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  1. J

    NEast London sp?

    Steve, don't rule out U. Fulvalis on range. Looking at iRecord records it seems that they have spread rapidly, including London records and up the Thames from there, presumably covering Ken's location. Attached is a picture of one I had a few weeks ago in East Berkshire. However, Ken's moth...
  2. J

    Last butterflies of the year.

    Red admiral today enjoying the sunshine.
  3. J

    Hotel in Buuenos Aires ?

    I was in BA about 5 years ago, so cannot give you any current recommendations of hotels, but here's some general thoughts: BA is a great city for birding as the Reserva Ecológica Costenera Sur is next to the city centre, and had an impressive selection of birds when I was there. The national...
  4. J

    Crested Ibis site access

    Larry, In booked the trip through www.cqpanda.com/english/ . It cost approximately 8000 RMB for a 7 day tour including food, accommodation, guide, driver and transport from and to Hanzhong airport. Added a couple of pictures to wet your appetite Julian
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    Crested Ibis site access

    Hi, I went on the 'official' trip to Changqing in early April 2007. It was expensive, but well organised, giving me a great opportunity to see rural China and of course great birds. Add to that getting within a couple of metres of a panda - wow! The Crested Ibis were outside the reserve, a...
  6. J

    Bird of Prey

    I dug out my 'Birds of the West Indies', and Red-shouldered Hawk does not appear, so I'm going to guess at Broad-winged Hawk for this one. (The other choices listed for Grenada are - Common Black Hawk and Hook-billed Kite.) Julian
  7. J

    China - ID from description (songbird)

    Maybe a Pipit? Not sure which one of them. Buff-bellied would be my wild guess from the description (habitat, size, plain back and supercillium), but I'm by no means an expert. Julian
  8. J

    Barbados - April '08

    I'm guessing that the 'purple' heron should be classed as yet-to-be-determined, as, wouldn't a purple heron be a major rarity there? Though as cattle egrets and even little egrets have made it, who knows.
  9. J

    Last minute trip to Hong Kong

    Thanks for this very interesting link.The idea of an area being set aside for wildlife in China is extremely surprising, but has to be viewed as a postitive first step. I will try to visit the wetland park when I am in Nansha, but I'm not sure how easy transport will be to organise for a...
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    Last minute trip to Hong Kong

    Hi, I've managed to arrange some free time in HongKong around a business trip to Nansha (near Guangzhou, China). I will be in HongKong this Saturday (20th Oct) and the following Sunday, Monday and Tuesday (28-30th). Hope someone can give me some advice. Is it possible to turn up to Mai Po...
  11. J

    Birding in Bucharest, Romania

    Hi, [First let me point out that I understand that this kind of query should be in the specific country's forum, but as Romania does not appear as a country in the Europe sub-forum, I'm posting this in the General Information forum instead.] I'm going to a conference in Bucharest at the end of...
  12. J

    Kowloon Info Wanted

    Kowloon is part of (greater) HongKong, and as HongKong is a small area, and has a good public transport system, try doing an internet search for birdwatching sites in HongKong as they are all possible. I've visited HongKong on a couple of occasions, and two places I'd recommend for easy...
  13. J

    a day out in Beijing

    I was lucky enough to have a couple of days free in Beojing last week. One day I went to the old summer palace that I had found to be very good for birding previously. Unfortunately, Beijing seems to be cleaning up the area (due to olympics?), so what were previously reed beds and muddy scrapes...
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    China trip

    Hi Brian, You seem to have had a good trip, with some interesting birds. I will be in Xian at the start of April, and wonder if you can assist me with some information. I created this thread:http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=77878 , but not yet had much response about birding in Xian...
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    Info requested about Xi'an and Qinling Mnts

    Thanks for the comments and suggestions. I did more research, and have decided to go to Changqing Nature reserve: http://www.cqpanda.com/ on one of these visits: http://www.naturalhistory.bc.ca/VNHS/Birding/TravelInformation/Changqing%20Invite.pdf Note that the email address in the pdf is...
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