ASHY MINIVET (灰山椒鸟 Huī shānjiāo niǎo), Baiwangshan (Wang Qihan)

1 WHITE-THROATED NEEDLETAIL (白喉针尾雨燕 Báihóu zhēn wěi yǔyàn), Baiwangshan (Cinclus cinclus)

9 October 2021

The NORTHERN HAWK CUCKOO still at Temple of Heaven Park (amal amer)

8 October 2021

1 (juv) BULL-HEADED SHRIKE (牛头伯劳 Niútóu bóláo), Shahe Reservoir (Su Peng)

7 October 2021

5 GREATER SPOTTED EAGLE (乌雕 Wū diāo), 100 GREY-FACED BUZZARD (灰脸鵟鹰 Huī liǎn kuáng yīng), 150 EASTERN BUZZARD (普通鵟 Pǔtōng kuáng), Baiwangshan (Oriental Stork)

3 RUFOUS-TAILED ROBIN (红尾歌鸲 Hóng wěi gē qú), Tsinghua University campus (Hama King)

1 INTERMEDIATE EGRET (中白鹭 Zhōng báilù), 1 CATTLE EGRET (牛背鹭 Niú bèi lù) and 1 BULL-HEADED SHRIKE (牛头伯劳 Niútóu bóláo), Shahe Reservoir (Stefan Andrew)

1 BULL-HEADED SHRIKE (牛头伯劳 Niútóu bóláo), Yuyuantan Park (Jia Yu)

1 GREAT BITTERN (大麻鳽 Dà má jiān), 2 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE (白额雁 Bái é yàn) with 14 TUNDRA BEAN GOOSE (短嘴豆雁 Duǎn zuǐ dòu yàn), 7 BAIKAL TEAL (花脸鸭 Huāliǎn yā), 1 BLACK-NECKED GREBE (黑颈䴙䴘 Hēi jǐng pì tī), 4 BROWN-CHEEKED RAIL (普通秧鸡 Pǔtōng yāng jī), 2 (1cy) SIBERIAN GULL (乌灰银鸥 Wū huī yín ōu), 2 (1cy) GREATER SPOTTED EAGLE (乌雕 Wū diāo), 45+ SWINHOE’S WHITE-EYE (暗绿绣眼鸟 Àn lǜ xiù yǎn niǎo), 25+ CHESTNUT-FLANKED WHITE-EYE (红胁绣眼鸟 Hóng xié xiù yǎn niǎo) 25, 2 CHESTNUT-EARED BUNTING (栗耳鹀 Lì ěr wú) and 1 BLUETHROAT (蓝喉歌鸲 Lán hóu gē qú), Ming Tombs Reservoir (Colm Moore)

5 October 2021

1 RUFOUS-TAILED ROBIN (红尾歌鸲 Hóng wěi gē qú), Wenyu River (Terry Townshend). Plus 3 RED-FLANKED BLUETAIL (红胁蓝尾鸲 Hóng xié lán wěi qú), 3 BLACK-BROWED REED WARBLER (黑眉苇莺 Hēi méi wěi yīng), 4 RADDE’S WARBLER (巨嘴柳莺 Jù zuǐ liǔ yīng) and 5 DUSKY WARBLER (褐柳莺 Hè liǔ yīng).

5 BROWN-CHEEKED RAIL (普通秧鸡 Pǔtōng yāng jī) and 2 (juvenile) BULL-HEADED SHRIKE (牛头伯劳 Niútóu bóláo), Shahe Reservoir (Chen Xier and Xiaowu)

The NORTHERN HAWK CUCKOO still at Temple of Heaven Park (Cinclus cinclus).

4 October 2021

4 PECHORA PIPIT (北鹨 Běi liù), Wenyu River (Stefan Andrew)

2 October 2021

1 LARGE HAWK-CUCKOO (鹰鹃 Yīng juān), Shahe Reservoir (Stefan Andrew)

1 October 2021

20 LONG-TAILED MINIVET (长尾山椒鸟 Cháng wěi shānjiāo niǎo), Xiaolongmen (Xing Jiahua)

23 September 2021

1 BULL-HEADED SHRIKE (牛头伯劳 Niútóu bóláo), Olympic Forest Park (amal amer , Su Peng et al.)

21 September 2021

4 WHITE-THROATED NEEDLETAIL (白喉针尾雨燕 Báihóu zhēn wěi yǔyàn), Baiwangshan (hoshi roku)

2 ASIAN HOUSE MARTIN (烟腹毛脚燕 Yān fù máo jiǎo yàn), Baiwangshan (Cinclus cinclus)

20 September 2021

4 INTERMEDIATE EGRET (中白鹭 Zhōng báilù) reported from Shahe Reservoir (Nian Liu)

18 September 2021

1 juvenile HIMALAYAN or ORIENTAL CUCKOO (中杜鹃 Běifāng zhōng dùjuān or 北方中杜鹃 Zhōng dùjuān), Agricultural Exhibition Center (Wang Xiaobo et al.)

1 RUFOUS-BELLIED WOODPECKER (棕腹啄木鸟 Zōng fù zhuómùniǎo) and 4 WHITE’S THRUSH (虎斑地鸫 Hǔbān de dōng), near Summer Palace (大牙齿 458)

2 RELICT GULL (遗鸥 Yí ōu) and 1 CASPIAN TERN (红嘴巨鸥 Hóng zuǐ jù ōu), Ma Chang (Grady Singleton and Ruby Linlin)

8 CHESTNUT-EARED BUNTING (栗耳鹀 Lì ěr wú), Ming Tombs Reservoir (Wang Xiaobo)

1 BROWN-CHEEKED RAIL (普通秧鸡 Pǔtōng yāng jī) and 2 WHITE’S THRUSH (虎斑地鸫 Hǔbān de dōng), Wenyu River (Terry Townshend)

16 September 2021

1 BLACK-WINGED KITE (黑翅鸢 Hēi chì yuān), Binhe Forest Park (Zhen Niu)

1 BAILLON’S CRAKE (小田鸡 Xiǎo tiánjī), 2 INTERMEDIATE EGRET (中白鹭 Zhōng báilù) and 1 LANCEOLATED WARBLER (矛斑蝗莺 Máo bān huáng yīng), Shahe reservoir (Jun Shuai)

2 INTERMEDIATE EGRET (中白鹭 Zhōng báilù), 2 RUFOUS-BELLIED WOODPECKER (棕腹啄木鸟 Zōng fù zhuómùniǎo) and 1 CLAUDIA’S LEAF WARBLER (冠纹柳莺 Guān wén liǔ yīng), Changping City Riverside Forest Park (Guan Xueyan)

15 September 2021

1 CHINESE BUSH WARBLER (中华短翅莺 Zhōnghuá duǎn chì yīng), Shahe Reservoir (Cinclus cinclus)

4 RUFOUS-BELLIED WOODPECKER (棕腹啄木鸟 Zōng fù zhuómùniǎo) and 1 RED-THROATED THRUSH (赤颈鸫 Chì jǐng dōng), Temple of Heaven Park (Zhou Zichen)

1 BLACK-NECKED GREBE (黑颈䴙䴘 Hēi jǐng pì tī), Yuanmingyuan (Hang Ye)

14 September 2021

1 BAIKAL TEAL (花脸鸭 Huāliǎn yā), 6 LANCEOLATED WARBLER (矛斑蝗莺 Máo bān huáng yīng), 2 CHINESE BUSH WARBLER (中华短翅莺 Zhōnghuá duǎn chì yīng), 2 EYEBROWED THRUSH (白眉鸫 Báiméi dōng), 2 BLYTH’S PIPIT (布氏鹨 Bù shì liù), 2 PECHORA PIPIT (北鹨 Běi liù), 15+ RED-THROATED PIPIT (红喉鹨 Hóng hóu liù), 40+ COMMON ROSEFINCH (普通朱雀 Pǔtōng zhūquè), Ming Tombs Reservoir (Colm Moore)

1 MANCHURIAN REED WARBLER (远东苇莺 Yuǎndōng wěi yīng), Peking University campus (Sincera et al.)

1 (1cy) BROWN-HEADED GULL (棕头鸥 Zōng tóu ōu), Ma Chang (Terry Townshend)

2 INTERMEDIATE EGRET (中白鹭 Zhōng báilù), 1 RUFOUS-BELLIED WOODPECKER (棕腹啄木鸟 Zōng fù zhuómùniǎo), 4 LANCEOLATED WARBLER (矛斑蝗莺 Máo bān huáng yīng) and 1 GREEN-BACKED FLYCATCHER (绿背姬鹟 Lǜ bèi jī wēng), Changping City Riverside Forest Park (Karl Hu)

1 CHINESE SPARROWHAWK (赤腹鹰 Chìfù yīng), Temple of Heaven Park (大牙齿 458)

13 September 2021

2 CHINESE BUSH WARBLER (中华短翅莺 Zhōnghuá duǎn chì yīng), Changping City Riverside Forest Park (Jun Shuai)

12 September 2021

1 CASPIAN TERN (红嘴巨鸥 Hóng zuǐ jù ōu), Beijing Park Expo (Oriental Stork)

1 BLACK-WINGED KITE (黑翅鸢 Hēi chì yuān), Yeyahu (Zoey Squirrelmunk)

50 ORIENTAL HONEY BUZZARD and 10 PIED HARRIER (鹊鹞 Què yào), Xin Wangjinglou (Hang Ye)

3 EYEBROWED THRUSH (白眉鸫 Báiméi dōng), north from Planning Exhibition Center of Yongdinghe ecological and cultural New Area (Oriental Stork)

11 September 2021

1 ZAPPEY’S FLYCATCHER (琉璃蓝鹟 Liúlí lán wēng), Shahe Reservoir (Stefan Andrew). Plus 3 CHESTNUT-EARED BUNTING (栗耳鹀 Lì ěr wú).

1 WHITE’S THRUSH (虎斑地鸫 Hǔbān de dōng), Dongxiaokou Forest Park (Grady Singleton and Ruby Linlin)

2 RUFOUS-BELLIED WOODPECKER (棕腹啄木鸟 Zōng fù zhuómùniǎo), Tsinghua University (Tz Hsuan Tseng)

1 RUFOUS-BELLIED WOODPECKER (棕腹啄木鸟 Zōng fù zhuómùniǎo) and 13 SWINHOE’S WHITE-EYE (暗绿绣眼鸟 Àn lǜ xiù yǎn niǎo), University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Xing Jiahua)

1 DAURIAN STARLING (北椋鸟 Běi liáng niǎo) (migrating with 2 WHITE-CHEEKED STARLING), Wenyu River Park (Terry Townshend)

10 September 2021

3 INTERMEDIATE EGRET (中白鹭 Zhōng báilù), 1 JAPANESE SPARROWHAWK (日本松雀鹰 Rìběn sōng què yīng), 1 CHINESE SPARROWHAWK (赤腹鹰 Chìfù yīng), 2 juvenile PIED HARRIER (鹊鹞 Què yào), 2 juvenile EASTERN MARSH HARRIER (白腹鹞 Bái fù yào), 60+ DUSKY WARBLER (褐柳莺 Hè liǔ yīng), 2 LANCEOLATED WARBLER (矛斑蝗莺 Máo bān huáng yīng), 1 BAIKAL (DAVID’S) BUSH WARBLER (Běi duǎn chì yīng), 1 SIBERIAN BLUE ROBIN (蓝歌鸲 Lán gē qú), 10+ SIBERIAN RUBYTHROAT (红喉歌鸲 Hóng hóu gē qú), 5+ BLUETHROAT (蓝喉歌鸲 Lán hóu gē qú), 1 RUFOUS-TAILED ROBIN (红尾歌鸲 Hóng wěi gē qú), COMMON ROSEFINCH (普通朱雀 Pǔtōng zhūquè), 2 YELLOW-BROWED BUNTING (黄眉鹀 Huángméiwú), Ming Tombs Reservoir (Colm Moore)

One of the Yellow-browed Buntings (黄眉鹀 Huángméiwú) at Ming Tombs Reservoir on 10th September (Colm Moore).

7 September 2021

2 juvenile BROAD-BILLED SANDPIPER (阔嘴鹬 Kuò zuǐ yù), 1 juvenile DUNLIN (黑腹滨鹬 Hēi fù bīn yù), 3 GREY PLOVER (灰斑鸻 Huī bān héng) (2 ad and 1 juvenile), 2 juvenile PACIFIC GOLDEN PLOVER (金斑鸻 Jīn bān héng), 1 juvenile SPOTTED REDSHANK (鹤鹬 Hè yù), 1 juvenile RED-NECKED STINT (红颈滨鹬 Hóng jǐng bīn yù), 2 juvenile LONG-TOED STINT (长趾滨鹬 Zhǎng zhǐ bīn yù), 21 CASPIAN TERN (红嘴巨鸥 Hóng zuǐ jù ōu), 3 INTERMEDIATE EGRET (中白鹭 Zhōng báilù), 2 OSPREY (鹗 È), 3 juvenile PIED HARRIER (鹊鹞 Què yào), 5 juvenile EASTERN MARSH HARRIER (白腹鹞 Bái fù yào), 2 probable LESSER KESTREL (黄爪隼 Huáng zhǎo sǔn), 8 BEARDED TIT (文须雀 Wén xū què), 4 RED-THROATED PIPIT (红喉鹨 Hóng hóu liù), 1 RUFOUS-BELLIED WOODPECKER (棕腹啄木鸟 Zōng fù zhuómùniǎo), 1 DAURIAN STARLING (北椋鸟 Běi liáng niǎo), Ma Chang (amal amer and Terry Townshend)

The juvenile Dunlin at Ma Chang on 7 September 2021. Note some fresh grey adult feathers on the mantle and scapulars. (Terry Townshend)

One of the Intermediate Egrets at Ma Chang on 7 September 2021 (Terry Townshend)

2 BLACK-WINGED KITE (黑翅鸢 Hēi chì yuān), Changping City Riverside Forest Park (Guan Xueyan). Plus BAILLON’S CRAKE (小田鸡 Xiǎo tiánjī), 2 INTERMEDIATE EGRET (中白鹭 Zhōng báilù), 1 PALLAS’S GRASSHOPPER WARBLER (小蝗莺 Xiǎo huáng yīng), 2 LANCEOLATED WARBLER (矛斑蝗莺 Máo bān huáng yīng) and 1 BAIKAL (DAVID’S) BUSH WARBLER (Běi duǎn chì yīng).

6 September 2021

The MANCHURIAN REED WARBLER (远东苇莺 Yuǎndōng wěi yīng) still at Shahe Reservoir (Wang Qihan et al.). Plus INTERMEDIATE EGRET (中白鹭 Zhōng báilù) and BAILLON’S CRAKE (小田鸡 Xiǎo tiánjī).

1 RUFOUS-BELLIED WOODPECKER (棕腹啄木鸟 Zōng fù zhuómùniǎo) still at Chaoyang Park (Zoey Squirrelmunk)

5 September 2021

The MANCHURIAN REED WARBLER (远东苇莺 Yuǎndōng wěi yīng) and BAILLON’S CRAKE (小田鸡 Xiǎo tiánjī) still at Shahe Reservoir.

4 September 2021

1 MANCHURIAN REED WARBLER (远东苇莺 Yuǎndōng wěi yīng), Shahe Reservoir (Oriental Stork et al.). Plus the INTERMEDIATE EGRET (中白鹭 Zhōng báilù) and BAILLON’S CRAKE (小田鸡 Xiǎo tiánjī) still present.

1 YELLOW-BROWED BUNTING (黄眉鹀 Huángméiwú), Shiqu Park (Wang Qihan)

1 RUFOUS-BELLIED WOODPECKER (棕腹啄木鸟 Zōng fù zhuómùniǎo), Chaoyang Park (Zoey Squirrelmunk)

1 INTERMEDIATE EGRET (中白鹭 Zhōng báilù), Qikongqiao, Ming Tombs (悟空天下)

3 September 2021

1 BAILLON’S CRAKE (小田鸡 Xiǎo tiánjī) and 1 INTERMEDIATE EGRET (中白鹭 Zhōng báilù), Binhe Forest Park (Zheng Qiuyang and Yan Shen)

1 YELLOW-BROWED BUNTING (黄眉鹀 Huángméiwú), Dongjiao Wetland Park (amal amer)

1 RICHARD’S PIPIT (理氏鹨 Lǐ shì liù), Ming Tombs Reservoir (悟空天下)

2 September 2021

4 WHITE-THROATED NEEDLETAIL (白喉针尾雨燕 Báihóu zhēn wěi yǔyàn), 3 ORIENTAL HONEY BUZZARD (凤头蜂鹰 Fèng tóu fēng yīng), 1 EASTERN MARSH HARRIER (白腹鹞 Bái fù yào), 1 JAPANESE SPARROWHAWK (日本松雀鹰 Rìběn sōng què yīng), 1 DOLLARBIRD (三宝鸟 Sānbǎo niǎo), 8 SAND MARTIN (崖沙燕 Yá shā yàn), Baiwangshan (Lang Dongchen)

2 INTERMEDIATE EGRET (中白鹭 Zhōng báilù), 2 ORIENTAL HONEY BUZZARD (凤头蜂鹰 Fèng tóu fēng yīng), 1 EASTERN MARSH HARRIER (白腹鹞 Bái fù yào) and 2 DUSKY WARBLER (褐柳莺 Hè liǔ yīng), Wenyu River (Terry Townshend)

1 CRESTED GOSHAWK (凤头鹰 Fèng tóu yīng), 138+ ORIENTAL HONEY BUZZARD (凤头蜂鹰 Fèng tóu fēng yīng), 1 juvenile SAKER (猎隼 Liè sǔn), 11+ AMUR FALCON (红脚隼 Hóng jiǎo sǔn), 21+ EURASIAN HOBBY (燕隼 Yàn sǔn), Miaofengshan (Colm Moore)

1 September 2021

1 PIED HARRIER (鹊鹞 Què yào), 2 CHINESE SPARROWHAWK (赤腹鹰 Chìfù yīng), 2 DOLLARBIRD (三宝鸟 Sānbǎo niǎo), 1 HAIR-CRESTED DRONGO (发冠卷尾 Fā guān juàn wěi), University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Xing Jiahua)

31 August 2021

At least one BAIKAL (DAVID’S) BUSH WARBLER (Běi duǎn chì yīng) and 3 LANCEOLATED WARBLER (矛斑蝗莺 Máo bān huáng yīng), Shahe Reservoir (Zhang Weimin et al.)

Two BAIKAL (DAVID’S) BUSH WARBLER (Běi duǎn chì yīng), Binhe Forest Park (Zhen Niu)

1 BESRA, Changping City Riverside Forest Park (amal amer et al.)

30 August 2021

2 SWINHOE’S SNIPE (大沙锥 Dà shā zhuī), 1 DOLLARBIRD (三宝鸟 Sānbǎo niǎo), 1 EURASIAN WRYNECK (蚁鴷 Yǐ liè) and 2 LANCEOLATED WARBLER (矛斑蝗莺 Máo bān huáng yīng), Changping City Riverside Forest Park (amal amer et al.)

1 INTERMEDIATE EGRET (中白鹭 Zhōng báilù), 1 EURASIAN WRYNECK (蚁鴷 Yǐ liè), 1 LANCEOLATED WARBLER (矛斑蝗莺 Máo bān huáng yīng) and 1 GREEN-BACKED FLYCATCHER (绿背姬鹟 Lǜ bèi jī wēng), Shahe Reservoir (Zhou Zichen)

29 August 2021

1 EYEBROWED THRUSH (白眉鸫 Báiméi dōng), Temple of Heaven Park (Lang Dongchen)

1 LARGE HAWK-CUCKOO (鹰鹃 Yīng juān), University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Xing Jiahua)

1 EURASIAN WRYNECK (蚁鴷 Yǐ liè), Shahe Reservoir (Lang Dongchen et al.)

28 August 2021

1 BRAMBLING (燕雀 Yànquè), Dongbaishan (Feng Chaofan)

1 GREY-HEADED LAPWING (灰头麦鸡 Huī tóu mài jī), 1 REED PARROTBILL (震旦鸦雀 Zhèn dàn yā què), Shahe Reservoir (Guan Xueyan)

1 AMUR PARADISE FLYCATCHER (寿带 Shòu dài), Shahe Reservoir (Cinclus cinclus et al.)

1 HAIR-CRESTED DRONGO (发冠卷尾 Fā guān juàn wěi), University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Xing Jiahua)

27 August 2021

1 COMMON ‘BEIJING’ SWIFT (普通楼燕 Pǔtōng lóu yàn), Baiwangshan (Anonymous)

1 INTERMEDIATE EGRET (中白鹭 Zhōng báilù) and 1 EURASIAN WRYNECK (蚁鴷 Yǐ liè), Shahe Reservoir (Wang Qihan)

1 RELICT GULL (遗鸥 Yí ōu), 1 PALLAS’S GULL (渔鸥 Yú ōu), 1 GULL-BILLED TERN (鸥嘴噪鸥 Ōu zuǐ zào ōu), 3 EURASIAN SKYLARK (云雀 Yúnquè), Ma Chang (Lu Zhuofei)

25 August 2021

1 BROAD-BILLED SANDPIPER (阔嘴鹬 Kuò zuǐ yù), 4 TEMMINCK’S STINT (青脚滨鹬 Qīng jiǎo bīn yù), 3 RED-NECKED STINT (红颈滨鹬 Hóng jǐng bīn yù), 1 RELICT GULL (遗鸥 Yí ōu), 1 GULL-BILLED TERN (鸥嘴噪鸥 Ōu zuǐ zào ōu), 7 EURASIAN SPOONBILL (白琵鹭 Bái pí lù), 2 EASTERN MARSH HARRIER (白腹鹞 Bái fù yào) , 1 PIED HARRIER (鹊鹞 Què yào), 3 BLACK KITE (黑鸢 Hēi yuān), 2 STONECHAT (黑喉石䳭 Hēi hóu shí jí), 30 EASTERN YELLOW WAGTAIL (黄鹡鸰 Huáng jí líng), 15 COMMON ROSEFINCH (普通朱雀 Pǔtōng zhūquè), Ma Chang (Li Zhaonan et al.)

5 WHITE-THROATED NEEDLETAIL (白喉针尾雨燕 Báihóu zhēn wěi yǔyàn), 1 CHINESE SPARROWHAWK (赤腹鹰 Chìfù yīng) and 12 JAPANESE SPARROWHAWK (日本松雀鹰 Rìběn sōng què yīng), Baiwangshan (amal amer et al.)

1 PINTAIL SNIPE (针尾沙锥 Zhēn wěi shā zhuī), Yuanmingyuan (Hang Ye)

24 August 2021

1 WHITE-BREASTED WATERHEN (白胸苦恶鸟 Bái xiōng kǔ è niǎo), 1 immature PIED AVOCET (反嘴鹬 Fǎn zuǐ yù), 1 JAPANESE SPARROWHAWK (日本松雀鹰 Rìběn sōng què yīng), 15 BROWN SHRIKE (红尾伯劳 Hóng wěi bóláo), 1 EURASIAN WRYNECK (蚁鴷 Yǐ liè), 40 RICHARD’S PIPIT (理氏鹨 Lǐ shì liù), 5 BLYTH’S PIPIT (布氏鹨 Bù shì liù), 1 immature CITRINE WAGTAIL (黄头鹡鸰 Huáng tóu jí líng) and 3 COMMON ROSEFINCH (普通朱雀 Pǔtōng zhūquè), Ming Tombs Reservoir (Colm Moore)

21 August 2021

1 WHITE-THROATED KINGFISHER (白胸翡翠 Bái xiōng fěicuì), Olympic Forest Park (Guan Xueyan). Very rare vagrant in Beijing.

5 ARCTIC WARBLER (极北柳莺 Jí běi liǔ yīng), Tsinghua University (Tz Hsuan Tseng)

1 LARGE HAWK-CUCKOO (鹰鹃 Yīng juān), 1 EURASIAN SPARROWHAWK (雀鹰 Què yīng) and 1 EURASIAN WRYNECK (蚁鴷 Yǐ liè), Miaofengshan (Richard Zhang et al.)

1 SAKER (猎隼 Liè sǔn) and 1 WHITE-THROATED NEEDLETAIL (白喉针尾雨燕 Báihóu zhēn wěi yǔyàn), Wangjinglou (黑眼豆豆)

17 August 2021

1 LARGE HAWK-CUCKOO (鹰鹃 Yīng juān) still in the Olympic Forest Park (Wang Qihan)

1 BULL-HEADED SHRIKE (牛头伯劳 Niútóu bóláo), 1 NORTHERN GOSHAWK (苍鹰 Cāng yīng) and 5 LONG-TAILED ROSEFINCH (长尾雀 Cháng wěi què), Lingshan (Liu Aitao et al.)

16 August 2021

1 EASTERN MARSH HARRIER (白腹鹞 Bái fù yào) and 2 CHINESE SPARROWHAWK (赤腹鹰 Chìfù yīng), HuoYing (Wang Xiaobo)

15 August 2021

3 LESSER CUCKOO (小杜鹃 Xiǎo dùjuān) and 10 COMMON ROSEFINCH (普通朱雀 Pǔtōng zhūquè), Miaofengshan (Oriental Stork)

3 COMMON POCHARD (红头潜鸭 Hóngtóu qián yā), 1 COMMON SNIPE (扇尾沙锥 Shàn wěi shā zhuī), 1 INTERMEDIATE EGRET (中白鹭 Zhōng báilù), 10 REED PARROTBILL (震旦鸦雀 Zhèn dàn yā què) and 1 EASTERN YELLOW WAGTAIL (黄鹡鸰 Huáng jí líng), Beijing Garden Expo Park (Oriental Stork)

14 August 2021

6 COMMON ROSEFINCH (普通朱雀 Pǔtōng zhūquè), HuoYing (Wang Xiaobo)

2 CHINESE SPARROWHAWK (赤腹鹰 Chìfù yīng) near Mutianyu Great Wall, Huairou (Terry Townshend)

1 LARGE HAWK-CUCKOO (鹰鹃 Yīng juān), Yuanmingyuan (Lu Zhuofei)

11 August 2021

1 LESSER CUCKOO (小杜鹃 Xiǎo dùjuān), 1 GREY-STREAKED FLYCATCHER (灰纹鹟 Huī wén wēng), Miaofengshan (Zhou Zichen)

10 August 2021

1 LARGE HAWK-CUCKOO (鹰鹃 Yīng juān), Olympic Forest Park (Anonymous)

9 August 2021

1 FOUR-SPOTTED SKIMMER (Libellula quadrimaculata, 小斑蜻, Xiǎo bān qīng), Yanqing (Amal amer and Terry Townshend)

FOUR-SPOTTED SKIMMER (Libellula quadrimaculata, 小斑蜻, Xiǎo bān qīng), Yanqing (Terry Townshend). Rare in Beijing.

7 August 2021

2 PIED AVOCET (反嘴鹬 Fǎn zuǐ yù), Shahe Reservoir (Jiao Xiaolu)

6 August 2021

1 juvenile STONECHAT (黑喉石䳭 Hēi hóu shí jí), locally bred? Also 8 CHINESE BEAUTIFUL ROSEFINCH (红眉朱雀 Hóng méi zhūquè), 3 LESSER CUCKOO (小杜鹃 Xiǎo dùjuān), 1 CHINESE SPARROWHAWK (赤腹鹰 Chìfù yīng), 1 GREY NIGHTJAR (普通夜鹰 Pǔtōng yè yīng) and 1 DARK-SIDED FLYCATCHER (乌鹟 Wū wēng), Miaofengshan (Colm Moore).

31 July 2021

1 BLACK-WINGED KITE (黑翅鸢 Hēi chì yuān) and 2 REED PARROTBILL (震旦鸦雀 Zhèn dàn yā què), Nanhaizi (Wang Qihan)

30 July 2021

2 EURASIAN CURLEW (白腰杓鹬 Bái yāo biāo yù), 1 RUDDY TURNSTONE (翻石鹬 Fān shí yù), 1 SHARP-TAILED SANDPIPER (尖尾滨鹬 Jiān wěi bīn yù), 2 CURLEW SANDPIPER (弯嘴滨鹬 Wān zuǐ bīn yù), 2 TEMMINCK’S STINT (青脚滨鹬 Qīng jiǎo bīn yù), 1 GREY-TAILED TATTLER (灰尾漂鹬 Huī wěi (piào) yù), 23 RELICT GULL (遗鸥 Yí ōu) and 1 CASPIAN TERN (红嘴巨鸥 Hóng zuǐ jù ōu), Ma Chang (anonymous)

29 July 2021

1 GREY-TAILED TATTLER 灰尾漂鹬 Huī wěi (piào) yù, 1 RUDDY TURNSTONE (翻石鹬 Fān shí yù), and 1 BROAD-BILLED SANDPIPER (阔嘴鹬 Kuò zuǐ yù), Ma Chang (Liu Aitao, Lou Fangzhou and 大牙齿 458)

28 July 2021

1 TEREK SANDPIPER (翘嘴鹬 Qiào zuǐ yù), 8 COMMON SANDPIPER (矶鹬 Jī yù), 1 2cy COMMON GULL (海鸥 Hǎi’ōu), 8 YELLOW BITTERN (黄苇鳽 Huángwěijiān), ChaoBaiHe (Terry Townshend)

26 July 2021

The GREAT WHITE PELICAN (白鹈鹕 Bái tí hú) of unknown origin still at Shahe Reservoir. Plus a GREAT BITTERN (大麻鳽 Dà má jiān) (Liu Chunhong)

25 July 2021

The GREAT WHITE PELICAN (白鹈鹕 Bái tí hú) of unknown origin still at Shahe Reservoir. Plus a GREY-HEADED LAPWING (灰头麦鸡 Huī tóu mài jī), (amal amer et al.)

24 July 2021

1 GREAT WHITE PELICAN (白鹈鹕 Bái tí hú), Shahe Reservoir. Found early morning by Wang Qihan, the immature bird (2cy?) stayed on site until at least 6pm. Although in very good condition, fully winged, un-ringed and wary, some birders question its origin, pointing to the fact that this species is widely bred in captivity in China, with almost all breeders not marking captive birds in any way through ringing or colour-banding. This calls into question the origin of Beijing’s five records, all of which have occurred since 2009.

22 July 2021

8 COMMON POCHARD (红头潜鸭 Hóngtóu qián yā) (6 males and 2 females), 7 RED-CRESTED POCHARD (赤嘴潜鸭 Chì zuǐ qián yā), 2 FERRUGINOUS DUCK (白眼潜鸭 Báiyǎn qián yā), 2 CURLEW SANDPIPER (弯嘴滨鹬 Wān zuǐ bīn yù), 2 LONG-TOED STINT (长趾滨鹬 Zhǎng zhǐ bīn yù), 1 RED-NECKED STINT (红颈滨鹬 Hóng jǐng bīn yù), 1 CASPIAN TERN (红嘴巨鸥 Hóng zuǐ jù ōu), Ma Chang (amal amer and Terry Townshend)

The CINNAMON BITTERN (栗苇鳽 Lì wěi jiān) still in the Olympic Forest Park (Lang Dongchen)

19 July 2021

1 DOLLARBIRD (三宝鸟 Sānbǎo niǎo), Jiadaowan Grand Canyon Scenic Area, Miyun (te te)

18 July 2021

4 RED KNOT (红腹滨鹬 Hóng fù bīn yù), Ma Chang (Zhao Xiaojian). Plus 7 PIED AVOCET (反嘴鹬 Fǎn zuǐ yù) and 3 WHITE-WINGED TERN (白翅浮鸥 Bái chì fú ōu).

14 July 2021

1 BLACK-CAPPED KINGFISHER (蓝翡翠 Lán fěicuì), Youzhou Valley (Jun Shuai)

13 July 2021

1 LESSER COUCAL (小鸦鹃 Xiǎo yā juān), Miyun (amal amer, Liu Aitao et al.). First found on 11th July by Wang Shujun. Also 3 YELLOW-LEGGED BUTTONQUAIL (黄脚三趾鹑 Huáng jiǎo sān zhǐ chún).

11 July 2021

1 LONG-TAILED ROSEFINCH (长尾雀 Cháng wěi què), Lingshan (Cory Gao). Plus PALE-LEGGED LEAF WARBLER (淡脚柳莺 Dàn jiǎo liǔ yīng) reported.

10 July 2021

2 TIGER SHRIKE (虎纹伯劳 Hǔ wén bóláo), near Wangping Lake (Oriental Stork)

8 July 2021

1 LESSER CUCKOO (小杜鹃 Xiǎo dùjuān), Yangtaishan Rosefields, Miaofengshan (Jun Shuai)

4 July 2021

1 DOLLARBIRD (三宝鸟 Sānbǎo niǎo), Botanical Gardens (天书)

3 July 2021

3 BLACK-CAPPED KINGFISHER (蓝翡翠 Lán fěicuì), Yanhecheng (Li Tian)

1 July 2021

1 WHITE-BREASTED WATERHEN (白胸苦恶鸟 Bái xiōng kǔ è niǎo), Nanhaizi (Wang Bingling)

28 June 2021

2 BLACK STORK (黑鹳 Hēi guàn), 1 RUDDY-BREASTED CRAKE (红胸田鸡 Hóng xiōng tiánjī), 2 INTERMEDIATE EGRET (中白鹭 Zhōng báilù), 2 CINNAMON BITTERN (栗苇鳽 Lì wěi jiān) and 12 AMUR FALCON (红脚隼 Hóng jiǎo sǔn), Ming Tombs Reservoir (Colm Moore)

27 June 2021

1 DOLLARBIRD (三宝鸟 Sānbǎo niǎo), Botanical Gardens (amal amer et al.)

4 BLUE ROCK THRUSH (蓝矶鸫 Lán jī dōng), BaiHe (Wang Qihan)

25 June 2021

1 PLUMBEOUS WATER REDSTART (红尾水鸲 Hóng wěi shuǐ qú), Liuyun Park, Andingmen (Zoey the Squirrel)

23 June 2021

1 JAPANESE PYGMY WOODPECKER (小星头啄木鸟 Xiǎo xīng tóu zhuómùniǎo), Yaoqiaoyu Reservoir (Ruby Linlin and Grady Singleton)

22 June 2021

2 WHITE-BREASTED WATERHEN (白胸苦恶鸟 Bái xiōng kǔ è niǎo), Shahe Reservoir (Wang Qihan)

21 June 2021

2 COMMON CROSSBILL (红交嘴雀 Hóng jiāo zuǐ què), Lingshan (炜 Diao)

3 ASIAN KOEL (噪鹃 Zào juān) and 1 BLACK STORK(黑鹳 Hēi guàn), Xinglongkou, Changping (悟空天下)

16 June 2021

The CINNAMON BITTERN (栗苇鳽 Lì wěi jiān) still in the Olympic Forest Park (炜 Diao)

1 COMMON RINGED PLOVER (剑鸻 Jiàn héng) reported from Ma Chang (Wang Qihan). Plus 14 PIED AVOCET (反嘴鹬 Fǎn zuǐ yù)

15 June 2021

2 BLACK STORK (黑鹳 Hēi guàn), 12 AMUR FALCON (红脚隼 Hóng jiǎo sǔn), 2 WHITE-WINGED TERN (白翅浮鸥 Bái chì fú ōu), 1 WHISKERED TERN (须浮鸥 Xū fú ōu), 1 ASIAN KOEL (噪鹃 Zào juān) and 1 LONG-TAILED MINIVET (长尾山椒鸟 Cháng wěi shānjiāo niǎo), Ming Tombs Reservoir (Colm Moore)

14 June 2021

The TIGER SHRIKE (虎纹伯劳 Hǔ wén bóláo) still present near DaHuiChang Road, Fengtai District (amal amer)

13 June 2021

1 TIGER SHRIKE (虎纹伯劳 Hǔ wén bóláo), near DaHuiChang Road, Fengtai District (Oriental Stork)

2 SLATY-BACKED FLYCATCHER (锈胸蓝姬鹟 Xiù xiōng lán jī wēng) and 2 albocoeruleus RED-FLANKED BLUETAIL (红胁蓝尾鸲 Hóng xié lán wěi qú), Lingshan (Wang Xiaobo, Catherine Dong and Anonymous)

1 GREY-TAILED TATTLER (灰尾漂鹬 Huī wěi (piào) yù), Olympic Forest Park (Zoey)

12 June 2021

4 STRIATED HERON (绿鹭 Lǜ lù), Gubeikou (炜 Diao)

1 BLACK-CAPPED KINGFISHER (蓝翡翠 Lán fěicuì) and 1 BLUE ROCK THRUSH (蓝矶鸫 Lán jī dōng), Qingbaikou (Wang Xiaobo)

2 WHITE-BACKED WOODPECKER (白背啄木鸟 Bái bèi zhuómùniǎo), 1 ALSTRÖM’S WARBLER (淡尾鹟莺 Dàn wěi wēng yīng) and 1 ZAPPEY’S FLYCATCHER (琉璃蓝鹟 Liúlí lán wēng), Xiaolongmen (Wang Xiaobo and anonymous)

10 June 2021

1 DOLLARBIRD (三宝鸟 Sānbǎo niǎo) and 180 PACIFIC SWIFT (白腰雨燕 Bái yāo yǔyàn), Wenyu River (Terry Townshend)

1 BLUNT-WINGED WARBLER (钝翅苇莺 Dùn chì wěi yīng), Olympic Forest Park (Zhen Niu)

9 June 2021

1 BAER’S POCHARD (青头潜鸭 Qīng tóu qián yā), Yeyahu (Eleven)

BOHEMIAN (太平鸟) and JAPANESE WAXWING (小太平鸟) reported from Beijing Zoo (Eleven)

Belated news of a SHORT-TAILED SHEARWATER (短尾鹱 Duǎn wěi hù) picked up exhausted at Tuancheng Lake near the Summer Palace “in early June”. The first record for Beijing. See here.

8 June 2021

1 BROWNISH-FLANKED BUSH WARBLER (强脚树莺 Qiáng-jiǎo shù-yīng), Miaofengshan (alphah)

The CINNAMON BITTERN (栗苇鳽 Lì wěi jiān) still in the Olympic Forest Park and a SCHRENCK’S BITTERN (紫背苇鳽 Zǐ bèi wěi jiān) also there (pksunking)

7 June 2021

The CINNAMON BITTERN (栗苇鳽 Lì wěi jiān) still in the Olympic Forest Park (Catherine Dong et al.)

1 SCHRENCK’S BITTERN (紫背苇鳽 Zǐ bèi wěi jiān), Peking University campus (Zhang Yong)

1 BLUETHROAT (蓝喉歌鸲 Lán hóu gē qú), Yuyuantan Park (鸿雁beijing)

6 June 2021

1 Snipe sp., 1 THICK-BILLED WARBLER (厚嘴苇莺 Hòu zuǐ wěi yīng), 20 BLACK-BROWED REED WARBLER (黑眉苇莺 Hēi méi wěi yīng), 15 PALLAS’S GRASSHOPPER WARBLER (小蝗莺 Xiǎo huáng yīng), 1 BAIKAL (DAVID’S) BUSH WARBLER (Běi duǎn chì yīng), 3 CHESTNUT-FLANKED (红胁绣眼鸟 Hóng xié xiù yǎn niǎo) and 2 SWINHOE’S WHITE-EYE (暗绿绣眼鸟 Àn lǜ xiù yǎn niǎo), Yongdinghe/Xiaoyue Lake (Oriental Stork)

1 LESSER KESTREL (黄爪隼 Huáng zhǎo sǔn), Olympic Forest Park (骆秋瑾)

1 CINNAMON BITTERN (栗苇鳽 Lì wěi jiān) and 1 BLUNT-WINGED WARBLER (钝翅苇莺 Dùn chì wěi yīng), Olympic Forest Park (果茶2020)

2 BLUNT-WINGED WARBLER (钝翅苇莺 Dùn chì wěi yīng), Olympic Forest Park (shoyo)

2 BLUE WHISTLING THRUSH (紫啸鸫 Zǐ xiào dōng), GouYa Natural Scenic Area (通州大好)

5 June 2021

1 WHITE-BREASTED WATERHEN (白胸苦恶鸟 Bái xiōng kǔ è niǎo), 1 CINNAMON BITTERN (栗苇鳽 Lì wěi jiān), 3 PALLAS’S GRASSHOPPER WARBLER (小蝗莺 Xiǎo huáng yīng), 4 BAIKAL (DAVID’S) BUSH WARBLER (Běi duǎn chì yīng), Olympic Forest Park (Ge Mengshuai)

1 THICK-BILLED WARBLER (厚嘴苇莺 Hòu zuǐ wěi yīng), 1 BLUNT-WINGED WARBLER (钝翅苇莺 Dùn chì wěi yīng), HuoYing (Wang Xiaobo)

1 BLUNT-WINGED WARBLER (钝翅苇莺 Dùn chì wěi yīng), 9 PALLAS’S GRASSHOPPER WARBLER (小蝗莺 Xiǎo huáng yīng) and 1 CHINESE SPARROWHAWK (赤腹鹰 Chìfù yīng), Wenyu River (Terry Townshend)

1 TUFTED DUCK (凤头潜鸭 Fèng tóu qián yā) and 2 EURASIAN SPOONBILL (白琵鹭 Bái pí lù), Shahe Reservoir (炜 Diao)

1 DAURIAN JACKDAW (达乌里寒鸦 Dá wū lǐ hán yā), apparently injured, Agricultural Exhibition Center Park (Lin Ding)

1 BLUE ROCK THRUSH (蓝矶鸫 Lán jī dōng), Liucunzhen (通州大好)

1 CINNAMON BITTERN (栗苇鳽 Lì wěi jiān) and 1 BLUNT-WINGED WARBLER (钝翅苇莺 Dùn chì wěi yīng), Olympic Forest Park (baitao2002)

1 DOLLARBIRD (三宝鸟 Sānbǎo niǎo), Botanical Gardens (taizhoudragon)

1 YELLOW-BROWED BUNTING (黄眉鹀 Huángméiwú), Olympic Forest Park (餵蝦米)

4 June 2021

1 BLUNT-WINGED WARBLER (钝翅苇莺 Dùn chì wěi yīng), Olympic Forest Park (amal amer et al.)

1 BAILLON’S CRAKE (小田鸡 Xiǎo tiánjī), Xijiao Gravel Pit (无名浪客)

3 June 2021

1 BLUNT-WINGED WARBLER (钝翅苇莺 Dùn chì wěi yīng), 1 CHINESE BUSH WARBLER (中华短翅莺 Zhōnghuá duǎn chì yīng) and 1 BAIKAL (DAVID’S) BUSH WARBLER (Běi duǎn chì yīng), Wenyu River (Terry Townshend)

The CINNAMON BITTERN (栗苇鳽 Lì wěi jiān) still in the Olympic Forest Park and a BLUNT-WINGED WARBLER (钝翅苇莺 Dùn chì wěi yīng) also present (Dave Guo)

1 DOLLARBIRD (三宝鸟 Sānbǎo niǎo), Botanical Gardens (Grady Singleton)

1 SCHRENCK’S BITTERN (紫背苇鳽 Zǐ bèi wěi jiān), Peking University campus (pluto)

2 June 2021

The CINNAMON BITTERN (栗苇鳽 Lì wěi jiān) still in the Olympic Forest Park (amal amer). Plus a BAIKAL (DAVID’S) BUSH WARBLER (Běi duǎn chì yīng).

The CINNAMON BITTERN (栗苇鳽 Lì wěi jiān) and a BLUNT-WINGED WARBLER (钝翅苇莺 Dùn chì wěi yīng), Olympic Forest Park (楼燕12138)

1 ORIENTAL HONEY BUZZARD (凤头蜂鹰 Fèng tóu fēng yīng), Yuanmingyuan (天书)

1 June 2021

***1 KAMCHATKA WARBLER (堪察加柳莺 Kān chá jiā liǔ yīng)***, Ming Tombs Reservoir. Call and song sound-recorded and the identification confirmed by Professor Per Alström. As far as we know, the first record of this species in Beijing. Plus 1 INTERMEDIATE EGRET (中白鹭 Zhōng báilù), 4+ ASIAN KOEL (噪鹃 Zào juān), 1 LARGE HAWK CUCKOO (鹰鹃 Yīng juān), 2 HIMALAYAN CUCKOO (中杜鹃 Běifāng zhōng dùjuān), 5 INDIAN CUCKOO (四声杜鹃 Sì shēng dùjuān), 4 ARCTIC WARBLER (极北柳莺 Jí běi liǔ yīng), 22 AMUR FALCON (红脚隼 Hóng jiǎo sǔn) and 1 CHINESE GROSBEAK (黑尾蜡嘴雀 Hēi wěi là zuǐ què).

The PHEASANT-TAILED JACANA (Hydrophasianus chirurgus 水雉 Shuǐ zhì) still at Shahe Reservoir (黄非红)

The CINNAMON BITTERN (栗苇鳽 Lì wěi jiān) still in the Olympic Forest Park (pksunking)

1 BAIKAL (DAVID’S) BUSH WARBLER (Běi duǎn chì yīng), Peking University campus (Dave Guo)

1 CHINESE BUSH WARBLER ((中华短翅莺 Zhōnghuá duǎn chì yīng), Shahe Reservoir (Wang Xiaobo)

31 May 2021

1 PHEASANT-TAILED JACANA (Hydrophasianus chirurgus 水雉 Shuǐ zhì), Shahe Reservoir (niaotu, pksunking, atz088, Wang Xiaobo et al.)

The CINNAMON BITTERN (栗苇鳽 Lì wěi jiān) still in the Olympic Forest Park (簌簌的雪)

1 BLUNT-WINGED WARBLER (钝翅苇莺 Dùn chì wěi yīng), Olympic Forest Park (温酒烹鱼)

30 May 2021

1 WHITE-BREASTED WATERHEN (白胸苦恶鸟 Bái xiōng kǔ è niǎo), Olympic Forest Park (amal amer et al.)

1 LESSER CUCKOO (小杜鹃 Xiǎo dùjuān), Miaofengshan (anonymous)

1 CINNAMON BITTERN (栗苇鳽 Lì wěi jiān), Olympic Forest Park (天书)

2 CASPIAN TERN (红嘴巨鸥 Hóng zuǐ jù ōu), Shahe Reservoir (天书)

29 May 2021

3 WHITE-BREASTED WATERHEN (白胸苦恶鸟 Bái xiōng kǔ è niǎo), 1 CATTLE EGRET (牛背鹭 Niú bèi lù), 1 BLACK-WINGED KITE (黑翅鸢 Hēi chì yuān), 4 LONG-TAILED SHRIKE (棕背伯劳 Zōng bèi bóláo), 1 MANCHURIAN REED WARBLER (远东苇莺 Yuǎndōng wěi yīng), 1 PALLAS’S GRASSHOPPER WARBLER (小蝗莺 Xiǎo huáng yīng), 5 BAIKAL (DAVID’S) BUSH WARBLER (Běi duǎn chì yīng), DaYunHe Forest Park (Wang Xiaobo)

1 BAIKAL (DAVID’S) BUSH WARBLER (Běi duǎn chì yīng), Yuanmingyuan (Zhao Xiaojian)

1 WHITE-BREASTED WATERHEN (白胸苦恶鸟 Bái xiōng kǔ è niǎo), Olympic Forest Park (Lu Zhuofei)

1 (singing) WHITE’S THRUSH (虎斑地鸫 Hǔbān de dōng), Lingshan (Devin Howard)

3 (two female and one male) ASIAN PARADISE FLYCATCHER (Terpsiphone paradisi 寿带 Shòu dài), Olympic Forest Park (David Mou et al.)

28 May 2021

1 BAILLON’S CRAKE (小田鸡 Xiǎo tiánjī), Shahe Reservoir (天书)

1 STRIATED HERON (绿鹭 Lǜ lù), Botanical Gardens (Wang Qihan)

27 May 2021

150 PACIFIC SWIFT (白腰雨燕 Bái yāo yǔyàn), Juma River/G5 crossing (Wang Xiaobo)

1 BAILLON’S CRAKE (小田鸡 Xiǎo tiánjī) and 2 RELICT GULL (遗鸥 Yí ōu), Shahe Reservoir (Jun Shuai).

1 BLACK BITTERN (黑鳽 Hēi yán) reported from Ruilinwan Hot Spring Resort (独行虾 Bird.soong)

26 May 2021

1 ROSY PIPIT (粉红胸鹨 Fěnhóng xiōng liù), Cuijiayao Reservoir (Wang Xiaobo)

1 PIED WHEATEAR (白顶䳭 Bái dǐng jí), DaShiHe (大牙齿 458)

1 WHITE-BREASTED WATERHEN (白胸苦恶鸟 Bái xiōng kǔ è niǎo), Shahe Reservoir (Ruby Linlin)

25 May 2021

2 BAIKAL (DAVID’S) BUSH WARBLER (Běi duǎn chì yīng), HuoYing (Wang Xiaobo)

24 May 2021

1 BAIKAL (DAVID’S) BUSH WARBLER (Běi duǎn chì yīng), HuoYing (Wang Xiaobo)

1 SHORT-TOED EAGLE (短趾雕 Duǎn zhǐ diāo), Biawangshan (amal amer et al.)

1 BAILLON’S CRAKE (小田鸡 Xiǎo tiánjī), Shahe Reservoir (天书)

23 May 2021

20 ASIAN DOWITCHER (半蹼鹬 Bàn pǔ yù), Shahe Reservoir (云天)

Back of the camera image of the 20 Asian Dowitcher at Shahe Reservoir early morning (云天)

1 RUDDY-BREASTED CRAKE (红胸田鸡 Hóng xiōng tiánjī), Shahe Reservoir (黑眼豆豆)

1 BAIKAL (DAVID’S) BUSH WARBLER (斑胸短翅莺 Bān xiōng duǎn chì yīng), Peking University (Dave Guo)

1 ORIENTAL CUCKOO (北方中杜鹃 Zhōng dùjuān) and 1 BRAMBLING (燕雀 Yànquè), Cuihu Wetland Park (Ge Mengshui)

22 May 2021

1 SCHRENCK’S BITTERN (紫背苇鳽 Zǐ bèi wěi jiān), DaYunHe Forest Park (Wang Xiaobo)

1 DARK-SIDED FLYCATCHER (乌鹟 Wū wēng), Xinchengbinhe Park, Changping (悟空天下)

1 BAIKAL (DAVID’S) BUSH WARBLER (斑胸短翅莺 Bān xiōng duǎn chì yīng), Olympic Forest Park (Wang Xue)

3 BROWNISH-FLANKED BUSH WARBLER (强脚树莺 Qiáng-jiǎo shù-yīng) reported from Wanshou Anshan, Mentougou (Oriental Stork)

1 GREY-SIDED THRUSH (褐头鸫 Hè tóu dōng), Temple of Heaven Park (Li Xingyu)

21 May 2021

1 TEREK SANDPIPER (翘嘴鹬 Qiào zuǐ yù), Ma Chang (Guan Xueyan)

20 May 2021

1 INTERMEDIATE EGRET (中白鹭 Zhōng báilù), 1 CHINESE SPARROWHAWK (赤腹鹰 Chìfù yīng), 1 ASIAN KOEL (噪鹃 Zào juān), 2 LARGE HAWK CUCKOO (鹰鹃 Yīng juān), 1 LESSER CUCKOO (小杜鹃 Xiǎo dùjuān), 1 DOLLARBIRD (三宝鸟 Sānbǎo niǎo) (flying north), 1 ASHY MINIVET (灰山椒鸟 Huī shānjiāo niǎo), 12+ TWO-BARRED WARBLER (双斑绿柳莺 Shuāng bān lǜ liǔ yīng), 15+ THICK-BILLED WARBLER (厚嘴苇莺 Hòu zuǐ wěi yīng), 1 WHITE-THROATED ROCK THRUSH (,白喉矶鸫 Báihóu jī dōng), 10+ DARK-SIDED FLYCATCHER (乌鹟 Wū wēng), 1 FOREST WAGTAIL (山鹡鸰 Shān jí líng), Ming Tombs Reservoir (Colm Moore)

1 GREEN-BACKED FLYCATCHER (绿背姬鹟 Lǜ bèi jī wēng) and 2 CHESTNUT-EARED BUNTING (栗耳鹀 Lì ěr wú), Yuanmingyuan (amal amer)

1 MANCHURIAN BUSH WARBLER (远东树莺 Yuǎndōng shù yīng), Olympic Forest Park (Wang Xue)

1 ASIAN KOEL (噪鹃 Zào juān) and 1 (leucistic) BROWN-CHEEKED RAIL (普通秧鸡 Pǔtōng yāng jī), Botanical Gardens (Jun Shuai)

19 May 2021

1 PIED WHEATEAR (白顶䳭 Bái dǐng jí), Baiwangshan (Yi Lin)

3 JAPANESE WAXWING (小太平鸟 Xiǎo tàipíngniǎo), Peking University (Dave Guo)

1 WHITE-THROATED ROCK THRUSH (,白喉矶鸫 Báihóu jī dōng), Shuinan Village (amal amer)

18 May 2021

1 PALE-LEGGED LEAF WARBLER (淡脚柳莺 Dàn jiǎo liǔ yīng) and 4 JAPANESE WAXWING (小太平鸟 Xiǎo tàipíngniǎo), Peking University (Dave Guo)

1 BAR-HEADED GOOSE(斑头雁 Bān tóuyàn) still at Shahe Reservoir (Jun Shuai)

1 ASIAN KOEL (噪鹃 Zào juān), 1 CHINESE SPARROWHAWK (赤腹鹰 Chìfù yīng), 1 GREEN-BACKED FLYCATCHER (绿背姬鹟 Lǜ bèi jī wēng), Baiwangshan (茶茶丸)

17 May 2021

1 CHINESE BUSH WARBLER (中华短翅莺 Zhōnghuá duǎn chì yīng), HuoYing (Wang Xiaobo).

1 CHINESE SPARROWHAWK (赤腹鹰 Chìfù yīng), Xinchengbinhe Park, Changping (悟空天下)

1 RUFOUS-BELLIED WOODPECKER (棕腹啄木鸟 Zōng fù zhuómùniǎo) and 1 LONG-TAILED MINIVET (长尾山椒鸟 Cháng wěi shānjiāo niǎo), Olympic Forest Park (炜 Diao)

2 STRIATED HERON (绿鹭 Lǜ lù), 70+ AMUR FALCON (红脚隼 Hóng jiǎo sǔn), 4 ORIENTAL HONEY BUZZARD (凤头蜂鹰 Fèng tóu fēng yīng), 1 GREATER SAND PLOVER (铁嘴沙鸻 Tiě zuǐ shā héng), 7 GREY-HEADED LAPWING (灰头麦鸡 Huī tóu mài jī), 1 LARGE HAWK CUCKOO (鹰鹃 Yīng juān), 35+ RICHARD’S PIPIT (理氏鹨 Lǐ shì liù), Ming Tombs Reservoir (Colm Moore)

16 May 2021

1 HAIR-CRESTED DRONGO (发冠卷尾 Fā guān juàn wěi) and 1 RUFOUS-TAILED ROBIN (红尾歌鸲 Hóng wěi gē qú), HuoYing (Wang Xiaobo)

1 BAR-HEADED GOOSE (斑头雁 Bān tóuyàn) and 5 SPOTTED REDSHANK (鹤鹬 Hè yù), Shahe Reservoir (Ning Sun)

7 SPOTTED REDSHANK (鹤鹬 Hè yù), Shahe Reservoir (Jun Shuai)

1 CHESTNUT-EARED BUNTING (栗耳鹀 Lì ěr wú), Olympic Forest Park (Catherine Dong)

1 ASIAN KOEL (噪鹃 Zào juān) and 10 ASIAN STUBTAIL (鳞头树莺 Lín tóu shù yīng), Jintai Temple (Oriental Stork)

1 GREY NIGHTJAR (普通夜鹰 Pǔtōng yè yīng), 1 RUFOUS-BELLIED WOODPECKER (棕腹啄木鸟 Zōng fù zhuómùniǎo), 1 THICK-BILLED WARBLER (厚嘴苇莺 Hòu zuǐ wěi yīng), 1 ASIAN STUBTAIL (鳞头树莺 Lín tóu shù yīng), 4 CHESTNUT-FLANKED WHITE-EYE (红胁绣眼鸟 Hóng xié xiù yǎn niǎo), 9 SWINHOE’S WHITE-EYE (暗绿绣眼鸟 Àn lǜ xiù yǎn niǎo), 1 WHITE’S THRUSH (虎斑地鸫 Hǔbān de dōng), 1 SIBERIAN THRUSH (白眉地鸫 Báiméi di dōng), 1 CHINESE THRUSH (宝兴歌鸫 Bǎo xìng gē dōng), 1 GREY-BACKED THRUSH (灰背鸫 Huī bèi dōng), 1 EYEBROWED THRUSH (白眉鸫 Báiméi dōng), 1 YELLOW-BROWED BUNTING (黄眉鹀 Huángméiwú) and 13 TRISTRAM’S BUNTING (白眉鹀 Báiméi wú), Temple of Heaven Park (Stefan Andrew)

1 CHINESE SPARROWHAWK (赤腹鹰 Chìfù yīng), Temple of Heaven Park (Liu Chunhong)

1 BAER’S POCHARD (青头潜鸭 Qīng tóu qián yā), 4 PACIFIC GOLDEN PLOVER (金斑鸻 Jīn bān héng), 4 GREATER SAND PLOVER (铁嘴沙鸻 Tiě zuǐ shā héng), 1 WHIMBREL (中杓鹬 Zhōng biāo yù), 1 SHARP-TAILED SANDPIPER (尖尾滨鹬 Jiān wěi bīn yù), 2 CURLEW SANDPIPER (弯嘴滨鹬 Wān zuǐ bīn yù), 3 TEMMINCK’S STINT (青脚滨鹬 Qīng jiǎo bīn yù), 8 LONG-TOED STINT (长趾滨鹬 Zhǎng zhǐ bīn yù), 1 TEREK SANDPIPER (翘嘴鹬 Qiào zuǐ yù), 1 COMMON REDSHANK (红脚鹬 Hóng jiǎo yù), 20 ORIENTAL PRATINCOLE (普通燕鸻 Pǔtōng yàn héng), 1 EURASIAN SKYLARK (云雀 Yúnquè), Ma Chang (Zheng Qiuyang)

15 May 2021

1 CHINESE SPARROWHAWK (赤腹鹰 Chìfù yīng), 1 NAUMANN’S THRUSH (红尾鸫 Hóng wěi dōng), 1 GREEN-BACKED FLYCATCHER (绿背姬鹟 Lǜ bèi jī wēng), 3 CHESTNUT BUNTING (栗鹀 Lì wú), 1 TRISTRAM’S BUNTING (白眉鹀 Báiméi wú), Olympic Forest Park (炜 Diao)

1 DOLLARBIRD (三宝鸟 Sānbǎo niǎo), Temple of Heaven Park (Zichen Zhou)

1 RUDDY TURNSTONE (翻石鹬 Fān shí yù), 2 CURLEW SANDPIPER (弯嘴滨鹬 Wān zuǐ bīn yù), 1 TEREK SANDPIPER (翘嘴鹬 Qiào zuǐ yù), Ma Chang (Wang Xiaobo)

6 SPOTTED REDSHANK (鹤鹬 Hè yù) and 1 PACIFIC GOLDEN PLOVER (金斑鸻 Jīn bān héng), Shahe Reservoir (天书)

14 May 2021

1 SLATY-BACKED FLYCATCHER (锈胸蓝姬鹟 Xiù xiōng lán jī wēng), Olympic Forest Park (Terry Townshend). Plus an ASHY MINIVET (灰山椒鸟 Huī shānjiāo niǎo).

1 HAIR-CRESTED DRONGO (发冠卷尾 Fā guān juàn wěi), HuoYing (Wang Xiaobo)

1 NAUMANN’S THRUSH, 1 GREEN-BACKED FLYCATCHER (绿背姬鹟 Lǜ bèi jī wēng), 1 FOREST WAGTAIL (山鹡鸰 Shān jí líng), 1 CHESTNUT BUNTING (栗鹀 Lì wú), 4 TRISTRAM’S BUNTING (白眉鹀 Báiméi wú), Peking University (Ge Mengshuai)

1 EYEBROWED THRUSH (白眉鸫 Báiméi dōng), 1 DUSKY THRUSH (斑鸫 Bān dōng), 2 CHESTNUT BUNTING (栗鹀 Lì wú), Yuanmingyuan (amal amer et al.)

1 RUFOUS-BELLIED WOODPECKER (棕腹啄木鸟 Zōng fù zhuómùniǎo), 1 HAIR-CRESTED DRONGO (发冠卷尾 Fā guān juàn wěi), 1 SIBERIAN THRUSH (白眉地鸫 Báiméi di dōng), 1 CHINESE THRUSH (宝兴歌鸫 Bǎo xìng gē dōng), 1 GREY-SIDED THRUSH (褐头鸫 Hè tóu dōng), 5 EYEBROWED THRUSH (白眉鸫 Báiméi dōng), Temple of Heaven Park (茶茶丸)

2 HAIR-CRESTED DRONGO (发冠卷尾 Fā guān juàn wěi), 1 SIBERIAN THRUSH (白眉地鸫 Báiméi di dōng), 10 EYEBROWED THRUSH (白眉鸫 Báiméi dōng), Temple of Heaven Park (Jun Shuai)

13 May 2021

1 BLACK BITTERN (黑鳽 Hēi yán) at Ming Tombs Reservoir (Colm Moore). Possibly only the third Beijing record. Plus 9 RELICT GULL (遗鸥 Yí ōu), 2 CURLEW SANDPIPER (弯嘴滨鹬 Wān zuǐ bīn yù), 3 LONG-TOED STINT (长趾滨鹬 Zhǎng zhǐ bīn yù), 2 LARGE HAWK CUCKOO (鹰鹃 Yīng juān), 4 DARK-SIDED FLYCATCHER (乌鹟 Wū wēng), 4+ CLAUDIA’S LEAF WARBLER (冠纹柳莺 Guān wén liǔ yīng), 13+ LONG-TAILED MINIVET (长尾山椒鸟 Cháng wěi shānjiāo niǎo), 3 JAPANESE WAXWING (小太平鸟 Xiǎo tàipíngniǎo), 1 (female) SIBERIAN THRUSH (白眉地鸫 Báiméi di dōng), 3 SIBERIAN RUBYTHROAT (红喉歌鸲 Hóng hóu gē qú), 4 BLUETHROAT (蓝喉歌鸲 Lán hóu gē qú) and 4+ CHESTNUT-EARED BUNTING (栗耳鹀 Lì ěr wú), Ming Tombs Reservoir (Colm Moore)

1 CHINESE THRUSH (宝兴歌鸫 Bǎo xìng gē dōng) and 1 EYEBROWED THRUSH (白眉鸫 Báiméi dōng) again at HuoYing (Wang Xiaobo)

1 BLACK-NAPED ORIOLE (黑枕黄鹂 Hēi zhěn huánglí) and 1 EYEBROWED THRUSH (白眉鸫 Báiméi dōng), Peking University campus (Dave Guo)

1 LARGE HAWK CUCKOO (鹰鹃 Yīng juān), 2 BLACK-NAPED ORIOLE (黑枕黄鹂 Hēi zhěn huánglí), 1 HAIR-CRESTED DRONGO (发冠卷尾 Fā guān juàn wěi), 1 SIBERIAN THRUSH (白眉地鸫 Báiméi di dōng), 1 CHINESE THRUSH (宝兴歌鸫 Bǎo xìng gē dōng), 2 EYEBROWED THRUSH (白眉鸫 Báiméi dōng), Temple of Heaven Park (anonymous)

1 LARGE HAWK CUCKOO (鹰鹃 Yīng juān), , 1 HAIR-CRESTED DRONGO (发冠卷尾 Fā guān juàn wěi), 1 SIBERIAN THRUSH (白眉地鸫 Báiméi de dōng), 1 CHINESE THRUSH (宝兴歌鸫 Bǎo xìng gē dōng), 1 ASIAN STUBTAIL (鳞头树莺 Lín tóu shù yīng), Temple of Heaven Park (天书)

1 RUFOUS-BELLIED WOODPECKER (棕腹啄木鸟 Zōng fù zhuómùniǎo), Olympic Forest Park (David Mackie)

12 May 2021

1 CHINESE THRUSH (宝兴歌鸫 Bǎo xìng gē dōng) and 1 EYEBROWED THRUSH (白眉鸫 Báiméi dōng), HuoYing (Wang Xiaobo)

1 INTERMEDIATE EGRET (中白鹭 Zhōng báilù) and 1 SIBERIAN THRUSH (Báiméi di dōng), Shahe Reservoir (Stefan Andrew)

1 CHINESE THRUSH (宝兴歌鸫 Bǎo xìng gē dōng) and 3 EYEBROWED THRUSH (白眉鸫 Báiméi dōng), Temple of Heaven Park (Su Li)

5 EYEBROWED THRUSH (白眉鸫 Báiméi dōng), Temple of Heaven Park (茶茶丸)

1 GREEN-BACKED FLYCATCHER (绿背姬鹟 Lǜ bèi jī wēng), Temple of Heaven Park (amal amer)

1 RUFOUS-TAILED ROBIN (红尾歌鸲 Hóng wěi gē qú) still at Peking University campus (Dave Guo)

1 RUFOUS-TAILED ROBIN (红尾歌鸲 Hóng wěi gē qú), Liuyin Park (Shu Zhu via amal amer)

11 May 2021

1 RUFOUS-TAILED ROBIN (红尾歌鸲 Hóng wěi gē qú), Olympic Forest Park (Grady Singleton)

2 BLACK DRONGO (黑卷尾 Hēi juàn wěi), HuoYing (Wang Xiaobo)

1 (singing) RUFOUS-TAILED ROBIN (红尾歌鸲 Hóng wěi gē qú), Peking University campus (Dave Guo)

1 WHITE’S THRUSH (虎斑地鸫 Hǔbān de dōng), 1 CHINESE THRUSH (宝兴歌鸫 Bǎo xìng gē dōng), 1 GREEN-BACKED FLYCATCHER (绿背姬鹟 Lǜ bèi jī wēng) and 1 MUGIMAKI FLYCATCHER (鸲姬鹟 Qú jī wēng), Temple of Heaven Park (Zichen Zhou)

2 ROUGH-LEGGED BUZZARD (毛脚鵟 Máo jiǎo kuáng) reported from Yangtaishan Rosefields (Wang Qihan)

10 May 2021

3 WHITE-WINGED TERN (白翅浮鸥 Bái chì fú ōu), 1 WHISKERED TERN (须浮鸥 Xū fú ōu), 4 RELICT GULL (遗鸥 Yí ōu), 1 WHIMBREL (中杓鹬 Zhōng biāo yù), Shahe Reservoir (天书)

1 MUGIMAKI FLYCATCHER (鸲姬鹟 Qú jī wēng) and 2 GREY-SIDED THRUSH (褐头鸫 Hè tóu dōng), Temple of Heaven Park (蛐蛐)

1 ALSTRÖM’S WARBLER (淡尾鹟莺 Dàn wěi wēng yīng), 1 TWO-BARRED WARBLER (双斑绿柳莺 Shuāng bān lǜ liǔ yīng), 1 CHESTNUT-FLANKED WHITE-EYE (红胁绣眼鸟 Hóng xié xiù yǎn niǎo), 1 WHITE’S THRUSH (虎斑地鸫 Hǔbān de dōng), 1 CHINESE THRUSH (宝兴歌鸫 Bǎo xìng gē dōng), 1 GREY-SIDED THRUSH (褐头鸫 Hè tóu dōng), 2 SIBERIAN BLUE ROBIN (蓝歌鸲 Lán gē qú), 1 GREEN-BACKED FLYCATCHER (绿背姬鹟 Lǜ bèi jī wēng), 1 MUGIMAKI FLYCATCHER (鸲姬鹟 Qú jī wēng) and 2 CHESTNUT BUNTING (栗鹀 Lì wú), Temple of Heaven Park (amal amer et al.)

2 WHITE’S THRUSH (虎斑地鸫 Hǔbān de dōng), 5 CHINESE THRUSH (宝兴歌鸫 Bǎo xìng gē dōng), 1 GREY-BACKED THRUSH (灰背鸫 Huī bèi dōng), 1 GREY-SIDED THRUSH (褐头鸫 Hè tóu dōng), 2 EYEBROWED THRUSH (白眉鸫 Báiméi dōng), Temple of Heaven Park (Stefan Andrew)

1 MUGIMAKI FLYCATCHER (鸲姬鹟 Qú jī wēng), Tongzhou (大好)

9 May 2021

2 BOOTED EAGLE (靴隼雕 Xuē sǔn diāo), Yeyahu (Lin Yiwei and Ge Mengshuai). Plus a SHORT-TOED EAGLE (短趾雕 Duǎn zhǐ diāo) (Ge Mengshuai).

1 ASHY MINIVET (灰山椒鸟 Huī shānjiāo niǎo), 1 EYEBROWED THRUSH (白眉鸫 Báiméi dōng) and 1 RUFOUS-TAILED ROBIN (红尾歌鸲 Hóng wěi gē qú), ChaoBai River (Catherine Dong and DaHao)

1 CHINESE SPARROWHAWK (赤腹鹰 Chìfù yīng), Shahe Reservoir (天书)

1 ALSTRÖM’S WARBLER (淡尾鹟莺 Dàn wěi wēng yīng), 1 EYEBEROWED THRUSH (白眉鸫 Báiméi dōng), 1 WHITE’S THRUSH (虎斑地鸫 Hǔbān de dōng) and 1 CHINESE THRUSH (宝兴歌鸫 Bǎo xìng gē dōng), Temple of Heaven Park (Liu Chunhong et al.)

2 GREATER SAND PLOVER (铁嘴沙鸻 Tiě zuǐ shā héng), Nanhaizi (Gong Chen)

8 May 2021

1 GREATER PAINTED SNIPE (彩鹬 Cǎi yù), Shahe Reservoir (Dave Guo)

2 BEWICK’S SWAN (小天鹅 Xiǎo tiān’é), 1 WHITE-BREASTED WATERHEN (白胸苦恶鸟 Bái xiōng kǔ è niǎo), Shahe Reservoir (Sun Siyu)

9 BLACK-NECKED GREBE (黑颈䴙䴘 Hēi jǐng pì tī) and 1 GREATER SAND PLOVER (铁嘴沙鸻 Tiě zuǐ shā héng), Shahe Reservoir (Andrew Morrissey)

The (male) PLUMBEOUS WATER REDSTART (红尾水鸲 Hóng wěi shuǐ qú) still at Peking University campus (Dave Guo). Plus a LONG-TAILED MINIVET (长尾山椒鸟 Cháng wěi shānjiāo niǎo).

2 LONG-TAILED MINIVET (长尾山椒鸟 Cháng wěi shānjiāo niǎo), Xiwang jiayuan, Shunyi (splan tky)

2 SIBERIAN BLUE ROBIN (蓝歌鸲 Lán gē qú), Temple of Heaven Park (Pangaean Birders Team)

1 ASIAN KOEL (噪鹃 Zào juān) and 1 WHITE-THROATED NEEDLETAIL (白喉针尾雨燕 Báihóu zhēn wěi yǔyàn), Baiwangshan (茶茶丸)

20 SWAN GOOSE (鸿雁 Hóngyàn), 1 ORIENTAL STORK (东方白鹳 Dōngfāng bái guàn) and 1 GREY-BACKED THRUSH (灰背鸫 Huī bèi dōng), Nanhaizi (Liu Zhiheng)

2 HAIR-CRESTED DRONGO (发冠卷尾 Fā guān juàn wěi) and 1 CHESTNUT BUNTING (栗鹀 Lì wú), Temple of Heaven Park (云天)

1 CHINESE THRUSH (宝兴歌鸫 Bǎo xìng gē dōng), Temple of Heaven Park (Zhang Weimin)

1 WHITE-THROATED NEEDLETAIL (白喉针尾雨燕 Báihóu zhēn wěi yǔyàn), 1 CHINESE SPARROWHAWK (赤腹鹰 Chìfù yīng), Baiwangshan (Dave Guo)

At least one, and possibly three, presumed PALE MARTIN (淡色沙燕 Dàn sè shā yàn), ChaoBaiHe (Terry Townshend et al.). Plus two NORTHERN HOUSE MARTIN (白腹毛脚燕 Bái fù máo jiǎo yàn) and 1 WHITE-THROATED NEEDLETAIL (白喉针尾雨燕 Báihóu zhēn wěi yǔyàn).

One of three birds that are presumably Pale Martin (Riparia diluta, 淡色沙燕 Dàn sè shā yàn) at the ChaoBai River, 8 May 2021 (Terry Townshend). Note pale and diffuse breastband and relatively pale face with prominent dark eye. Identification confirmed by Manuel Schweizer.

7 May 2021

1 BLACK-FACED BUNTING (灰头鹀 Huī tóu wú), Ming Tombs Reservoir (悟空天下)

6 May 2021

1 GREEN-BACKED FLYCATCHER (绿背姬鹟 Lǜ bèi jī wēng), 1 JAPANESE WAXWING (小太平鸟 Xiǎo tàipíngniǎo), HuoYing (Wang Xiaobo)

1 INDIAN CUCKOO (四声杜鹃 Sì shēng dùjuān), Shahe Reservoir (amal amer et al.)

1 PALE MARTIN (淡色沙燕 Dàn sè shā yàn), Wenyu River (Terry Townshend)

2 CURLEW SANDPIPER (弯嘴滨鹬 Wān zuǐ bīn yù) and 10 LONG-TOED STINT (长趾滨鹬 Zhǎng zhǐ bīn yù), Shahe Reservoir (Jun Shuai)

1 ASIAN STUBTAIL (鳞头树莺 Lín tóu shù yīng), Shahe Reservoir (Su Peng)

1 ALSTRÖM’S WARBLER (淡尾鹟莺 Dàn wěi wēng yīng), Olympic Forest Park (David Mou)

1 ASHY MINIVET (灰山椒鸟 Huī shānjiāo niǎo), Olympic Forest Park (Zhang Xiaoling)

5 May 2021

2 WHITE-BREASTED WATERHEN (白胸苦恶鸟 Bái xiōng kǔ è niǎo), Shahe Reservoir (Zhao Chaoyue)

2 LONG-TOED STINT (长趾滨鹬 Zhǎng zhǐ bīn yù) and 1 TEMMINCK’S STINT (青脚滨鹬 Qīng jiǎo bīn yù), Shahe Reservoir (天书)

1 CASPIAN TERN (红嘴巨鸥 Hóng zuǐ jù ōu) and 1 CATTLE EGRET (牛背鹭 Niú bèi lù), Shahe Reservoir (Cao Xiaorong)

1 EURASIAN WIGEON (赤颈鸭 Chì jǐng yā), 10 BLACK-NECKED GREBE (黑颈䴙䴘 Hēi jǐng pì tī), 1 CASPIAN TERN (红嘴巨鸥 Hóng zuǐ jù ōu) and 8 GULL-BILLED TERN (鸥嘴噪鸥 Ōu zuǐ zào ōu), Shahe Reservoir (amal amer et al.)

The (male) PLUMBEOUS WATER REDSTART (红尾水鸲 Hóng wěi shuǐ qú) still at Peking University campus (Dave Guo)

4 May 2021

The (male) PLUMBEOUS WATER REDSTART (红尾水鸲 Hóng wěi shuǐ qú) still at Peking University campus (Dave Guo)

1 CRESTED GOSHAWK (凤头鹰 Fèng tóu yīng), Baiwangshan (Zhou Tingting)

2 BAR-HEADED GOOSE (斑头雁 Bān tóuyàn), 1 CINEREOUS VULTURE (秃鹫 Tūjiù), 1 GOLDEN EAGLE (金雕 Jīn diāo), 1 CHINESE SPARROWHAWK (赤腹鹰 Chìfù yīng), 7 AMUR FALCON (红脚隼 Hóng jiǎo sǔn), 3 HUME’S WARBLER (淡眉柳莺 Dàn méi liǔ yīng), 3 GREATER SAND PLOVER (铁嘴沙鸻 Tiě zuǐ shā héng), 4 GULL-BILLED TERN (鸥嘴噪鸥 Ōu zuǐ zào ōu), 4 WHITE-THROATED NEEDLETAIL (白喉针尾雨燕 Báihóu zhēn wěi yǔyàn), 1 NORTHERN HOUSE MARTIN (白腹毛脚燕 Bái fù máo jiǎo yàn), 1 LONG-TAILED MINIVET (长尾山椒鸟 Cháng wěi shānjiāo niǎo), 1 CHINESE LEAF WARBLER (云南柳莺 Yúnnán liǔ yīng), 1 HUME’S LEAF WARBLER (淡眉柳莺 Dàn méi liǔ yīng), 5 SWINHOE’S WHITE-EYE (暗绿绣眼鸟 Àn lǜ xiù yǎn niǎo), 4 BLUETHROAT (蓝喉歌鸲 Lán hóu gē qú), 3 RUSSET SPARROW (山麻雀 Shān máquè), 7 BLYTH’S PIPIT (布氏鹨 Bù shì liù), 5 RED-THROATED PIPIT (红喉鹨 Hóng hóu liù), 31+ COMMON ROSEFINCH (普通朱雀 Pǔtōng zhūquè) and 800+ LITTLE BUNTING (小鹀 Xiǎo wú), Ming Tombs Reservoir (Colm Moore)

One of the Blyth’s Pipits showing the distinctive median covert pattern, Ming Tombs Reservoir, 4 May 2021 (Colm Moore).

3 ALSTRÖM’S WARBLER (淡尾鹟莺 Dàn wěi wēng yīng), 3 ZAPPEY’S FLYCATCHER (琉璃蓝鹟 Liúlí lán wēng) and 1 GREEN-BACKED FLYCATCHER (绿背姬鹟 Lǜ bèi jī wēng), Xiaolongmen (Guan Xueyan)

3 May 2021

The BAILLON’S CRAKE (小田鸡 Xiǎo tiánjī) and BROWN-CHEEKED RAIL (普通秧鸡 Pǔtōng yāng jī) still at HuoYing (Wang Xiaobo)

30 SWINHOE’S WHITE-EYE (暗绿绣眼鸟 Àn lǜ xiù yǎn niǎo), Baiwangshan (atz088)

1 BLACK DRONGO (黑卷尾 Hēi juàn wěi), Fangshan Red Scarf Park (Qinghan)

1 YELLOW BITTERN (黄苇鳽 Huángwěijiān) and 6 ORIENTAL REED WARBLER (东方大苇莺 Dōngfāng dà wěi yīng), Niantan Park (林达京)

2 BLACK-WINGED KITE (黑翅鸢 Hēi chì yuān), 2 ORIENTAL REED WARBLER (东方大苇莺 Dōngfāng dà wěi yīng), 1 BLACK-BROWED REED WARBLER (黑眉苇莺 Hēi méi wěi yīng), 1 SIBERIAN RUBYTHROAT (红喉歌鸲 Hóng hóu gē qú) and 4 TRISTRAM’S BUNTING (白眉鹀 Báiméi wú), Lucheng Town, Tongzhou (通州大好)

1 (male) PLUMBEOUS WATER REDSTART (红尾水鸲 Hóng wěi shuǐ qú), Peking University campus (Dave Guo et al.). A rare lowland Beijing record.

2 May 2021

2 MANCHURIAN BUSH WARBLER (远东树莺 Yuǎndōng shù yīng), 1 YELLOW-STREAKED WARBLER (棕眉柳莺 Zōng méi liǔ yīng) and 10 CHINESE LEAF WARBLER (云南柳莺 Yúnnán liǔ yīng), XiaoXiShan (云天)

LONG-TOED STINT (长趾滨鹬 Zhǎng zhǐ bīn yù), Shahe Reservoir (天书)

1 BROWN-CHEEKED RAIL (普通秧鸡 Pǔtōng yāng jī), Shahe Reservoir (ttimmy)

1 BAILLON’S CRAKE (小田鸡 Xiǎo tiánjī), 1 BROWN-CHEEKED RAIL (普通秧鸡 Pǔtōng yāng jī), 27 DAURIAN JACKDAW (达乌里寒鸦 Dá wū lǐ hán yā), 1 ROOK (秃鼻乌鸦 Tū bí wūyā), 1 CLAUDIA’S LEAF WARBLER (冠纹柳莺 Guān wén liǔ yīng) and 1 BLUETHROAT (蓝喉歌鸲 Lán hóu gē qú), HuoYing (Wang Xiaobo)

1 CHINESE LEAF WARBLER (云南柳莺 Yúnnán liǔ yīng), 1 EASTERN CROWNED WARBLER (冕柳莺 Miǎn liǔ yīng), 2 CLAUDIA’S LEAF WARBLER (冠纹柳莺 Guān wén liǔ yīng), 1 DAURIAN STARLING (北椋鸟 Běi liáng niǎo) and 2 YELLOW-BROWED BUNTING (黄眉鹀 Huángméiwú), Peking University campus (Dave Guo)

9 PIED AVOCET (反嘴鹬 Fǎn zuǐ yù), 1 ORIENTAL PLOVER (东方鸻 Dōngfāng héng), 2 BLACK-TAILED GODWIT (黑尾塍鹬 Hēi wěi chéng yù), 10 TEMMINCK’S STINT (青脚滨鹬 Qīng jiǎo bīn yù), 4 LONG-TOED STINT (长趾滨鹬 Zhǎng zhǐ bīn yù), 10 COMMON REDSHANK (红脚鹬 Hóng jiǎo yù), 3 PURPLE HERON (草鹭 Cǎo lù), 3 EURASIAN SPOONBILL (白琵鹭 Bái pí lù), 2 EASTERN MARSH HARRIER (白腹鹞 Bái fù yào), 1 HEN HARRIER (白尾鹞 Báiwěi yào), 1 PIED HARRIER (鹊鹞 Què yào), 2 AMUR FALCON (红脚隼 Hóng jiǎo sǔn), 3 BEARDED TIT (文须雀 Wén xū què), 1 HUME’S WARBLER (淡眉柳莺 Dàn méi liǔ yīng) and 1 ROSY PIPIT (粉红胸鹨 Fěnhóng xiōng liù), Ma Chang (Ge Mengshui and Anonymous)

50 ORIENTAL PRATINCOLE (普通燕鸻 Pǔtōng yàn héng), 7 COMMON TERN (普通燕鸥 Pǔtōng yàn ōu), 20 PURPLE HERON (草鹭 Cǎo lù), 1 GREATER SPOTTED EAGLE (乌雕 Wū diāo), 1 GREY-FACED BUZZARD (灰脸鵟鹰 Huī liǎn kuáng yīng), 6 EASTERN MARSH HARRIER (白腹鹞 Bái fù yào), 3 PIED HARRIER (鹊鹞 Què yào), 5 AMUR FALCON (红脚隼 Hóng jiǎo sǔn), 1 SAND MARTIN (崖沙燕 Yá shā yàn), 1 COMMON REED BUNTING (芦鹀 Lú wú) and 1 YELLOW-BREASTED BUNTING (黄胸鹀 Huáng xiōng wú), Yeyahu (Stefan Andrew)

1 EURASIAN WIGEON (赤颈鸭 Chì jǐng yā), Shahe Reservoir (Zhao Chaoyue)

2 BLACK-TAILED GODWIT (黑尾塍鹬 Hēi wěi chéng yù), 1 RED-NECKED STINT (红颈滨鹬 Hóng jǐng bīn yù), 12 TEMMINCK’S STINT (青脚滨鹬 Qīng jiǎo bīn yù) and 3 LONG-TOED STINT (长趾滨鹬 Zhǎng zhǐ bīn yù), 200 EASTERN YELLOW WAGTAIL (黄鹡鸰 Huáng jí líng), ChaoBai River (通州大好)

1 BOOTED EAGLE (靴隼雕 Xuē sǔn diāo), Yeyahu (alphah)

1 GREY-BACKED THRUSH (灰背鸫 Huī bèi dōng), Hóu shí yá, Mentougou (无名浪客)

1 CHESTNUT-EARED BUNTING (栗耳鹀 Lì ěr wú), Shahe Reservoir (白胡子老熊)

1 LARGE HAWK-CUCKOO (鹰鹃 Yīng juān), Baiwangshan (黄非红)

1 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE (白额雁 Bái é yàn), Shuangfeng Juedao, Shunyi District

1 YELLOW-BREASTED BUNTING (黄胸鹀 Huáng xiōng wú), Shahe Reservoir (Ywenyuan)

1 BAER’S POCHARD (青头潜鸭 Qīng tóu qián yā), Yeyahu (土拨鼠凡先生)

1 RUFOUS-BELLIED WOODPECKER (棕腹啄木鸟 Zōng fù zhuómùniǎo) and 1 GREY-BACKED THRUSH (灰背鸫 Huī bèi dōng), Yuyuantan (sunliemily)

1 May 2021

2 PALE MARTIN (淡色沙燕 Dàn sè shā yàn), Shahe Reservoir (Dave Guo). These images kindly provided by Dave Guo and show features indicative of Pale Martin (diffuse lower border to breastband and diffuse face pattern).

The BAILLON’S CRAKE (小田鸡 Xiǎo tiánjī) still present at HouYing (Wang Xiaobo). Plus 1 ORIENTAL HONEY BUZZARD (凤头蜂鹰 Fèng tóu fēng yīng), 1 GREY-FACED BUZZARD (灰脸鵟鹰 Huī liǎn kuáng yīng), 3 HUME’S WARBLER (淡眉柳莺 Dàn méi liǔ yīng), 2 CHINESE LEAF WARBLER (云南柳莺 Yúnnán liǔ yīng), 6 PALLAS’S WARBLER (黄腰柳莺 Huáng yāo liǔ yīng) and 30 COMMON ROSEFINCH (普通朱雀 Pǔtōng zhūquè).

6 GARGANEY (白眉鸭 Báiméi yā), 2 RELICT GULL (遗鸥 Yí ōu), 1 GULL-BILLED TERN (鸥嘴噪鸥 Ōu zuǐ zào ōu), 2 COMMON TERN (普通燕鸥 Pǔtōng yàn ōu), 1 GREATER SPOTTED EAGLE (乌雕 Wū diāo), Shahe Reservoir (Zhou Tingting)

1 OSPREY (鹗 È), 2 ORIENTAL HONEY BUZZARD (凤头蜂鹰 Fèng tóu fēng yīng), 2 GREATER SPOTTED EAGLE (乌雕 Wū diāo), 1 BOOTED EAGLE (靴隼雕 Xuē sǔn diāo), 1 GREY-FACED BUZZARD (灰脸鵟鹰 Huī liǎn kuáng yīng), 3 SHORT-EARED OWL (短耳鸮 Duǎn ěr xiāo) and 2 EURASIAN HOBBY (燕隼 Yàn sǔn), Baiwangshan (Wang Xue)

2 BOOTED EAGLE (靴隼雕 Xuē sǔn diāo), 4 SHORT-EARED OWL (短耳鸮 Duǎn ěr xiāo) and 4 LONG-TAILED MINIVET (长尾山椒鸟 Cháng wěi shānjiāo), Baiwangshan (云飞扬)

1 GREYLAG GOOSE (灰雁 Huī yàn), Ming Tombs Reservoir (taizhoudragon)

1 LARGE HAWK-CUCKOO (鹰鹃 Yīng juān), XiShan National Forest Park (ttimmy)

1 WHITE-THROATED NEEDLETAIL (白喉针尾雨燕 Báihóu zhēn wěi yǔyàn), Nanyang, Tongzhou (通州大好)

8 GREEN-BACKED FLYCATCHER (Lǜ bèi jī wēng) reported from Temple of Heaven Park (jmj)

1 GREY-SIDED THRUSH (褐头鸫 Hè tóu dōng), Yangtian Village, Tongzhou (通州大好)

30 April 2021

1 BROWN-CHEEKED RAIL (普通秧鸡 Pǔtōng yāng jī), 1 BAILLON’S CRAKE (小田鸡 Xiǎo tiánjī) and 1 CATTLE EGRET (牛背鹭 Niú bèi lù), HuoYing (Wang Xiaobo)

1 OSPREY (鹗 È), 3 BLACK KITE (黑鸢 Hēi yuān), 1 EASTERN MARSH HARRIER (白腹鹞 Bái fù yào), 1 ORIENTAL HONEY BUZZARD (凤头蜂鹰 Fèng tóu fēng yīng), 3 EURASIAN HOBBY (燕隼 Yàn sǔn), 1 PEREGRINE (游隼 Yóu sǔn), 1 BROWN SHRIKE (红尾伯劳 Hóng wěi bóláo), 1 YELLOW-RUMPED FLYCATCHER (白眉姬鹟 Báiméi jī wēng), Wenyu River (Terry Townshend)

1 ORIENTAL REED WARBLER (东方大苇莺 Dōngfāng dà wěi yīng) and 1 GREY-BACKED THRUSH (灰背鸫 Huī bèi dōng), Olympic Forest Park (Catherine Dong)

29 April 2021

1 LITTLE STINT (小滨鹬 Xiǎo bīn yù), 2 RELICT GULL (遗鸥 Yí ōu) and 7 CASPIAN TERN (红嘴巨鸥 Hóng zuǐ jù ōu), Ma Chang (amal amer and Terry Townshend)

1 GREATER SPOTTED EAGLE (乌雕 Wū diāo), 12 BLACK-NECKED GREBE (黑颈䴙䴘 Hēi jǐng pì tī), 2 CASPIAN TERN (红嘴巨鸥 Hóng zuǐ jù ōu), 1 PALLAS’S GULL (渔鸥 Yú ōu), 1 CATTLE EGRET (牛背鹭 Niú bèi lù), Shahe Reservoir (天书)

1 BAILLON’S CRAKE (小田鸡 Xiǎo tiánjī) still present and 1 ORIENTAL HONEY BUZZARD (凤头蜂鹰 Fèng tóu fēng yīng), HuoYing (Wang Xiaobo)

8 LONG-TAILED MINIVET (长尾山椒鸟 Cháng wěi shānjiāo niǎo), 1 HUME’S WARBLER (淡眉柳莺 Dàn méi liǔ yīng), 1 CHINESE LEAF WARBLER (云南柳莺 Yúnnán liǔ yīng), 1 EASTERN CROWNED WARBLER (冕柳莺 Miǎn liǔ yīng), 1 CLAUDIA’S LEAF WARBLER (冠纹柳莺 Guān wén liǔ yīng), Peking University campus (Dave Guo)

3 GARGANEY (白眉鸭 Báiméi yā), 12 BLACK-NECKED GREBE (黑颈䴙䴘 Hēi jǐng pì tī) and 40 EURASIAN SPOONBILL (白琵鹭 Bái pí lù), Shahe Reservoir (黄非红)

WHITE-THROATED NEEDLETAIL (白喉针尾雨燕 Báihóu zhēn wěi yǔyàn), number unspecified, Summer Palace (Zofee)

3 GREATER SPOTTED EAGLE (乌雕 Wū diāo) and 1 BOOTED EAGLE (靴隼雕 Xuē sǔn diāo, Shahe Reservoir (小小小小鱼)

1 GREATER SPOTTED EAGLE (乌雕 Wū diāo), 1 EASTERN MARSH HARRIER (白腹鹞 Bái fù yào), 2 PIED HARRIER (鹊鹞 Què yào), 1 AMUR FALON (红脚隼 Hóng jiǎo sǔn), Cuihu Wetland (夜色阑珊)

54 EURASIAN SPOONBILL (白琵鹭 Bái pí lù) and 10 SAND MARTIN (崖沙燕 Yá shā yàn), Shahe Reservoir (黄非红)

1 RADDE’S WARBLER (巨嘴柳莺 Jù zuǐ liǔ yīng) and 1 CHINESE THRUSH (宝兴歌鸫 Bǎo xìng gē dōng), Shuinan Village, Tongzhou (通州大好)

1 NORTHERN HOUSE MARTIN (Bái fù máo jiǎo yàn), Baiwangshan (果茶2020, 山阴秋雁)

1 ASIAN HOUSE MARTIN (烟腹毛脚燕 Yān fù máo jiǎo yàn), Baiwangshan (atz088, 云飞扬, 一缕清风, taizhoudragon et al.)

28 April 2021

4 BAR-TAILED GODWIT (斑尾塍鹬 Bānwěi chéng yù) reported from Shahe Reservoir (gong_strathclyde). Presumably misidentified BLACK-TAILED GODWIT (黑尾塍鹬 Hēi wěi chéng yù).

1 LONG-TAILED MINIVET (长尾山椒鸟 Cháng wěi shānjiāo niǎo), 1 DUSKY WARBLER (褐柳莺 Hè liǔ yīng), 1 EASTERN CROWNED WARBLER (冕柳莺 Miǎn liǔ yīng), 1 HUME’S WARBLER (淡眉柳莺 Dàn méi liǔ yīng), 3 TAIGA FLYCATCHER (红喉姬鹟 Hóng hóu jī wēng), Peking University campus (Dave Guo)

2 EASTERN CROWNED WARBLER (冕柳莺 Miǎn liǔ yīng) and 1 MANCHURIAN BUSH WARBLER (远东树莺 Yuǎndōng shù yīng), Peking University campus (Ge Mengshuai)

3 GREATER SAND PLOVER (铁嘴沙鸻 Tiě zuǐ shā héng), Shahe Reservoir (天书)

22 GREATER SAND PLOVER (铁嘴沙鸻 Tiě zuǐ shā héng), 1 BLACK-TAILED GODWIT (黑尾塍鹬 Hēi wěi chéng yù), 4 GULL-BILLED TERN (鸥嘴噪鸥 Ōu zuǐ zào ōu) and 1 SAND MARTIN (崖沙燕 Yá shā yàn), Shahe Reservoir (niu0zhen)

30 BLACK-WINGED STILT (黑翅长脚鹬 Hēi chì cháng jiǎo yù), 30 NORTHERN LAPWING (凤头麦鸡 Fèng tóu mài jī), 30 TEMMINCK’S STINT (青脚滨鹬 Qīng jiǎo bīn yù), 6 WOOD SANDPIPER (林鹬 Lín yù), 6 CASPIAN TERN 红嘴巨鸥 Hóng zuǐ jù ōu, 20 COMMON TERN (普通燕鸥 Pǔtōng yàn ōu), 3 PURPLE HERON (草鹭 Cǎo lù), 10 EURASIAN SPOONBILL (白琵鹭 Bái pí lù), 3 EASTERN MARSH HARRIER (白腹鹞 Bái fù yào), 1 MERLIN (Huī bèi sǔn), 1 PEREGRINE (游隼 Yóu sǔn), 1 CITRINE WAGTAIL (黄头鹡鸰 Huáng tóu jí líng), Ma Chang (Wang Xiaobo)

1 CHINESE THRUSH (CHINESE THRUSH (宝兴歌鸫 Bǎo xìng gē dōng), Agricultural Exhibition Center (通州大好)

27 April 2021

The BAILLON’S CRAKE (小田鸡 Xiǎo tiánjī) still present at HuoYing for its fourth day (Wang Xiaobo)

1 SAND MARTIN (崖沙燕 Yá shā yàn), Shahe Reservoir (天书)

1 BLACK-NECKED GREBE (黑颈䴙䴘 Hēi jǐng pì tī), 2 TEMMINCK’S STINT (青脚滨鹬 Qīng jiǎo bīn yù), 1 MARSH SANDPIPER (泽鹬 Zé yù), 1 WOOD SANDPIPER (林鹬 Lín yù), 10 COMMON TERN (普通燕鸥 Pǔtōng yàn ōu), 30 EURASIAN SPOONBILL (白琵鹭 Bái pí lù), 1 SAND MARTIN (崖沙燕 Yá shā yàn), 2 EASTERN YELLOW WAGTAIL (黄鹡鸰 Huáng jí líng), 2 CITRINE WAGTAIL (黄头鹡鸰 Huáng tóu jí líng), Shahe Reservoir (Jun Shuai)

1 INDIAN CUCKOO (四声杜鹃 Sì shēng dùjuān) reported from Wudaoying Hutong (Jimmy郝)

1 DAURIAN STARLING (北椋鸟 Běi liáng niǎo), Peking University campus (pluto)

1 EASTERN CATTLE EGRET (牛背鹭 Niú bèi lù), Kaibo Foreign Language School, Changping (不不)

26 April 2021

The BAILLON’S CRAKE (小田鸡 Xiǎo tiánjī) still present at HuoYing (Wang Xiaobo)

2 (female) SCALY-SIDED MERGANSER (中华秋沙鸭 Zhōnghuá qiū shā yā), Shahe Reservoir (amal amer et al.). Plus 12 BLACK-NECKED GREBE (黑颈䴙䴘 Hēi jǐng pì tī).

Two female Scaly-sided Mergansers at Shahe Reservoir on 26 April 2021 (Photo by Qian Danan)

1 ARCTIC WARBLER (极北柳莺 Jí běi liǔ yīng), Peking University (Dave GUO)

10 GULL-BILLED TERN (鸥嘴噪鸥 Ōu zuǐ zào ōu), Shahe Reservoir (Jun Shuai)

13 BLACK-NECKED GREBE (黑颈䴙䴘 Hēi jǐng pì tī), Summer Palace (Wang Qishan)

1 DAURIAN STARLING (北椋鸟 Běi liáng niǎo), Peking University campus (ttimmy)

25 April 2021

2 CASPIAN TERN (红嘴巨鸥 Hóng zuǐ jù ōu), 1 AMUR FALCON (红脚隼 Hóng jiǎo sǔn) and 1 GREATER SPOTTED EAGLE (乌雕 Wū diāo), Shahe Reservoir (天书)

The BAILLON’S CRAKE (小田鸡 Xiǎo tiánjī) still present at HuoYing (Wang Xiaobo)

1 MARSH SANDPIPER (泽鹬 Zé yù), Cuijiayao Reservoir (Wang Xiaobo)

6 GREY-FACED BUZZARD (灰脸鵟鹰 Huī liǎn kuáng yīng), 1 AMUR FALCON (红脚隼 Hóng jiǎo sǔn), 2 HOBBY (燕隼 Yàn sǔn), Baiwangshan (amal amer et al.)

24 April 2021

1 BAILLON’S CRAKE (小田鸡 Xiǎo tiánjī), HuoYing (Wang Xiaobo)

4 TEMMINCK’S STINT (青脚滨鹬 Qīng jiǎo bīn yù), 20 ORIENTAL PRATINCOLE (普通燕鸻 Pǔtōng yàn héng), 2 COMMON TERN (普通燕鸥 Pǔtōng yàn ōu), 3 OSPREY (鹗 È), 2 GREATER SPOTTED EAGLE (乌雕 Wū diāo), 3 EASTERN MARSH HARRIER (白腹鹞 Bái fù yào), 1 PIED HARRIER (鹊鹞 Què yào), 3 AMUR FALCON (红脚隼 Hóng jiǎo sǔn), Ma Chang (Zhen Niu)

1 BEWICK’S SWAN (小天鹅 Xiǎo tiān’é), 18 EURASIAN SPOONBILL (白琵鹭 Bái pí lù), 3 CHESTNUT-FLANKED WHITE-EYE (红胁绣眼鸟 Hóng xié xiù yǎn niǎo), Shahe Reservoir (Dave Guo)

38 EURASIAN SPOONBILL (白琵鹭 Bái pí lù), Shahe Reservoir (Zhao Chaoyue)

23 April 2021

1 BLACK STORK (黑鹳 Hēi guàn), 3 EURASIAN SPOONBILL (白琵鹭 Bái pí lù), 1 SAKER (猎隼 Liè sǔn), 20+ SYKE’S (MONGOLIAN) SHORT-TOED LARK (大短趾百灵 Dà duǎn zhǐ bǎilíng), 6+ JAPANESE REED BUNTING (红颈苇鹀 Hóng jǐng wěi wú), Ming Tombs Reservoir (Colm Moore)

22 April 2021

19 ORIENTAL PRATINCOLE (普通燕鸻 Pǔtōng yàn héng), 2 COMMON TERN (普通燕鸥 Pǔtōng yàn ōu), 1 MERLIN (Huī bèi sǔn), 1 PEREGRINE (游隼 Yóu sǔn), 4 BEARDED TIT (文须雀 Wén xū què), 2 CITRINE WAGTAIL (黄头鹡鸰 Huáng tóu jí líng), 3 RED-THROATED PIPIT (红喉鹨 Hóng hóu liù) and 1 LONG-TAILED ROSEFINCH (长尾雀 Cháng wěi què), Ma Chang (大牙齿 458)

21 April 2021

1 SHORT-TOED EAGLE (短趾雕 Duǎn zhǐ diāo), Jingxi Forest Farm (Zofee)

2 OSPREY (鹗 È) and 2 GREY PLOVER (灰斑鸻 Huī bān héng), Ming Tombs Reservoir (麦克曹)

2 BLACK-WINGED KITE (黑翅鸢 Hēi chì yuān) and 2 TEMMINCK’S STINT (青脚滨鹬 Qīng jiǎo bīn yù), Liangshui River, Tongzhou (ejprince)

20 GREY-FACED BUZZARD (灰脸鵟鹰 Huī liǎn kuáng yīng), Baiwangshan (麦克曹)

1 (ad male) PIED HARRIER (鹊鹞 Què yào), Shahe Reservoir (天书)

1 EASTERN CROWNED WARBLER (冕柳莺 Miǎn liǔ yīng), 11 SWINHOE’S WHITE-EYE (暗绿绣眼鸟 Àn lǜ xiù yǎn niǎo), 1 WHITE’S THRUSH (虎斑地鸫 Hǔbān de dōng), 1 SIBERIAN RUBYTHROAT (红喉歌鸲 Hóng hóu gē qú), Shuinan Village, Tongzhou (通州大好)

20 April 2021

12 GREATER SAND PLOVER (铁嘴沙鸻 Tiě zuǐ shā héng), 4 TEMMINCK’S STINT (青脚滨鹬 Qīng jiǎo bīn yù), 1 ORIENTAL PRATINCOLE (普通燕鸻 Pǔtōng yàn héng), 4 COMMON TERN (普通燕鸥 Pǔtōng yàn ōu), 10 PURPLE HERON (草鹭 Cǎo lù), 3 OSPREY (鹗 È), 1 EASTERN MARSH HARRIER (白腹鹞 Bái fù yào), 1 PIED HARRIER (鹊鹞 Què yào), 1 MERLIN (Huī bèi sǔn), 1 PEREGRINE (游隼 Yóu sǔn), 20 BEARDED TIT (文须雀 Wén xū què), 1 STONECHAT (黑喉石䳭 Hēi hóu shí jí), 10 CITRINE WAGTAIL (黄头鹡鸰 Huáng tóu jí líng), Ma Chang (Zhen Niu)

4 PIED AVOCET (反嘴鹬 Fǎn zuǐ yù), 4 ORIENTAL PRATINCOLE (普通燕鸻 Pǔtōng yàn héng), 3 OSPREY (鹗 È), 13 SYKE’S (MONGOLIAN) SHORT-TOED LARK (大短趾百灵 Dà duǎn zhǐ bǎilíng), Ming Tombs Reservoir (amal amer et al.)

8 EURASIAN SPOONBILL (白琵鹭 Bái pí lù), 1 BLACK-TAILED GODWIT (黑尾塍鹬 Hēi wěi chéng yù), 2 COMMON TERN (普通燕鸥 Pǔtōng yàn ōu), Shahe Reservoir (燕归来)

4 PACIFIC SWIFT (白腰雨燕 Bái yāo yǔyàn) and 1 COMMON CHAFFINCH (苍头燕雀 Cāng tóu yànquè), Beijing International Sculpture Park – West Section (王志美)

1 CHINESE THRUSH (宝兴歌鸫 Bǎo xìng gē dōng), Beijing Forestry University campus (ES)

19 April 2021

40 BLACK-WINGED STILT (黑翅长脚鹬 Hēi chì cháng jiǎo yù), 1 BLACK-TAILED GODWIT (黑尾塍鹬 Hēi wěi chéng yù), 38 COMMON TERN (普通燕鸥 Pǔtōng yàn ōu), 8 EURASIAN SPOONBILL (白琵鹭 Bái pí lù), 2 OSPREY (鹗 È), Shahe Reservoir (Jun Shuai)

1 WHITE-BREASTED WATERHEN (白胸苦恶鸟 Bái xiōng kǔ è niǎo), Wenyu River (Terry Townshend)

6 PIED AVOCET (反嘴鹬 Fǎn zuǐ yù), 6 GREATER SAND PLOVER (铁嘴沙鸻 Tiě zuǐ shā héng), 6 TEMMINCK’S STINT (青脚滨鹬 Qīng jiǎo bīn yù), 1 MERLIN (Huī bèi sǔn), Ma Chang (Zhen Niu)

1 ORIENTAL SCOPS OWL (红角鸮 Hóng jué xiāo), Peking University (Mengshuai Ge)

18 April 2021

38 BLACK-WINGED STILT (黑翅长脚鹬 Hēi chì cháng jiǎo yù), 1 BLACK-TAILED GODWIT (黑尾塍鹬 Hēi wěi chéng yù), 2 RELICT GULL (遗鸥 Yí ōu) and 1 OSPREY (鹗 È), Shahe Reservoir (Zhao Chaoyue)

17 April 2021

1 COMMON RINGED PLOVER (剑鸻 Jiàn héng), 3 ORIENTAL PLOVER (东方鸻 Dōngfāng héng), 2 CINEREOUS VULTURE (秃鹫 Tūjiù), 1 BOOTED EAGLE (靴隼雕 Xuē sǔn diāo), 3 EASTERN MARSH HARRIER (白腹鹞 Bái fù yào), 1 PIED HARRIER (鹊鹞 Què yào), 1 GOLDEN EAGLE (金雕 Jīn diāo), 1 SYKE’S (MONGOLIAN) SHORT-TOED LARK (大短趾百灵 Dà duǎn zhǐ bǎilíng), 1+ RED-THROATED PIPIT (红喉鹨 Hóng hóu liù), 2 COMMON REED BUNTING (芦鹀 Lú wú), Ming Tombs Reservoir (Colm Moore)

A male Oriental Plover checking out the airspace, Ming Tombs Reservoir (Colm Moore)

1 PALE THRUSH (白腹鸫 Bái fù dōng), Temple of Heaven Park (amal amer et al.)

1 BOOTED EAGLE (靴隼雕 Xuē sǔn diāo), Baiwangshan (Ge Mengshuai et al.). Plus a GREATER SPOTTED EAGLE (乌雕 Wū diāo) at the same site (电线杆)

2 PIED AVOCET (反嘴鹬 Fǎn zuǐ yù), Summer Palace (Wang Qihan)

2 PIED AVOCET (反嘴鹬 Fǎn zuǐ yù) and 1 SPOTTED REDSHANK (鹤鹬 Hè yù), Shahe Reservoir (Chaoyue Zhao)

3 PIED AVOCET (反嘴鹬 Fǎn zuǐ yù), 1 BLACK-TAILED GODWIT (黑尾塍鹬 Hēi wěi chéng yù) and 1 TEMMINCK’S STINT (青脚滨鹬 Qīng jiǎo bīn yù), Shahe Reservoir (ttimmy)

1 BAR-HEADED GOOSE (斑头雁 Bān tóuyàn), Yeyahu (羽明)

1 STONECHAT (黑喉石䳭 Hēi hóu shí jí), Olympic Forest Park (sunliemily)

6 SWAN GOOSE (鸿雁 Hóngyàn) and 2 PIED AVOCET (反嘴鹬 Fǎn zuǐ yù), Yuanmingyuan (_星畔_)

2 GREATER SAND PLOVER (铁嘴沙鸻 Tiě zuǐ shā héng) and 8 TEMMINCK’S STINT (青脚滨鹬 Qīng jiǎo bīn yù), Ma Chang (Zhao Xiaojian)

16 April 2021

1 GREY-FACED BUZZARD (灰脸鵟鹰 Huī liǎn kuáng yīng), 1 EASTERN MARSH HARRIER (白腹鹞 Bái fù yào), 4 SYKE’S (MONGOLIAN) SHORT-TOED LARK (大短趾百灵 Dà duǎn zhǐ bǎilíng) and 1 COMMON ROSEFINCH (普通朱雀 Pǔtōng zhūquè), HuoYing (Wang Xiaobo)

1 COLLARED CROW (白颈鸦 Bái jǐng yā) and 5 OSPREY (鹗 È), Ming Tombs Reservoir (Anonymous)

1 BAER’S POCHARD (青头潜鸭, Qīng tóu qián yā) and 3 BLACK-NECKED GREBE (黑颈䴙䴘 Hēi jǐng pì tī), Nanhaizi (云飞扬)

10 EURASIAN SPOONBILL (白琵鹭 Bái pí lù), 60 BLACK-WINGED STILT (黑翅长脚鹬 Hēi chì cháng jiǎo yù), 2 PIED AVOCET (反嘴鹬 Fǎn zuǐ yù), 1 COMMON TERN (普通燕鸥 Pǔtōng yàn ōu) and 1 EASTERN YELLOW WAGTAIL (黄鹡鸰 Huáng jí líng), Shahe Reservoir (果茶2020)

6 PIED AVOCET (反嘴鹬 Fǎn zuǐ yù), 1 COMMON TERN (普通燕鸥 Pǔtōng yàn ōu), 1 BOOTED EAGLE (靴隼雕 Xuē sǔn diāo), Shahe Reservoir (Guan Xueyan)

13 GREY-FACED BUZZARD (灰脸鵟鹰 Huī liǎn kuáng yīng), Baiwangshan ( 一缕清风)

2 GARGANEY (白眉鸭 Báiméi yā), Summer Palace (taizhoudragon)

15 April 2021

1 BOOTED EAGLE (靴隼雕 Xuē sǔn diāo), Baiwangshan (atz088)

2 PIED AVOCET (反嘴鹬 Fǎn zuǐ yù) and 7 TEMMINCK’S STINT (青脚滨鹬 Qīng jiǎo bīn yù), Yulinzhuangzha Management Station, Tongzhou (ejprince)

1 WHITE’S THRUSH (虎斑地鸫 Hǔbān de dōng), Olympic Forest Park (peggycat)

14 April 2021

1 BESRA (松雀鹰 Sōng què yīng), Baiwangshan (atz088)

3 SWAN GOOSE (鸿雁 Hóngyàn), 2 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE (白额雁 Bái é yàn), 5 EURASIAN SPOONBILL (白琵鹭 Bái pí lù), 3 OSPREY (鹗 È), 1 CITRINE WAGTAIL (黄头鹡鸰 Huáng tóu jí líng), 1 RED-THROATED PIPIT (红喉鹨 Hóng hóu liù), Ming Tombs Reservoir (Zhen Niu)

1 GREATER SPOTTED EAGLE (乌雕 Wū diāo), 1 STEPPE EAGLE (草原雕 Cǎoyuán diāo草原雕 Cǎoyuán diāo), 2 GREY-FACED BUZZARD (灰脸鵟鹰 Huī liǎn kuáng yīng), 3 JAPANESE SPARROWHAWK (日本松雀鹰 Rìběn sōng què yīng) , 1 BAER’S POCHARD (青头潜鸭, Qīng tóu qián yā), 3 TEMMINCK’S STINT (青脚滨鹬 Qīng jiǎo bīn yù), 1 SYKE’S (MONGOLIAN) SHORT-TOED LARK (大短趾百灵 Dà duǎn zhǐ bǎilíng), 1 RED-BILLED STARLING (丝光椋鸟 Sīguāng liáng niǎo), Ming Tombs Reservoir (Colm Moore)

The immature Steppe Eagle at Ming Tombs Reservoir on 14 April 2021 (Colm Moore)

1 GREATER SPOTTED EAGLE (乌雕 Wū diāo), Olympic Forest Park (鸟大大)

1 ROSY PIPIT (粉红胸鹨 Fěnhóng xiōng liù), Zhangjiawan, Tongzhou (madc952)

13 April 2021

1 GREATER SPOTTED EAGLE (乌雕 Wū diāo), 3 BOOTED EAGLE (靴隼雕 Xuē sǔn diāo), 11 GREY-FACED BUZZARD (灰脸鵟鹰 Huī liǎn kuáng yīng), 2 EASTERN MARSH HARRIER (白腹鹞 Bái fù yào), 1 BESRA (松雀鹰 Sōng què yīng), Baiwangshan (amal amer et al.)

58 SWAN GOOSE (鸿雁 Hóngyàn), Nanhaizi (Xu Jun)

2 PIED AVOCET (反嘴鹬 Fǎn zuǐ yù), 1 COMMON TERN (普通燕鸥 Pǔtōng yàn ōu), 1 CITRINE WAGTAIL (黄头鹡鸰 Huáng tóu jí líng), Shahe Reservoir (Zhen niu)

12 April 2021

16 SWAN GOOSE (鸿雁 Hóngyàn), Summer Palace (Wang Qihan)

11 April 2021

1 LESSER KESTREL (黄爪隼 Huáng zhǎo sǔn), Baiwangshan (天书)

1 ORIENTAL STORK (东方白鹳 Dōngfāng bái guàn), Shahe Reservoir (天书)

5 BLACK-NECKED GREBE (黑颈䴙䴘 Hēi jǐng pì tī), Summer Palace (天书)

1 BAER’S POCHARD (青头潜鸭, Qīng tóu qián yā) and 1 GREATER SPOTTED EAGLE (乌雕 Wū diāo), Yeyahu, and 40 RELICT GULL (遗鸥 Yí ōu), Ma Chang (Zhao Xiaojian)

2 BAER’S POCHARD (青头潜鸭, Qīng tóu qián yā), 10 PURPLE HERON (草鹭 Cǎo lù), 1 OSPREY (鹗 È) and 1 EASTERN MARSH HARRIER (白腹鹞 Bái fù yào), Yeyahu (Anonymous)

1 GREATER SAND PLOVER (铁嘴沙鸻 Tiě zuǐ shā héng), 1 TEMMINCK’S STINT (青脚滨鹬 Qīng jiǎo bīn yù), 1 COMMON REDSHANK (红脚鹬 Hóng jiǎo yù), Ma Chang (Anonymous)

10 April 2021

4 COMMON TERN (普通燕鸥 Pǔtōng yàn ōu), Shahe Reservoir (无名浪客)

1 pale morph BOOTED EAGLE (靴隼雕 Xuē sǔn diāo), Shahe Reservoir (Zhang Weimin)

10 BLACK-WINGED STILT (黑翅长脚鹬 Hēi chì cháng jiǎo yù), 6 COMMON TERN (普通燕鸥 Pǔtōng yàn ōu), 1 DUSKY WARBLER (褐柳莺 Hè liǔ yīng), 1 ZITTING CISTICOLA (棕扇尾莺 Zōng shàn wěi yīng), Shahe Reservoir (amal amer et al.)

2 BLACK-TAILED GODWIT (黑尾塍鹬 Hēi wěi chéng yù), 2 EASTERN MARSH HARRIER (白腹鹞 Bái fù yào), 1 BEARDED TIT (文须雀 Wén xū què), Ma Chang (Liu Chunhong)

9 April 2021

1 OSPREY (鹗 È), 8 RELICT GULL (遗鸥 Yí ōu) and 1 EASTERN CROWNED WARBLER (冕柳莺 Miǎn liǔ yīng), Shahe Reservoir (小小小小鱼)

1 TEMMINCK’S STINT (青脚滨鹬 Qīng jiǎo bīn yù) and 2 CITRINE WAGTAIL (黄头鹡鸰 Huáng tóu jí líng), Zhangjiawan Zhenhaiziwa, Tongzhou (ejprince)

3 YELLOW-BROWED BUNTING (黄眉鹀 Huángméiwú), Olympic Forest Park (山色空蒙)

3 SWAN GOOSE (鸿雁 Hóngyàn), 1 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE (白额雁 Bái é yàn), 6 TAIGA BEAN GOOSE (豆雁 Dòu yàn), 78+ RELICT GULL (遗鸥 Yí ōu), 2 COMMON GULL (海鸥 Hǎi’ōu) (2cy), 3 taimyrensis LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL (乌灰银鸥 Wū huī yín ōu) (2cy), 2 EASTERN ROOK (秃鼻乌鸦 Tū bí wūyā), Ming Tombs Reservoir (Colm Moore)

8 April 2021

10 RELICT GULL (遗鸥 Yí ōu) and 2 OSPREY (鹗 È), Shahe Reservoir (Liang XU)

1 GREYLAG GOOSE (灰雁 Huī yàn), 3 SWAN GOOSE (鸿雁 Hóngyàn), 1 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE (白额雁 Bái é yàn), 2 PURPLE HERON (草鹭 Cǎo lù), 2 OSPREY (鹗 È), Ming Tombs Reservoir (amal amer et al.)

1 RED-RUMPED SWALLOW (金腰燕 Jīn yāo yàn), Nanhaizi (云飞扬)

7 April 2021

1 PACIFIC SWIFT (白腰雨燕 Bái yāo yǔyàn), Red Scarf Parrk, Fangshan (yaoyuan)

2 BAR-HEADED GOOSE (斑头雁 Bān tóuyàn), Cuijiayao Reservoir (Wang Xiaobo)

1 TAIGA FLYCATCHER (红喉姬鹟 Hóng hóu jī wēng), Wenyu River (Richard Liu)

6 BLACK-WINGED STILT (黑翅长脚鹬 Hēi chì cháng jiǎo yù) and 3 PIED AVOCET (反嘴鹬 Fǎn zuǐ yù), Shahe Reservoir (niu0zhen)

1 EASTERN YELLOW WAGTAIL (黄鹡鸰 Huáng jí líng), Shahe Reservoir (果茶2020)

3 COMMON REED BUNTING (芦鹀 Lú wú) still at Shahe Reservoir (小小小小鱼)

6 April 2021

The alba WHITE WAGTAIL still at the Wenyu River (Terry Townshend)

5 April 2021

1 COMMON ROSEFINCH (普通朱雀 Pǔtōng zhūquè), Yuyuantan (簌簌的雪)

1 COMMON REDSHANK (红脚鹬 Hóng jiǎo yù), Ma Chang (通州大好)

2 EURASIAN JAY (松鸦 Sōng yā), Baiwangshan (南楼月)

4 BAER’S POCHARD (青头潜鸭, Qīng tóu qián yā), Yeyahu (Luyuan Ge)

4 April 2021

1 BONELLI’S EAGLE (白腹隼雕 Bái fù sǔn diāo) photographed at Baiwangshan (一缕清风, Zhou Chun, Bu Xinchen et al.). Possibly only the fifth record for the capital.

18 RELICT GULL (遗鸥 Yí ōu), Shahe Reservoir (天书)

1 COMMON REDSHANK (红脚鹬 Hóng jiǎo yù), Yeyahu (lu na)

1 BROWN SHRIKE (红尾伯劳 Hóng wěi bóláo) reported from Liangshui River (解楚良)

1 alba WHITE WAGTAIL (白鹡鸰 Bái jí líng) with 31 ocularis, 2 baicalensis and 9 leucopsis at the Wenyu River (Terry Townshend)

3 April 2021

1 GREAT BUSTARD (大鸨 Dà bǎo) over HuoYing (Wang Xiaobo)

3 EURASIAN HOBBY (燕隼 Yàn sǔn) reported from Baiwangshan (gujiaxun80)

1 UPLAND BUZZARD (大鵟 Dà kuáng), Xinwangjing (天书)

1 BAER’S POCHARD (青头潜鸭, Qīng tóu qián yā) and 1 BEARDED TIT (文须雀 Wén xū què), Yuanmingyuan (niaotu)

500 FALCATED DUCK (罗纹鸭 Luówén yā), 5 RED-CRESTED POCHARD (赤嘴潜鸭 Chì zuǐ qián yā), 12 FERRUGINOUS DUCK (白眼潜鸭 Báiyǎn qián yā), 1 BAER’S POCHARD (青头潜鸭, Qīng tóu qián yā), 4 PURPLE HERON (草鹭 Cǎo lù), 20 CHINESE PENDULINE TIT (中华攀雀 Zhōnghuá pān què) and 22 BEARDED TIT (文须雀 Wén xū què), Yeyahu (大牙齿 458)

1 BAER’S POCHARD (青头潜鸭, Qīng tóu qián yā), 8 PURPLE HERON (草鹭 Cǎo lù), 1 OSPREY (鹗 È), 2 EASTERN MARSH HARRIER (白腹鹞 Bái fù yào), SAKER (猎隼 Liè sǔn), 1 BLACK-TAILED GODWIT (黑尾塍鹬 Hēi wěi chéng yù) and 1 RELICT GULL (遗鸥 Yí ōu), Ma Chang (通州大好)

1 EURASIAN WOODCOCK (丘鹬 Qiū yù), Temple of Heaven (小小小小鱼)

2 BLACK-WINGED STILT (黑翅长脚鹬 Hēi chì cháng jiǎo yù) and 2 PIED AVOCET (反嘴鹬 Fǎn zuǐ yù), Shahe Reservoir (hermitress geng)

2 April 2021

2 PIED AVOCET (反嘴鹬 Fǎn zuǐ yù), 80 NORTHERN LAPWING (凤头麦鸡 Fèng tóu mài jī), 8 ORIENTAL PLOVER (东方鸻 Dōngfāng héng), 45 RELICT GULL (遗鸥 Yí ōu), 1 EASTERN MARSH HARRIER (白腹鹞 Bái fù yào), 1 BLACK KITE (黑鸢 Hēi yuān), 20 CHINESE PENDULINE TIT (中华攀雀 Zhōnghuá pān què), 21 SKYE’S SHORT-TOED LARK (大短趾百灵 Dà duǎn zhǐ bǎilíng), 2 ASIAN SHORT-TOED LARK (亚洲短趾百灵 (Yàzhōu) duǎn zhǐ bǎilíng), 10 BOHEMIAN WAXWING (太平鸟 Tàipíngniǎo) and 2 (SIBERIAN) LONG-TAILED ROSEFINCH (长尾雀 Cháng wěi què), Ma Chang (XiaoPT, 大牙齿 458, Jun Yang)

5 GARGANEY (白眉鸭 Báiméi yā), 2 BLACK-WINGED STILT (黑翅长脚鹬 Hēi chì cháng jiǎo yù), 4 PIED AVOCET (反嘴鹬 Fǎn zuǐ yù), 10 RELICT GULL (遗鸥 Yí ōu), Shahe Reservoir (Wang Xiaobo)

13 RELICT GULL (遗鸥 Yí ōu), Shahe Reservoir (黄非红)

14 PACIFIC SWIFT (白腰雨燕 Bái yāo yǔyàn), Summer Palace (Wang Qihan)

The SOOTY TIT of suspect origin still in the Temple of Heaven Park (amal amer et al.). First reported by 麦克曹 on 1 April 2021.

2 PIED HARRIER (鹊鹞 Què yào) reported from Kaibo Foreign Language School, Changping (不不)

2 BLACK-WINGED KITE (黑翅鸢 Hēi chì yuān), 1 GREY PLOVER (灰斑鸻 Huī bān héng) and 1 CITRINE WAGTAIL (黄头鹡鸰 Huáng tóu jí líng), Liangshui River (ejprince)

3 GREATER SPOTTED EAGLE (乌雕 Wū diāo) and 1 GREY-FACED BUZZARD (灰脸鵟鹰 Huī liǎn kuáng yīng), Baiwangshan (atz088)

1 MEADOW PIPIT (草地鹨 Cǎodì liù), Ma Chang (Terry Townshend). Sound-recorded.

A Siberian Winter Damsel Sympecma paedisca, 三叶黄丝蟌 at Ma Chang (Terry Townshend)

1 April 2021

1 GREY PLOVER (灰斑鸻 Huī bān héng), Liangshui River, Tongzhou (羿建 et al.)

1 BLACK-TAILED GULL (黑尾鸥 Hēi wěi ōu), Shahe Reservoir (niaotu)

1 STONECHAT (黑喉石䳭 Hēi hóu shí jí) reported from Shuinan, Tongzhou (通州大好)

1 COMMON GULL (海鸥 Hǎi’ōu), Shahe Reservoir (amal amer et al.)

1 SOOTY TIT, Temple of Heaven Park (麦克曹). Given that this species is considered resident and has a distribution in the mountains of C China: S Gansu S to C & NE Sichuan (Min Shan and Pingwu S to Baoxing, also Daba Shan), E to S Shaanxi (Taibai Shan/Qinling Mts), W Hubei (NW of Yichang) and extreme NW Hunan (Birds of the World), plus the location of Temple of Heaven, strongly suggests this individual is an escape or deliberate release.

31 March 2021

5 ORIENTAL PLOVER (东方鸻 Dōngfāng héng), Liangshui River, Tongzhou (D逍遥法外)

2 GREY-FACED BUZZARD (灰脸鵟鹰 Huī liǎn kuáng yīng), Baiwangshan (atz088)

235 EASTERN BUZZARD (普通鵟 Pǔtōng kuáng), 1 OSPREY (鹗 È) and 3 GREY-FACED BUZZARD (灰脸鵟鹰 Huī liǎn kuáng yīng), Baiwangshan (Zhao Xiaojian)

30 March 2021

3 PIED AVOCET (反嘴鹬 Fǎn zuǐ yù) and 4 COMMON REED BUNTING (芦鹀 Lú wú), Shahe Reservoir (lu na)

1 CRESTED GOSHAWK (凤头鹰 Fèng tóu yīng), 1 SHORT-EARED OWL (短耳鸮 Duǎn ěr xiāo), 2 GREAT BUSTARD (大鸨 Dà bǎo) and 108 EASTERN BUZZARD (普通鵟 Pǔtōng kuáng), Baiwangshan (amal amer et al.)

29 March 2021

3 HOODED CRANE (白头鹤 Báitóu hè), Nanhaizi (xiuyan zheng)

5 JAPANESE QUAIL (鹌鹑 Ānchún), 4 LESSER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE (小白额雁 Xiǎo bái é yàn), 2 GARGANEY (白眉鸭 Báiméi yā), 2 NORTHERN GOSHAWK (苍鹰 Cāng yīng), 5 GREATER SPOTTED EAGLE (乌雕 Wū diāo), 1 SHORT-TOED EAGLE (短趾雕 Duǎn zhǐ diāo) and 1 SAKER (猎隼 Liè sǔn), Ming Tombs Reservoir (Colm Moore)

3 WHITE-NAPED CRANE (白枕鹤 Bái zhěn hè), 1 COMMON CRANE (灰鹤 Huīhè), 2 GREAT BITTERN (大麻鳽 Dà má jiān), 1 EASTERN MARSH HARRIER (白腹鹞 Bái fù yào), 1 MERLIN (Huī bèi sǔn) and 3 CHINESE PENDULINE TIT (中华攀雀 Zhōnghuá pān què), Ma Chang (Terry Townshend and amal amer)

1 CRESTED GOSHAWK (凤头鹰 Fèng tóu yīng), Baiwangshan (via 黑眼豆豆）

The Crested Goshawk at Baiwangshan on 29 March 2021 (黑眼豆豆).

1 taimyrensis LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL (乌灰银鸥 Wū huī yín ōu), Shahe Reservoir (麦克曹)

2 BLACK-TAILED GULL (黑尾鸥 Hēi wěi ōu) and 1 PURPLE HERON (草鹭 Cǎo lù), Shahe Reservoir (Guan Xueyan et al.)

3 GREATER SAND PLOVER (铁嘴沙鸻 Tiě zuǐ shā héng), Ma Chang (Guan Xueyan et al.)

1 EASTERN MARSH HARRIER (白腹鹞 Bái fù yào) and 2 COMMON REED BUNTING (芦鹀 Lú wú), Shahe Reservoir (果茶2020)

1 PLUMBEOUS WATER REDSTART (红尾水鸲 Hóng wěi shuǐ qú) reported from Shahe Reservoir (小小小小鱼)

15 EURASIAN SPOONBILL (白琵鹭 Bái pí lù) and 1 GREATER SPOTTED EAGLE (乌雕 Wū diāo), Cuihu Wetland Park (夜色阑珊)

28 March 2021

1 PIED WHEATEAR (白顶䳭 Bái dǐng jí), Yeyahu (yaohongbo)

1 NORTHERN WHEATEAR (穗䳭 Suì jí), DaShi River (关翔宇,丫丫鱼（万伟）和北京飞羽的志愿者们)

2 BLACK-WINGED KITE (黑翅鸢 Hēi chì yuān), 1 SHORT-TOED EAGLE (短趾雕 Duǎn zhǐ diāo), 1 WHITE-TAILED SEA EAGLE (白尾海雕 Báiwěi hǎi diāo) , 1 ROUGH-LEGGED BUZZARD (毛脚鵟 Máo jiǎo kuáng), Taishitun (通州大好)

1 (ad male) EASTERN MARSH HARRIER (白腹鹞 Bái fù yào), Wenyu River (Terry Townshend)

27 March 2021

4 LESSER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE (小白额雁 Xiǎo bái é yàn) still at Ming Tombs Reservoir (Oriental Stork)

1 SHORT-TOED EAGLE (短趾雕 Duǎn zhǐ diāo), Baiwangshan (Ge Mengshuai et al.)

1 BAER’S POCHARD (青头潜鸭, Qīng tóu qián yā), Yeyahu (Zongzhuang Sanderling Liu)

1 BAER’S POCHARD (青头潜鸭, Qīng tóu qián yā), Yuanmingyuan (浣熊)

1 BLACK-TAILED GULL (黑尾鸥 Hēi wěi ōu) still at Shahe Reservoir (fjguoyq)

Two very early reports of PIED HARRIER (鹊鹞 Què yào): one reported from Baiwangshan (夜星槎) and one from Yeyahu (sunliemily).

26 March 2021

2 BAER’S POCHARD (青头潜鸭, Qīng tóu qián yā), Yuanmingyuan (Grady Singleton)

1 BLACK-WINGED STILT (黑翅长脚鹬 Hēi chì cháng jiǎo yù), Shahe Reservoir (金龟子)

25 March 2021

12 PIED AVOCET ((反嘴鹬 Fǎn zuǐ yù), 8 KENTISH PLOVER (环颈鸻 Huán jǐng héng) and 1 LONG-TAILED ROSEFINCH (长尾雀 Cháng wěi què), Ma Chang (amal amer et al.)

1 ORIENTAL STORK (东方白鹳 Dōngfāng bái guàn), Nanhaizi (Dave Guo)

1 BROWN EARED-PHEASANT (褐马鸡 Hè mǎ jī), 1 KOKLASS PHEASANT (勺鸡 Sháo jī) and 1 WHITE-BACKED WOODPECKER (白背啄木鸟 Bái bèi zhuómùniǎo), Xiaolongmen (XiaoPT, 大牙齿 458, Zhang Shen and Mint Ren)

24 March 2021

3 BLACK-TAILED GULL (黑尾鸥 Hēi wěi ōu), Shahe Reservoir (Guan Xueyan et al.). See photo here: https://ebird.org/checklist/S84117798 Plus 2 ‘taimyrensis‘ LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL (乌灰银鸥 Wū huī yín ōu).

1 WHITE-BACKED WOODPECKER (白背啄木鸟 Bái bèi zhuómùniǎo) and 1 EURASIAN TREECREEPER (旋木雀 Xuán mù què) still at Xiaolongmen (amal amer et al.)

1,500 at least FALCATED DUCK (罗纹鸭 Luówén yā), 2 BAER’S POCHARD (青头潜鸭, Qīng tóu qián yā), 7 GREAT BITTERN (大麻鳽 Dà má jiān), 1 EURASIAN SPOONBILL (白琵鹭 Bái pí lù), 1 WHITE-TAILED EAGLE (白尾海雕 Báiwěi hǎi diāo), Yeyahu (XiaoPT, 大牙齿 458)

2 WHITE-NAPED CRANE (白枕鹤 Bái zhěn hè), 11 BEARDED TIT (文须雀 Wén xū què) and 2 COMMON REED BUNTING (芦鹀 Lú wú), Ma Chang (XiaoPT, 大牙齿 458)

1 RICHARD’S PIPIT (理氏鹨 Lǐ shì liù), Shahe Reservoir (小小小小鱼)

1 BAER’S POCHARD (青头潜鸭, Qīng tóu qián yā), Yuanmingyuan (摇光Alkaid)

Another OSPREY (鹗 È), Baiwangshan (atz088)

2 GARGANEY (白眉鸭 Báiméi yā), Ming Tombs Reservoir (天书)

23 March 2021

1 OSPREY (鹗 È), Baiwangshan (atz088). Possibly the earliest ever record in Beijing.

6 TAIGA BEAN GOOSE (豆雁 Dòu yàn), 1 EURASIAN SPOONBILL (白琵鹭 Bái pí lù) and 30 PIED AVOCET ((反嘴鹬 Fǎn zuǐ yù), Shahe Reservoir (余弦)

360+ SWAN GOOSE (鸿雁 Hóngyàn) in 15 flights westwards, 40+ TAIGA BEAN GOOSE (豆雁 Dòu yàn), 40+ TUNDRA BEAN GOOSE (短嘴豆雁 Duǎn zuǐ dòu yàn), 4 LESSER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE (小白额雁 Xiǎo bái é yàn), 13 BEWICK’S SWAN (小天鹅 Xiǎo tiān’é), 2 NORTHERN GOSHAWK (苍鹰 Cāng yīng), 10+ EURASIAN SPARROWHAWK (雀鹰 Què yīng), 2 GREATER SPOTTED EAGLE (乌雕 Wū diāo), 2 HEN HARRIER (白尾鹞 Báiwěi yào), 5 GREY-HEADED LAPWING (灰头麦鸡 Huī tóu mài jī) and 1 ‘alba’ WHITE WAGTAIL, Ming Tombs Reservoir (Colm Moore)

1 RUFOUS-BELLIED WOODPECKER (棕腹啄木鸟 Zōng fù zhuómùniǎo) reported from Shahe Reservoir (王俊James)

1 KENTISH PLOVER (环颈鸻 Huán jǐng héng), Shahe Reservoir (候鸟spring)

1 BAER’S POCHARD (青头潜鸭, Qīng tóu qián yā), Yuanmingyuan (sunfulai)

4 CINEREOUS VULTURE (秃鹫 Tūjiù) and 1 GOLDEN EAGLE (金雕 Jīn diāo), Yanhecheng (Guan Xueyan)

22 March 2021

4 LESSER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE (小白额雁 Xiǎo bái é yàn), Ming Tombs Reservoir (雨燕)

2 ORIENTAL STORK (东方白鹳 Dōngfāng bái guàn), 28 PIED AVOCET (反嘴鹬 Fǎn zuǐ yù), taimyrensis LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL (乌灰银鸥 Wū huī yín ōu), Shahe Reservoir (小小小小鱼)

5 GREY-HEADED LAPWING (灰头麦鸡 Huī tóu mài jī), Cuihu Wetland (夜色阑珊)

21 March 2021

1 WHITE-BACKED WOODPECKER (白背啄木鸟 Bái bèi zhuómùniǎo) and 1 EURASIAN TREECREEPER (旋木雀 Xuán mù què), Xiaolongmen (Jun Yang et al.)

4 LESSER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE (小白额雁 Xiǎo bái é yàn), Ming Tombs Reservoir (Guan Xueyan et al.)

1 MEADOW PIPIT (草地鹨 Cǎodì liù) still at Ming Tombs Reservoir (taizhoudragon)

36 BEWICK’S SWAN (小天鹅 Xiǎo tiān’é), Shahe Reservoir (Dave GUO)

38 PIED AVOCET (反嘴鹬 Fǎn zuǐ yù), Shahe Reservoir (Zhao Chaoyue)

1 RED-BILLED CHOUGH (红嘴山鸦 Hóng zuǐ shān yā) reported from the Olympic Forest Park (Xu Jun)

10 COMMON SWIFT (普通楼燕 Pǔtōng lóu yàn), Wenyu River (Tom Tom)

1 BAER’S POCHARD (青头潜鸭, Qīng tóu qián yā), Yuanmingyuan (金雕小侠)

4 COMMON STARLING (紫翅椋鸟 Zǐ chì liáng niǎo), Kangxi Grassland (SleeyBirder)

3 MONGOLIAN LARK (蒙古百灵 Ménggǔ bǎilíng), Shahe Reservoir (alphah)

6 MUTE SWAN (疣鼻天鹅 Yóu bí tiān’é), Liangshui River (D逍遥法外)

20 March 2021

An adult VEGA GULL (西伯利亚银鸥 Xībólìyǎ yín ōu) at Shahe Reservoir, excellently documented by Liu Aitao, Lou Fangzhou and Wei Zichen and the identification confirmed by Japanese gull expert, Michiaki Ujihara, based on head streaking and structure. As far as we know, this is the first documented record of this taxa in Beijing.

3 EURASIAN SPOONBILL (白琵鹭 Bái pí lù) and 12 WHITE-NAPED CRANE (白枕鹤 Bái zhěn hè), Cuihu Wetland (夜色阑珊)

4 LESSER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE (小白额雁 Xiǎo bái é yàn), Ming Tombs Reservoir (Liu Aitao et al.)

5 MUTE SWAN (疣鼻天鹅 Yóu bí tiān’é), 30 PIED AVOCET (反嘴鹬 Fǎn zuǐ yù), 2 EURASIAN SPOONBILL (白琵鹭 Bái pí lù) and a COMMON REED BUNTING (芦鹀 Lú wú), Shahe Reservoir (Stefan Andrew)

30 PIED AVOCET (反嘴鹬 Fǎn zuǐ yù), 1 EURASIAN CURLEW (白腰杓鹬 Bái yāo biāo yù) and 2 taimyrensis LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL (乌灰银鸥 Wū huī yín ōu), Shahe Reservoir (Catherine Dong)

1 SWAN GOOSE (鸿雁 Hóngyàn), 1 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE (白额雁 Bái é yàn), 80 WHITE-NAPED CRANE (白枕鹤 Bái zhěn hè), 2,000 GREAT CORMORANT (普通鸬鹚 Pǔtōng lú cí), Taishitun (Niu Zhen)

6 GREYLAG GOOSE (灰雁 Huī yàn), 4 SWAN GOOSE (鸿雁 Hóngyàn), 20 TUNDRA BEAN GOOSE (短嘴豆雁 Duǎn zuǐ dòu yàn), 42 BEWICK’S SWAN (小天鹅 Xiǎo tiān’é), 9 WHOOPER SWAN (大天鹅 Dà tiān’é), 1 PIED AVOCET (反嘴鹬 Fǎn zuǐ yù), 4 EURASIAN CURLEW (白腰杓鹬 Bái yāo biāo yù) and 10 BEARDED TIT (文须雀 Wén xū què), Ma Chang (Zongzhuang Sanderling Liu, Liu Chunhong and Xu Shi)

19 March 2021

4 LESSER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE (小白额雁 Xiǎo bái é yàn), Ming Tombs Reservoir (XiaoPT)

1 MUTE SWAN (疣鼻天鹅 Yóu bí tiān’é) and 1 LITTLE RINGED PLOVER (金眶鸻 Jīn kuàng héng), Shahe Reservoir (sunfulai)

8 TAIGA BEAN GOOSE (豆雁 Dòu yàn), 2 GREYLAG GOOSE (灰雁 Huī yàn), 12 BEWICK’S SWAN (小天鹅 Xiǎo tiān’é) and 10 WHOOPER SWAN (大天鹅 Dà tiān’é), 6 REED PARROTBILL (震旦鸦雀 Zhèn dàn yā què), Xiaoyue Lake, Yongding River (蛐蛐儿)

4 MUTE SWAN (疣鼻天鹅 Yóu bí tiān’é) and 25 PIED AVOCET (反嘴鹬 Fǎn zuǐ yù) and 13 COMMON STARLING (紫翅椋鸟 Zǐ chì liáng niǎo), Shahe Reservoir (Guan Xueyan)

3 EURASIAN SPOONBILL (白琵鹭 Bái pí lù), 1 PIED AVOCET (反嘴鹬 Fǎn zuǐ yù), 100 NORTHERN LAPWING (凤头麦鸡 Fèng tóu mài jī), Cuihu Wetland (夜色阑珊)

1 COMMON SWIFT (普通楼燕 Pǔtōng lóu yàn), Baiwangshan (atz088)

18 March 2021

2 BROWN-EARED PHEASANT (褐马鸡 Hè mǎ jī) and 1 WHITE-BACKED WOODPECKER (白背啄木鸟 Bái bèi zhuó mù niǎo), Xiaolongmen (XiaoPT, 大牙齿 458 et al.)

40 SWAN GOOSE (鸿雁 Hóngyàn), 98 BEWICK’S SWAN (小天鹅 Xiǎo tiān’é), Nanhaizi (Wang Qihan)

4 MUTE SWAN (疣鼻天鹅 Yóu bí tiān’é), 5 TAIGA BEAN GOOSE (豆雁 Dòu yàn) and 78 BEWICK’S SWAN (小天鹅 Xiǎo tiān’é), 1 taimyrensis LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL (乌灰银鸥 Wū huī yín ōu), Shahe Reservoir (amal amer et al.)

2 MUTE SWAN (疣鼻天鹅 Yóu bí tiān’é) still at Shahe Reservoir (金龟子). Plus 5 LITTLE RINGED PLOVER (金眶鸻 Jīn kuàng héng) and 30 BARN SWALLOW (家燕 Jiāyàn).

17 March 2021

4 LESSER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE (小白额雁 Xiǎo bái é yàn), Ming Tombs Reservoir (amal amer et al.) Plus 1 NORTHERN LAPWING (凤头麦鸡 Fèng tóu mài jī) and 1 GREY-HEADED LAPWING (灰头麦鸡 Huī tóu mài jī).

9 TUNDRA BEAN GOOSE (短嘴豆雁 Duǎn zuǐ dòu yàn), 100 TAIGA/TUNDRA BEAN GOOSE (豆雁 Dòu yàn/短嘴豆雁 Duǎn zuǐ dòu yàn), 2 MUTE SWAN (疣鼻天鹅 Yóu bí tiān’é) , 79 BEWICK’S SWAN (小天鹅 Xiǎo tiān’é), 18 NORTHERN LAPWING (凤头麦鸡 Fèng tóu mài jī), 1 EURASIAN SPOONBILL (白琵鹭 Bái pí lù) and 1 COMMON STARLING (紫翅椋鸟 Zǐ chì liáng niǎo), Shahe Reservoir (Jun Shaui)

20 SWAN GOOSE (鸿雁 Hóngyàn), 3 TAIGA BEAN GOOSE (豆雁 Dòu yàn), 1 TAIGA/TUNDRA BEAN GOOSE (豆雁 Dòu yàn/短嘴豆雁 Duǎn zuǐ dòu yàn), 60 BEWICK’S SWAN (小天鹅 Xiǎo tiān’é), 10 WHOOPER SWAN (大天鹅 Dà tiān’é), 2 BAER’S POCHARD (青头潜鸭, Qīng tóu qián yā), 1 PIED AVOCET (反嘴鹬 Fǎn zuǐ yù) and 2 LITTLE RINGED PLOVER (金眶鸻 Jīn kuàng héng), Nanhaizi (Guan Xueyan)

1 TAIGA BEAN GOOSE (豆雁 Dòu yàn), 2 MUTE SWAN (疣鼻天鹅 Yóu bí tiān’é) and 64 BEWICK’S SWAN (小天鹅 Xiǎo tiān’é), Shahe Reservoir (niaotu)

10 WHITE-NAPED CRANE (白枕鹤 Bái zhěn hè), Taishitun, Miyun (wguoxue)

1 BARN SWALLOW (家燕 Jiāyàn), HuoYing (Wang Xiaobo)

16 March 2021

4 LESSER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE (小白额雁 Xiǎo bái é yàn), Ming Tombs Reservoir (Colm Moore). Also 280+ FALCATED DUCK (罗纹鸭 Luówén yā), 6 BAIKAL TEAL (花脸鸭 Huāliǎn yā), 600+ TAIGA BEAN GOOSE (豆雁 Dòu yàn), 150+ TUNDRA BEAN GOOSE (短嘴豆雁 Duǎn zuǐ dòu yàn), 170+ SWAN GOOSE (鸿雁 Hóngyàn), 1 MUTE SWAN (疣鼻天鹅 Yóu bí tiān’é), 15 BEWICK’S SWAN (小天鹅 Xiǎo tiān’é), 11 WHITE-NAPED CRANE (白枕鹤 Bái zhěn hè), 1 ROUGH-LEGGED BUZZARD (毛脚鵟 Máo jiǎo kuáng), 2 UPLAND BUZZARD (大鵟 Dà kuáng), 1 MERLIN (灰背隼 Huī bèi sǔn), 150+ EASTERN ROOK (秃鼻乌鸦 Tū bí wūyā), 1000+ DAURIAN JACKDAW (达乌里寒鸦 Dá wū lǐ hán yā), 25+ SYKE’S (MONGOLIAN) SHORT-TOED LARK (大短趾百灵 Dà duǎn zhǐ bǎilíng) and 1 ASIAN SHORT-TOED LARK (亚洲短趾百灵 Yàzhōu duǎn zhǐ bǎilíng).

12 SWAN GOOSE (鸿雁 Hóngyàn), 2 TAIGA BEAN GOOSE (豆雁 Dòu yàn), 1 MUTE SWAN (疣鼻天鹅 Yóu bí tiān’é), 16 BEWICK’S SWAN (小天鹅 Xiǎo tiān’é), 1 BAER’S POCHARD (青头潜鸭, Qīng tóu qián yā), 1 ORIENTAL STORK (东方白鹳 Dōngfāng bái guàn), 3 LITTLE RINGED PLOVER (金眶鸻 Jīn kuàng héng) and 4 REED PARROTBILL (震旦鸦雀 Zhèn dàn yā què), Nanhaizi (小小小小鱼)

5 TAIGA BEAN GOOSE (豆雁 Dòu yàn), 1 EURASIAN SPOONBILL (白琵鹭 Bái pí lù) and 2 COMMON REED BUNTING (芦鹀 Lú wú), Shahe Reservoir (sunfulai)

9 TAIGA BEAN GOOSE (豆雁 Dòu yàn), 10 BEWICK’S SWAN (小天鹅 Xiǎo tiān’é), 1 WHOOPER SWAN (大天鹅 Dà tiān’é), 1 EURASIAN SPOONBILL (白琵鹭 Bái pí lù) and 1 COMMON REED BUNTING (芦鹀 Lú wú), Shahe Reservoir (pksunking)

6 COMMON REED BUNTING (芦鹀 Lú wú), Shahe Reservoir (金龟子)

2 LITTLE RINGED PLOVER (金眶鸻 Jīn kuàng héng), Shuinan, Tongzhou (ejprince)

1 BLACK-WINGED KITE (黑翅鸢 Hēi chì yuān), 2 EURASIAN SKYLARK (云雀 Yúnquè) and 1 ASIAN SHORT-TOED LARK (亚洲短趾百灵 (Yàzhōu) duǎn zhǐ bǎilíng), Wenyu River (Terry Townshend)

15 March 2021

1 GREY-HEADED LAPWING (灰头麦鸡 Huī tóu mài jī) and 1 BLACK KITE (黑鸢 Hēi yuān), Olympic Forest Park (David Mou)

14 March 2021

1 SIBERIAN CRANE (白鹤 Báihè) satellite-tracked (but not seen) over Beijing (Zhou Haixiang via Liu Yang)

1 RED-NECKED GREBE (赤颈䴙䴘 Chì jǐng pì tī) reported from Nanhaizi (SANGSANG)

2 SWAN GOOSE (鸿雁 Hóngyàn) and 110 BEWICK’S SWAN (小天鹅 Xiǎo tiān’é), Nanhaizi (Lu Zhuofei)

1 PALLAS’S GULL (渔鸥 Yú ōu), Shahe Reservoir (黄非红)

11 NORTHERN LAPWING (凤头麦鸡 Fèng tóu mài jī), Shahe Reservoir (果茶2020)

4 MUTE SWAN (疣鼻天鹅 Yóu bí tiān’é), Liangshui River (luzhuofei)

13 March 2021

1 LESSER WHITETHROAT (白喉林莺 Báihóu lín yīng), Agricultural Exhibition Center Gardens (Stefan Andrew)

1 DAURIAN STARLING (北椋鸟 Běi liáng niǎo) reported from Agricultural Exhibition Center Park (木易木)

BAER’S POCHARD (青头潜鸭, Qīng tóu qián yā), number unknown, Nanhaizi (D逍遥法外)

5 MUTE SWAN (疣鼻天鹅 Yóu bí tiān’é), Liangshui River (天书)

6 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE (白额雁 Bái é yàn), 1000 TAIGA BEAN GOOSE (豆雁 Dòu yàn) and 22 WHITE-NAPED CRANE (白枕鹤 Bái zhěn hè), Miyun Reservoir (Niu Zhen)

1 RICHARD’S PIPIT (理氏鹨 Lǐ shì liù) reported at Shahe Reservoir (Ning Sun)

6 COMMON REED BUNTING (芦鹀 Lú wú), Shahe Reservoir (niaotu)

1 EURASIAN SPOONBILL (白琵鹭 Bái pí lù), Shahe Reservoir (hermitress geng)

1 NORTHERN GREY SHRIKE (灰伯劳 Huī bóláo) still at Miaofengshan (Zheng Qiuyang and Yan Shen)

3 GREYLAG GOOSE (灰雁 Huī yàn), 1 BROWN-CHEEKED RAIL (普通秧鸡 Pǔtōng yāng jī) and 2 BEARDED TIT (文须雀 Wén xū què), Olympic Forest Park (Jiao Xiaolu)

25 WHITE-NAPED CRANE (白枕鹤 Bái zhěn hè), 2 MONGOLIAN LARK (蒙古百灵 Ménggǔ bǎilíng) and 15 SKYE’S SHORT-TOED LARK (大短趾百灵 Dà duǎn zhǐ bǎilíng), Wenyu River (Terry Townshend)

12 March 2021

4 MUTE SWAN (疣鼻天鹅 Yóu bí tiān’é), Liangshui River (Zongzhuang Sanderling Liu)

13 COMMON SHELDUCK (翘鼻麻鸭 Qiào bí má yā), Summer Palace (天书)

11 March 2021

1 EURASIAN SPOONBILL (白琵鹭 Bái pí lù) and 1 taimyrensis LESSER BLACK-BACKED (SIBERIAN) GULL (乌灰银鸥 Wū huī yín ōu), Shahe Reservoir (atz088)

10 March 2021

1 (female) BAER’S POCHARD (青头潜鸭, Qīng tóu qián yā), Nanhaizi (Zhang Weimin)

1 MUTE SWAN (疣鼻天鹅 Yóu bí tiān’é) and 1 BLACK-WINGED KITE (黑翅鸢 Hēi chì yuān), Liangshui River (通州大好)

9 March 2021

1,000 TUNDRA BEAN GOOSE (短嘴豆雁 Duǎn zuǐ dòu yàn), 100 BAIKAL TEAL (花脸鸭 Huāliǎn yā) and 7 WHITE-NAPEDCRANE (白枕鹤 Bái zhěn hè). Plus 2 RACCOON DOG, Taishitun, Miyun (Niu Zhen).

1 MUTE SWAN (疣鼻天鹅 Yóu bí tiān’é) and 1 BLACK KITE (黑鸢 Hēi yuān), Liangshui River (Wang Qihan)

5 CRESTED LARK (凤头百灵 Fèng tóu bǎilíng), Fangshan Red Scarf Park (amal amer)

8 March 2021

20 BAIKAL TEAL (花脸鸭 Huāliǎn yā), Cuihu Wetland (夜色阑珊)

500 TUNDRA BEAN GOOSE (短嘴豆雁 Duǎn zuǐ dòu yàn) and 144 WHITE-NAPED CRANE (白枕鹤 Bái zhěn hè), Miyun Reservoir (Niu Zhen)

90 BEWICK’S SWAN (小天鹅 Xiǎo tiān’é) and 1 BAER’S POCHARD (青头潜鸭, Qīng tóu qián yā青头潜鸭), Nanhaizi (amal amer)

1 PALLAS’S GULL (渔鸥 Yú ōu), 1 LONG-EARED OWL (长耳鸮 Cháng ěr xiāo) and 25+ taimyrensis LESSER BLACK-BACKED (SIBERIAN) GULL (乌灰银鸥 Wū huī yín ōu) (5 ads, 15+ first-winter types, 5 non-adults, probably 2nd winter), Shahe Reservoir (Colm Moore)

2 COMMON ROSEFINCH (普通朱雀 Pǔtōng zhūquè), Peking University campus (小小小小鱼)

7 March 2021

A SANDHILL CRANE (沙丘鹤 Shāqiū hè) photographed at Miyun Reservoir by DaHao (no public access). Only the second record for the capital.

The WESTERN WATER RAIL (西方秧鸡 Xīfāng yāng jī) still at Shahe Reservoir (luzhuofei)

BROWN-EARED BULBUL (栗耳短脚鹎 Lì ěr duǎn jiǎo bēi) still in Yuyuantan (云飞扬)

2 PALLAS’S GULL (渔鸥 Yú ōu) stilll at Shahe Reservoir (黄非红)

1 LITTLE RINGED PLOVER (金眶鸻 Jīn kuàng héng) reported from Nanhaizi (SANGSANG)

80 BEWICK’S SWAN (小天鹅 Xiǎo tiān’é), Beijing Garden Expo, Fengtai District (Niu)

The NORTHERN GREY SHRIKE (灰伯劳 Huī bóláo) still at Miaofengshan (浣熊)

6 March 2021

2 PALLAS’S GULL (渔鸥 Yú ōu), Shahe Reservoir (hermitress geng)

18 NORTHERN LAPWING (凤头麦鸡 Fèng tóu mài jī), Shahe Reservoir (niaotu). NORTHERN LAPWING (凤头麦鸡 Fèng tóu mài jī), number unknown, also reported from Nanhaizi (土拨鼠凡先生)

2 BAER’S POCHARD (青头潜鸭, Qīng tóu qián yā) still at Yuanmingyuan (SANGSANG)

1 (female) BAER’S POCHARD (青头潜鸭, Qīng tóu qián yā), Dayunhe Forest Park (Qiuyang Zheng)

GREATER SCAUP (斑背潜鸭 Bān bèi qián yā), number unknown, Dayunhe Forest Park (D逍遥法外)

5 RED-CRESTED POCHARD (赤嘴潜鸭 Chì zuǐ qián yā), Summer Palace (SANGSANG)

1 MUTE SWAN (疣鼻天鹅 Yóu bí tiān’é), Yizhuang Wetland (土拨鼠凡先生)

3 TAIGA BEAN GOOSE (豆雁 Dòu yàn), 6 NORTHERN PINTAIL (针尾鸭 Zhēn wěi yā), 1 (fem) RED-CRESTED POCHARD (赤嘴潜鸭 Chì zuǐ qián yā), 3 WHITE-TAILED EAGLE (白尾海雕 Báiwěi hǎi diāo), 1 UPLAND BUZZARD (大鵟 Dà kuáng), 12 BEARDED TIT (文须雀 Wén xū què), 8 RUSSET SPARROW (山麻雀 Shān máquè), 2 (male) CHAFFINCH (苍头燕雀 Cāng tóu yànquè), Huairou Reservoir (amal amer and Terry Townshend)

5 March 2021

29 SWAN GOOSE (鸿雁 Hóngyàn) flying west, 75+ TAIGA BEAN GOOSE (豆雁 Dòu yàn) flew northwest, 40+ TUNDRA BEAN GOOSE (短嘴豆雁 Duǎn zuǐ dòu yàn) flying west, 23 WHOOPER SWAN (大天鹅 Dà tiān’é), 5 ORIENTAL STORK (东方白鹳 Dōngfāng bái guàn), 6 BLACK STORK (黑鹳 Hēi guàn), 1 ROUGH-LEGGED BUZZARD (毛脚鵟 Máo jiǎo kuáng), 2 UPLAND BUZZARD (大鵟 Dà kuáng), 1 (male) BAER’S POCHARD (青头潜鸭, Qīng tóu qián yā), 6 SIBERIAN GULL (乌灰银鸥 Wū huī yín ōu) – three x 2cy, two x 3cy and one adult – and 1 JANKOWSKI’S BUNTING (栗斑腹鹀 Lì bān fù wú), Ming Tombs Reservoir (Colm Moore)

4 March 2021

The WESTERN WATER RAIL (西方秧鸡 Xīfāng yāng jī) still at Shahe Reservoir (Jun Shuai)

23 TAIGA BEAN GOOSE (豆雁 Dòu yàn), Liangshui River (通州大好)

3 March 2021

1 adult PALLAS’S GULL (渔鸥 Yú ōu), Shahe Reservoir (Anonymous)

1 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE (白额雁 Bái é yàn), 2 BEWICK’S SWAN (小天鹅 Xiǎo tiān’é), 2 WHOOPER SWAN (大天鹅 Dà tiān’é), 10 WHITE-NAPED CRANE (白枕鹤 Bái zhěn hè), 2 BLACK STORK (黑鹳 Hēi guàn) and 2 JANKOWSKI’S BUNTING (栗斑腹鹀 Lì bān fù wú), Ming Tombs Reservoir (Guan Xueyan et al.)

MUTE SWAN (疣鼻天鹅 Yóu bí tiān’é), Yongding River, Junzhuang Village (D逍遥法外)

560 SWAN GOOSE (鸿雁 Hóngyàn), Cuihu Wetland Park (夜色阑珊). Possibly a record count for Beijing?

1 NORTHERN GREY SHRIKE (灰伯劳 Huī bóláo), Miaofengshan (D逍遥法外)

2 March 2021

3 GREYLAG GOOSE (灰雁 Huī yàn), Cuijiayao (夜色阑珊)

1 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE (白额雁 Bái é yàn), 2 BEWICK’S SWAN (小天鹅 Xiǎo tiān’é) and 3 EURASIAN SPOONBILL (白琵鹭 Bái pí lù), Ming Tombs Reservoir (amal amer and Su Peng)

1 March 2021

36 BEWICK’S SWAN (小天鹅 Xiǎo tiān’é), Summer Palace (天书)

1 COMMON SANDPIPER (矶鹬 Jī yù), Wenyu River (amal amer, Terry Townshend and Wayne Winkelman)

28 February 2021

3 EURASIAN SPOONBILL (白琵鹭 Bái pí lù) and 1 ROUGH-LEGGED BUZZARD (毛脚鵟 Máo jiǎo kuáng), Ming Tombs Reservoir (黄非红)

11 WHOOPER SWAN（大天鹅 Dà tiān’é), Shahe Reservoir (niaotu)

2 BROWN-EARED BULBUL (栗耳短脚鹎 Lì ěr duǎn jiǎo bēi) still in Yuyuantan Park (Zhao Xiaojian)

27 February 2021

1 NORTHERN LAPWING (凤头麦鸡 Fèng tóu mài jī), Yeyahu (Zhao Xiaojian)

1 NORTHERN SHRIKE (灰伯劳 Huī bóláo), Yangtaishan Rosefields, (Hermitress Geng)

1 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE (白额雁 Bái é yàn), 3 WHITE-NAPED CRANE (白枕鹤 Bái zhěn hè) and 1 JANKOWSKI’S BUNTING (栗斑腹鹀 Lì bān fù wú), Ming Tombs Reservoir (taizhoudragon)

26 February 2021

21 WHITE-NAPED CRANE (白枕鹤 Bái zhěn hè), Ming Tombs Reservoir (Guan Xueyan et al.)

2 COMMON CHAFFINCH (苍头燕雀 Cāng tóu yànquè), Wulingshan Forest Farm (amal amer et al.)

1 NORTHERN SHRIKE (灰伯劳 Huī bóláo), Yangtaishan Rosefields (Wang Xiaobo)

3 COMMON STARLING (紫翅椋鸟 Zǐ chì liáng niǎo) reported from Chaoyang Park (Angelo Pimental)

The LONG-TAILED TIT (北长尾山雀 Běi cháng wěi shān què) still at Yuanmingyuan (小小小小鱼)

At least six COMMON REED BUNTING (芦鹀 Lú wú) still at Shahe Reservoir (Terry Townshend)

25 February 2021

2 BAER’S POCHARD (青头潜鸭, Qīng tóu qián yā), Yuanmingyuan (天书)

2 BROWN-EARED BULBUL (栗耳短脚鹎 Lì ěr duǎn jiǎo bēi) still at Yuyuantan Park (sunfulai)

7 TAIGA BEAN GOOSE (heading west), 1 heinei COMMON GULL 2nd winter type,
4 SIBERIAN GULL (3 1st winter and one 2nd winter), 12 BOHEMIAN WAXWING, 5 RUSTIC BUNTING, 1 YELLOW-BROWED BUNTING and 1 COMMON REED BUNTING, Shahe Reservoir (Colm Moore)

24 February 2021

2 BAER’S POCHARD (青头潜鸭, Qīng tóu qián yā) at Yuanmingyuan (小民)

2 BARN SWALLOW (家燕 Jiāyàn), Summer Palace (Hang Ye)

19 WHITE-NAPED CRANE (白枕鹤 Bái zhěn hè) and 1 ROUGH-LEGGED BUZZARD (毛脚鵟 Máo jiǎo kuáng), Ming Tombs Reservoir (amal amer)

The REDWING (白眉歌鸫, Báiméi gē dōng) still at the Institute of Botany (Guan Xueyan)

23 February 2021

1 COMMON STARLING (紫翅椋鸟 Zǐ chì liáng niǎo), Shahe Reservoir (Su Peng, amal amer)

An early EURASIAN SPOONBILL (白琵鹭 Bái pí lù) at Shahe Reservoir (pksunking). Plus 5 COMMON REED BUNTING (芦鹀 Lú wú).

The REDWING (白眉歌鸫, Báiméi gē dōng) still at the Institute of Botany (pksunking)

A BAER’S POCHARD (青头潜鸭, Qīng tóu qián yā) at Yuanmingyuan (应武)

22 February 2021

2 BAER’S POCHARD (青头潜鸭, Qīng tóu qián yā), Summer Palace (天书)

2 LONG-TAILED ROSEFINCH (长尾雀 Cháng wěi què), Yangtaishan Rosefields (Wang Xiaobo)

1 ROUGH-LEGGED BUZZARD (毛脚鵟 Máo jiǎo kuáng), Huaixin Park (麦克曹)

2 COMMON CHAFFINCH (苍头燕雀 Cāng tóu yànquè), Yanhecheng (Guan Xueyan et al.)

The GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE (白额雁 Bái é yàn) still at Shahe Reservoir (戴先生)

21 February 2021

The REDWING (白眉歌鸫, Báiméi gē dōng) still at the Institute of Botany (passenger)

32 TUNDRA BEAN GOOSE, 21 WHOOPER SWAN (8 immatures), 10 BEWICK’S SWAN (2 imms), at least 3 UPLAND BUZZARD, 1 ROUGH-LEGGED BUZZARD (hunting a HOOPOE), 2 NORTHERN GOSHAWK, 3 WHITE-TAILED EAGLE (1 ad. and 2 imms), 3 MONGOLIAN LARK, 17 BOHEMIAN WAXWING, 1 COMMON REED BUNTING, 1 JAPANESE REED BUNTING, 4000+ BRAMBLING (between dawn and 8.30am in dense waves heading north), 1 intergrade-type PINE BUNTING x YELLOWHAMMER and 1 JANKOWSKI’S BUNTING female type, Ming Tombs Reservoir (Colm Moore).

Pine Bunting x Yellowhammer intergrade, Ming Tombs Reservoir, 21 February 2021 (Colm Moore). Colm says “the intergrade was mostly Pine but with a yellow tinge to the supercilium, primary fringes and belly was not usual silver but mottled with faint hint of yellow. Call identical to Pine.” A different bird to the Yellowhammer seen earlier in the winter.

14 BEWICK’S SWAN (小天鹅 Xiǎo tiān’é), Shahe Reservoir (SANGSANG)

10 TAIGA BEAN GOOSE (豆雁 Dòu yàn) and 31 WHOOPER SWAN (大天鹅 Dà tiān’é), Ming Tombs Reservoir (Oriental Stork)

1 COMMON STARLING (紫翅椋鸟 Zǐ chì liáng niǎo), Ming Tombs Reservoir (Ning Sun)

An early BLACK KITE (黑鸢 Hēi yuān) reported from Huanshan Village, Haidian (AbellS1063)

At least one BROWN-EARED BULBUL (栗耳短脚鹎 Lì ěr duǎn jiǎo bēi) still Yuyuantan Park (温酒烹鱼)

20 February 2021

The REDWING still present at the Institute of Botany (Chen Tianxiang et al.). Plus COMMA and LARGE WHITE butterflies.

2 WHOOPER SWAN, 3 WHITE-TAILED EAGLE and 2 JANKOWSKI’S BUNTING still at Ming Tombs Reservoir (刘雷)

12 SWAN GOOSE, 1 WOODCOCK and at least 1 COMMON REED BUNTING, Shahe Reservoir (damieffiesun)

19 February 2021

The REDWING still present at the Institute of Botany (三道鹀草莓)

The MUTE SWAN still at Liangshui River (D逍遥法外). Plus a NORTHERN LAPWING

2 BROWN-EARED BULBUL, Yuyuantan Park (cugb)

18 February 2021

A REDWING at the Institute of Botany (Wang Qihan). Only the fourth Beijing record. Photo here: https://ebird.org/checklist/S81858112 

The female SCALY-SIDED MERGANSER again at the Summer Palace (天书)

2 BROWN-EARED BULBUL, Yuyuantan Park (Ethan)

The MUTE SWAN still at Yizhuang Wetland (Guan Xueyan et al.)

17 February 2021

1 BROWN-EARED BULBUL, Yuyuantan Park (Zhao Chaoyue)

MUTE SWAN, Liangshui River (ethan)

1 WHITE-TAILED EAGLE, 2 BLACK STORK, 1 MEADOW PIPIT, 2 JANKOWSKI’S BUNTING, 1 JAPANESE REED BUNTING, Ming Tombs Reservoir (Terry Townshend, Wayne and Jenny Winkelman)

4 ROUGH-LEGGED BUZZARD, Ming Tombs Reservoir (苍山)

2 ROUGH-LEGGED BUZZARD, 2 EASTERN BUZZARD and 3 JANKOWSKI’S BUNTING, Ming Tombs Reservoir (果茶2020)

1 WESTERN WATER RAIL, 1 BROWN-CHEEKED RAIL and 1 CHAFFINCH, Huisha River, Huairou (Zheng Quyang and Yan Shen)

2 GREATER SCAUP, Tongzhou-Dayunhe Forest Park (jmj)

16 February 2021

5 WHITE-TAILED EAGLE, 1 CRESTED LARK, 1 MEADOW PIPIT and 1 JANKOWSKI’S BUNTING, Ming Tombs Reservoir (辰吕)

The GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE still at Shahe Reservoir (Anonymous)

1 MUTE SWAN, Tongming Lake, Yizhuang Wetland (Zhang Weimin)

15 February 2021

2 BROWN-EARED BULBUL, Yuyuantan Park (Zhuofei Lu)

9 COMMON REED BUNTING, Shahe Reservoir (Anonymous)

4+ BAIKAL TEAL, 14+ FALCATED DUCK, 1 UPLAND BUZZARD, 2 GREAT BITTERN, 1 2cy SIBERIAN GULL, 11+ COMMON REED BUNTING and 1 female CHAFFINCH, Shahe Reservoir (Colm Moore and Zhao Qi)

One of the Common Reed Buntings at Shahe Reservoir on 15th February 2021 (Zhao Qi)

14 February 2021

The female SCALY-SIDED MERGANSER still along the Wenyu River (Anonymous)

The WESTERN WATER RAIL at Shahe Reservoir (Hermitress Geng); also 9 COMMON REED BUNTING reported from the same site (Ltc20000606).

A MUTE SWAN and 2 STONECHAT reported from Liangshui River (京通燕雀)

13 February 2021

The GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE and 2 COMMON REED BUNTING still at Shahe Reservoir (Oriental Stork)

2 BROWN-EARED BULBUL, Yuyuantan Park (pksunking)

2 HORNED LARK, 1 JANKOWSKI’S BUNTING and 1 COMMON REED BUNTING, Ming Tombs Reservoir (gujiaxun80)

12 February 2021

10 RUSSET SPARROW reported from Ming Tombs Reservoir (黄非红)

GREATER SCAUP (number not reported), Tongzhou-Dayunhe Forest Park (北京大蜜蜂)

11 February 2021

The ROSY PIPIT still along the Wenyu River. Plus FERRUGINOUS DUCK and 4 FALCATED DUCK (Terry Townshend)

A very early PACIFIC SWIFT and a RUFOUS-BELLIED WOODPECKER reported from Liangshui River, Tongzhou (ericblue)

10 February 2021

The female SCALY-SIDED MERGANSER and ROSY PIPIT still along the Wenyu River (amal amer)

No sign of any CHAFFINCH at the Beijing International Sculpture Park (张旻昊)

The GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE still at Shahe Reservoir (cugb)

9 February 2021

The GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE still at Shahe Reservoir (niaotu)

1 GREYLAG GOOSE, Olympic Forest Park (果茶2020)

20 CHAFFINCH reported from Beijing International Sculpture Park (Niu)

8 February 2021

Two BROWN-EARED BULBUL at Yuyuantan Park (taizhoudragon). Plus the BAIKAL TEAL.

1 GREYLAG GOOSE, Yuyuantan Park (sunliemily)

GREATER SCAUP reported from Tongzhou Dayunhe Forest Park (D逍遥法外)

The WESTERN WATER RAIL and 3 COMMON REED BUNTING still at Shahe Reservoir (木槿花开)

6 WHITE-TAILED EAGLE, 1 MEADOW PIPIT, Ming Tombs Reservoir (景秀)

1 early LITTLE RINGED PLOVER reported from the Qingshui River (Catherine Dong)

7 February 2021

1 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, Shahe Reservoir (天书)

5 WHITE-TAILED EAGLE, 2 ROUGH-LEGGED BUZZARD, the wintering MEADOW PIPIT and at least 2 JANKOWSKI’S BUNTING, Ming Tombs Reservoir (amal amer and Terry Townshend)

1 JAPANESE GROSBEAK, Jingzhongdu Park, Fengtai (小小小小鱼)

The female SCALY-SIDED MERGANSER still along the Wenyu River (木易木)

BAIKAL TEAL, GREATER SCAUP and BLACK-HEADED GULL, Tongzhou-Dayunhe Forest Park (netfish)

6 February 2021

1 WESTERN WATER RAIL and 1 GREYLAG GOOSE, Shahe Reservoir (Jun Shuai)

5 February 2021

The female SCALY-SIDED MERGANSER still along the Wenyu River (木易木)

4 February 2021

The YELLOWHAMMER still at Ming Tombs Reservoir with the Pine Bunting flock (小小小小鱼). Plus 1 ROUGH-LEGGED BUZZARD, 2 JANKOWSKI’S BUNTING.

The female SCALY-SIDED MERGANSER still along the Wenyu River this afternoon (Terry Townshend). Plus the Buzzard showing characteristics of Buteo buteo vulpinus (Steppe Buzzard).

A COMMON CRANE along the Wenyu River (Wayne Winkelman).

The ROSY PIPIT again along the Wenyu River (amal amer)

2 WESTERN WATER RAIL, Shahe Reservoir (Guan Xueyan)

2 ROUGH-LEGGED BUZZARD and the MEADOW PIPIT still at Ming Tombs Reservoir (gong_strathclyde)

2 February 2021

1 LONG-TAILED TIT, Yuanmingyuan (罗晶)

3 COMMON REED BUNTING still at Shahe Reservoir (Anonymous)

4 WHITE-TAILED EAGLE and 1 ROUGH-LEGGED BUZZARD, Ming Tombs Reservoir (pluto)

The Buteo showing features of the vulpinus subspecies of Common Buzzard, Buteo buteo (Steppe Buzzard) still at the Wenyu River. The excellent images below by 没着落. Comments welcome!

1 February 2021

1 PALLAS’S ROSEFINCH, Botanical Gardens (Guan Xueyan)

3 COMMON REED BUNTING, Shahe Reservoir (Wu Jinsong via amal amer)

31 January 2021

A ROSY PIPIT at the Wenyu River. An exceptional winter record (the first winter record in Beijing?) and a great find by Liu Aitao.

The WESTERN WATER RAIL still at Shahe Reservoir (niaotu et al.), with two reported by 楼燕12138.

1,000 COMMON MERGANSER, Ming Tombs Reservoir (通州大好). Plus 2 MONGOLIAN GULL and 500 ORIENTAL GREENFINCH.

The MEADOW PIPIT still at Ming Tombs Reservoir (gujiaxun80). Plus 1 MONGOLIAN LARK, 20 HORNED LARK and 2 JANKOWSKI’S BUNTING.

2 ROUGH-LEGGED BUZZARD, Ming Tombs Reservoir (麻杰夫)

30 January 2021

A possible adult STEPPE BUZZARD (Buteo buteo vulpinus), Wenyu River. Probably the best candidate so far in Beijing of this subspecies of Common Buzzard, showing multiple features consistent with vulpinus, including small size, barred underparts, dark ‘hood’, finely barred tail with a dark sub-terminal band, a ‘broken’ carpal patch, dark lesser underwing coverts and overall rufous tones. Opinions welcome!

The possible Steppe Buzzard, Wenyu River, 30 January 2021. Note the rufous colouration, dark hood, finely barred tail with a dark subterminal band, relatively poorly marked carpal patch and dark lesser underwing coverts.

Possible Steppe Buzzard, Wenyu River, 30 January 2021. Another view of the underwing.

Possible Steppe Buzzard, Wenyu River, 30 January 2021. This image shows the uppertail, revealing fine barring and a clear dark subterminal band.

Possible Steppe Buzzard (right) with Eastern Buzzard. Note the size difference.

The SCALY-SIDED MERGANSER again along the Wenyu River, seen east of Jingmi Lu (木易木)

The WESTERN WATER RAIL still at Shahe Reservoir (wt太帅了！)

The COLLARED CROW (with apparently damaged wing) still near Yongdingzhen (楼燕12138)

A ROUGH-LEGGED BUZZARD and the long-staying MEADOW PIPIT still at Ming Tombs Reservoir (黄非红)

A NORTHERN GREY SHRIKE and a ROUGH-LEGGED BUZZARD at Miaofengshan (alphah)

A PALE THRUSH and 14 RUSSET SPARROW reported from Tanzhe Temple, Mentougou (鸟大大)

29 January 2021

2 GREYLAG GOOSE, Olympic Forest Park (Grady Singleton)

27 January 2021

1 (prob first-winter male) BAER’S POCHARD, Shahe Reservoir (Colm Moore). Plus a first-winter GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE.

The Baer’s Pochard at Shahe Reservoir on 27th January 2021 (Colm Moore)

50 HORNED LARK and the long-staying MEADOW PIPIT still at Ming Tombs Reservoir (电线杆)

A BAIKAL TEAL at Peking University (pluto)

26 January 2021

1 ROUGH-LEGGED BUZZARD, Miaofengshan (XiaoPT, 大牙齿 458 et al.). Plus 40 HORNED LARK and 9 ALPINE ACCENTOR.

The SCALY-SIDED MERGANSER at the Summer Palace 1400-1800 at least (天书). Plus a GREYLAG GOOSE and an adult MONGOLIAN GULL.

1 MONGOLIAN GULL, Shahe Reservoir (D逍遥法外)

25 January 2021

COLLARED CROW at Yongdingzhen (Wang Xiaobo)

The WESTERN WATER RAIL still at Shahe Reservoir (wanda yang)

The SCALY-SIDED MERGANSER on the Wenyu River in the morning (gujiaxun80)

24 January 2021

The female SCALY-SIDED MERGANSER still on the Wenyu River this afternoon at 1645 (Anonymous)

23 January 2021

Female SCALY-SIDED MERGANSER at the Summer Palace this afternoon 1500- 1700 (天书). Is this the Wenyu bird commuting between the two sites or two different birds?

The female SCALY-SIDED MERGANSER still on the Wenyu River this morning (黄非红) and again between 1400-1500 (云飞扬)

1 TUNDRA BEAN GOOSE, 2 EURASIAN WIGEON, 1 COMMON POCHARD, 68 SMEW, 12 COOT, CHINESE POND HERON, Wenyu River (Terry Townshend et al.). Also, a BLACK-WINGED KITE seen (nicolascai)

2 WESTERN WATER RAIL, Shahe Reservoir (Jun Shuai)

BAIKAL TEAL still in Yuyuantan Park (温酒烹鱼)

30 HORNED LARK, Shahe Reservoir (果茶2020)

22 January 2021

The WESTERN WATER RAIL still at Shahe Reservoir (云飞扬)

20 REED PARROTBILL, Wanping Hu (sunfulai)

The SCALY-SIDED MERGANSER still on the Wenyu River

1 eclipse male BAIKAL TEAL, 80+ COMMON GOLDENEYE, 55+ SMEW, 2 ROUGH-LEGGED BUZZARD, 1 UPLAND BUZZARD, 16 BOHEMIAN WAXWING, 80+ HORNED LARK, 1 YELLOWHAMMER, 4 JAPANESE REED BUNTING, 12 JANKOWSKI’S BUNTING and 40+ PALLAS’S BUNTING, Ming Tombs Reservoir (Colm Moore)

At least 10 BROWN-EARED PHEASANT, Da’anshan Forest Station (Restricted access) (Zhang Shen, XiaoPT, 大牙齿 458 et al.)

21 January 2021

A YELLOWHAMMER reported from Cuihu Wetland Park (夜色阑珊). Plus BAIKAL TEAL.

20 January 2021

The SCALY-SIDED MERGANSER still on the Wenyu River (Liu Aitao et al.)

2 BLACK-WINGED KITE, Beihegezhuang Village (夜色阑珊)

19 January 2021

The SCALY-SIDED MERGANSER still on the Wenyu River (pksunking)

17 January 2021

The SCALY-SIDED MERGANSER still on the Wenyu River (amal amer et al.)

30 HORNED LARK, Shahe Reservoir (niaotu)

The MEADOW PIPIT still at Ming Tombs Reservoir (黄非红)

The male RED-BREASTED MERGANSER still at Summer Palace (天书)

500 LITTLE GREBE, Tong Ming Hu Park, Liangshui River (Hong Yao); also 1 PLUMBEOUS REDSTART.

16 January 2021

A female SCALY-SIDED MERGANSER, Wenyu River (Terry Townshend)

15 January 2021

The LESSER WHITETHROAT still in the Agricultural Exhibition Center Park (麦克曹)

14 January 2021

The long-staying LESSER WHITETHROAT reported again in the Agricultural Exhibition Center Park (niaotu)

13 January 2021

1 BLACK-WINGED KITE, Liangshui River (D逍遥法外)

2 COMMON ROSEFINCH still in the Botanical Gardens (戴先生). Plus a WHITE’S THRUSH (麦克曹) and 2 RED CROSSBILL (sunfulai)

1 GREAT BITTERN, Peking University (sanshisan)

2 WHITE-TAILED EAGLE, 2 ROUGH-LEGGED BUZZARD, 1+ UPLAND BUZZARD, 1 NORTHERN GOSHAWK, 4 CHINESE NUTHATCH, 1 BLACK-THROATED THRUSH, 3 RED-THROATED THRUSH, 60+ PALLAS’S BUNTING, 40+ PINE BUNTING, 3 JAPANESE REED BUNTING, 7+ JANKOWSKI’S BUNTING, Ming Tombs Reservoir (Colm Moore)

12 January 2021

50 HORNED LARK, Ming Tombs Reservoir (电线杆)

2 COMMON CROSSBILL still at the Botanical Gardens (Anonymous)

Counts of 1,200 (_星畔_) and 1,047 (qjxgbird) COMMON MERGANSER at the Summer Palace (qjxgbird)

The male RED-BREASTED MERGANSER still at the Summer Palace (天书)

The Red-breasted Merganser at the Summer Palace (天书)

1 EURASIAN WIGEON, Tongzhou (黑眼豆豆). Plus a male RED-CRESTED POCHARD and 5 TUFTED DUCK.

The Eurasian Wigeon in Tongzhou on 12th January (黑眼豆豆).

11 January 2021

3 RED-BILLED LEIOTHRIX (of unknown origin), Botanical Gardens (Wang Qihan)

2 RED CROSSBILL, Botanical Gardens (atz088)

2 WHITE’S THRUSH, Botanical Gardens (ameramer)

10 January 2021

1 CHAFFINCH (female), 1 CINEREOUS VULTURE, 55+ CHINESE BEAUTIFUL ROSEFINCH, 2 PALLAS’S ROSEFINCH, 15+ ALPINE ACCENTOR and 60+ HORNED LARK, Miaofengshan (Colm Moore)

One of the 55+ Chinese Beautiful Rosefinch at Miaofengshan on 10th (Colm Moore)

1 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, Liangshui River, Tongzhou (via 疏竹)

1 RED CROSSBILL, Botanical Gardens (麦克曹)

30 REED PARROTBILL, Nanhaizi (云飞扬)

1 ROUGH-LEGGED BUZZARD, 1 MEADOW PIPIT and 1 JANKOWSKI’S BUNTING, Ming Tombs Reservoir (坨坨坨)

2 ROUGH-LEGGED BUZZARD, 1 MEADOW PIPIT and 1 JANKOWSKI’S BUNTING, Ming Tombs Reservoir (Raven X)

5 JANKOWSKI’S BUNTING, Ming Tombs Reservoir (风乎舞雩)

1,000 COMMON MERGANSER and 1 RED-BREASTED MERGANSER, Summer Palace (麦克曹). Also a report of a female SCALY-SIDED MERGANSER (via Liu Aitao and Zhang Xiaoling)

9 January 2021

2 COMMON CROSSBILL, Botanical Gardens (Zhao Xiaojian)

2 COMMON ROSEFINCH still in the Botanical Gardens (麻杰夫)

3 RED-CRESTED POCHARD, Summer Palace (taizhoudragon)

2 FERRUGINOUS DUCK, Guanting Bridge, Yanqing (紫茎泽兰_119)

At least two JANKOWSKI’S BUNTING and the MEADOW PIPIT still at Ming Tombs Reservoir (通州大好). Plus a CHINESE BEAUTIFUL ROSEFINCH. Separately, 6 ROUGH-LEGGED BUZZARD reported from the same site (餵蝦米)

A LONG-TAILED TIT reported with SILVER-THROATED TITS from Nanhaizi (李云帆)

8 January 2021

1 ROUGH-LEGGED BUZZARD, 50 HORNED LARK, 1 JANKOWSKI’S BUNTING and 150 PINE BUNTING, Ming Tombbs Reservoir (Wang Xiaobo)

2 COMMON ROSEFINCH, Botanical Gardens (Wang Qihan)

1 NORTHERN LAPWING, Yuxinzhuang, Tongzhou (ameramer). A very rare winter record.

7 January 2021

RED-CRESTED POCHARD (number unknown), Liangshui River, Tongzhou (D逍遥法外)

6 January 2021

20 REED PARROTBILL, Wanping Lake, Fengtai District (taizhoudragon)

5 January 2021

The unseasonal BLUETHROAT still in Liuyin Park (taizhoudragon)

3 JANKOWSKI’S BUNTING and a PALLAS’S ROSEFINCH, Ming Tombs Reservoir (Guan Xueyan)

4 January 2021

1 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, Liangshui River (Wang Xiaobo)

2 LONG-TAILED TIT, Chaoyang Park (Stefan Andrew)

1 EURASIAN SPOONBILL, Shahe Reservoir (Jun Shuai)

3 January 2021

1 WESTERN WATER RAIL, Shahe Reservoir (Ethan)

4+ JANKOWSKI’S BUNTING, 1 MEADOW PIPIT and 1 YELLOWHAMMER, Ming Tombs Reservoir (Terry Townshend)

Yellowhammer at Ming Tombs Reservoir

Jankowski’s Buntings, Ming Tombs Reservoir

1 BLACK-WINGED KITE, Fangshan Red Scarf Park (Wang Xue)

1 ROUGH-LEGGED BUZZARD, Shahe Reservoir (景秀)

30 HORNED LARK, Shahe Reservoir (云飞扬)

2 January 2021

1 MEADOW PIPIT, Ming Tombs Reservoir (Wang Xiaobo). Also 2 JANKOWSKI’S BUNTING at the same site (无名浪客) and a ROUGH-LEGGED BUZZARD (yexingcha).

1 BROWN-EARED BULBUL, Yuyuantan (小小小小鱼)

1 BLACK-WINGED KITE, DaShiHe (土拨鼠凡先生)

11 DAURIAN PARTRIDGE, Lingshan (大牙齿 458, XiaoPT et al.). Plus ROUGH-LEGGED BUZZARD, 7 WHITE-WINGED REDSTART, 2 CHAFFINCH, 3 LONG-TAILED ROSEFINCH and 8 PALLAS’S ROSEFINCH.

An unseasonal BLUETHROAT at Liuyin Park (云飞扬) and a BARN SWALLOW at the Wenyu River (D逍遥法外)

1 January 2021

2 BROWN-EARED BULBUL, Yuyuantan (无名浪客)

1 WESTERN WATER RAIL, Shahe Reservoir (麦克曹)

20 HORNED LARK, Shahe Reservoir (niaotu)

2 COMMON ROSEFINCH, Botanical Gardens (岳红芳). A rare January record.

1 BLACK-WINGED KITE, Wenyu River (Terry Townshend)