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2013/01/07 北京温榆河
7th January 2013; Wenyu River, Beijing (30 species, cycled 85km)


c 60 赤麻鸭Tadorna ferruginea Ruddy Shelduck
10 鸳鸯Aix galericulata Mandarin Duck （5公）
8 赤膀鸭Anas strepera Gadwall
c 2,100 绿头鸭Anas platyrhynchos Mallard
c 60 斑嘴鸭Anas zonorhyncha Spot-billed Duck
c 80 绿翅鸭Anas crecca Teal
18 鹊鸭Bucephala clangula Goldeneye
c 20 白秋沙鸭Mergellus albellus Smew
5 普通秋沙鸭Mergus merganser Goosander
c 10 小䴙䴘Tachybaptus ruficollis Little Grebe
3 苍鹭Ardea cinerea Grey Heron
1 雀鹰Accipiter nisus Eurasian Sparrowhawk
1 普通鵟Buteo japonicus Eastern Buzzard
1 白腰草鹬Tringa ochropus Green Sandpiper
7 山斑鸠Streptopelia orientalis Oriental Turtle Dove
3 珠颈斑鸠Spilopelia chinensis Spotted Dove
2 戴胜Upupa epops Hoopoe
1 星头啄木鸟Dendrocopos canicapillus Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker
1 灰头绿啄木鸟Picus canus Grey-headed Woodpecker
c 6 灰喜鹊Cyanopica cyanus Azure-winged Magpie
c 30 喜鹊Pica pica Common Magpie
c 40 达乌里寒鸦Coloeus dauuricus Daurian Jackdaw
5 小嘴乌鸦Corvus corone Carrion Crow
2 大嘴乌鸦Corvus macrorhynchos Large-billed Crow
c 12 银喉长尾山雀Aegithalos caudatus Long-tailed Tit
c 50 麻雀Passer montanus Tree Sparrow
8 棕眉山岩鹨Prunella montanella Siberian Accentor
1 小鹀Emberiza pusilla Little Bunting
c 6 三道眉草鹀Emberiza cioides Siberian Meadow Bunting
c35 苇鹀Emberiza pallasi Pallas’s Reed Bunting

Wednesday, 9th January 2013 (23 species)
5 km stretch of the Wenyu River, Beijing

3 赤麻鸭 Tadorna ferruginea Ruddy Shelduck

17 鸳鸯 Aix galericulata Mandarin Duck (5 males)

2 赤膀鸭 Anas strepera Gadwall

c 1,100 绿头鸭 Anas platyrhynchos Mallard

c 10 斑嘴鸭 Anas zonorhyncha Spot-billed Duck

c 25 绿翅鸭 Anas crecca Teal

21 白秋沙鸭 Mergellus albellus Smew

1 小䴙䴘 Tachybaptus ruficollis Little Grebe

3 苍鹭 Ardea cinerea Grey Heron

1 红隼 Falco tinnunculus Common Kestrel [2013 = 31 species]

1 普通鵟 Buteo japonicus Eastern Buzzard

3 白腰草鹬 Tringa ochropus Green Sandpiper

2 山斑鸠 Streptopelia orientalis Oriental Turtle Dove

2 珠颈斑鸠 Spilopelia chinensis Spotted Dove

1 戴胜 Upupa epops Hoopoe

1 灰头绿啄木鸟 Picus canus Grey-headed Woodpecker

c 40 灰喜鹊 Cyanopica cyanus Azure-winged Magpie

c 30 喜鹊 Pica pica Common Magpie

c 500 达乌里寒鸦 Coloeus dauuricus Daurian Jackdaw

c6 小嘴乌鸦 Corvus corone Carrion Crow

c 100 麻雀 Passer montanus Tree Sparrow

1 水鹨 Anthus spinoletta blakistoni Water Pipit [2013 = 32 species] --- photo at http://www.chinesecurrents.com/wild_side.html

1 苇鹀 Emberiza pallasi Pallas’s Reed Bunting

Sunday, 13th January 2013 (31 species)
20 km stretch of the Wenyu River, Beijing; 8.45 am to 2 pm

4 鹌鹑 Coturnix japonica Japanese Quail (2 pairs) [2013 = 33 species]

c 15 赤麻鸭 Tadorna ferruginea Ruddy Shelduck

c10 鸳鸯 Aix galericulata Mandarin Duck

few 赤膀鸭 Anas strepera Gadwall

several hundred 绿头鸭 Anas platyrhynchos Mallard

c 20 斑嘴鸭 Anas zonorhyncha Spot-billed Duck

c 25 绿翅鸭 Anas crecca Teal

1 红头潜鸭 Aythya ferina Common Pochard [2013 = 34 species]

39 鹊鸭 Bucephala clangula Goldeneye

c 20 白秋沙鸭 Mergellus albellus Smew

several 普通秋沙鸭 Mergus merganser Goosander

c dozen 小䴙䴘 Tachybaptus ruficollis Little Grebe

1 苍鹭 Ardea cinerea Grey Heron

2 红隼 Falco tinnunculus Common Kestrel

2 普通鵟 Buteo japonicus Eastern Buzzard

1 白腰草鹬 Tringa ochropus Green Sandpiper

1 黑腹滨鹬 Calidris alpina [presumed sakhalina] Dunlin [2013 = 35 species]

2 山斑鸠 Streptopelia orientalis Oriental Turtle Dove

3 戴胜 Upupa epops Hoopoe

2 星头啄木鸟 Dendrocopos canicapillus scintilliceps Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker

2 灰头绿啄木鸟 Picus canus Grey-headed Woodpecker

c 20 灰喜鹊 Cyanopica cyanus Azure-winged Magpie

c 30 喜鹊 Pica pica Common Magpie

c 30 达乌里寒鸦 Coloeus dauuricus Daurian Jackdaw

c20 小嘴乌鸦 Corvus corone Carrion Crow

c 100 麻雀 Passer montanus Tree Sparrow

1 水鹨 Anthus spinoletta Water Pipit

several 棕眉山岩鹨 Prunella montanella Siberian Accentor (scrub field south of stables)

1 小鹀 Emberiza pusilla Little Bunting

few 苇鹀 Emberiza pallasi Pallas’s Reed Bunting

few 红颈苇鹀 Emberiza yessoensis Japanese Reed Bunting [2013 = 36 species]

Monday, 14th January 2013 (15 species)
4 km stretch of the Wenyu River, Beijing; 3.15 pm to 4.45 pm

3 鹌鹑 Coturnix japonica Japanese Quail

c 10 赤麻鸭 Tadorna ferruginea Ruddy Shelduck

c400 绿头鸭 Anas platyrhynchos Mallard

c 70 绿翅鸭 Anas crecca Teal

1 苍鹭 Ardea cinerea Grey Heron

2 红隼 Falco tinnunculus Common Kestrel

1 普通鵟 Buteo japonicus Eastern Buzzard

c 20 灰喜鹊 Cyanopica cyanus Azure-winged Magpie

c 20 喜鹊 Pica pica Common Magpie

6 小嘴乌鸦 Corvus corone Carrion Crow

1 红尾鸫 Turdus naumanni Naumann’s Thrush [2013 = 37 species]

c 50 麻雀 Passer montanus Tree Sparrow

1 小鹀 Emberiza pusilla Little Bunting

3 苇鹀 Emberiza pallasi Pallas’s Reed Bunting

1 红颈苇鹀 Emberiza yessoensis Japanese Reed Bunting

Just back to Beijing following a four day trip to Jiangsu province (2 days at Yancheng and 2 days on Purple Mountain in Nanjing).

Even managed to find a bird I'd never seen before.

My trip report (with lots of photos) is here:

http://www.chinesecurrents.com/wild_side.html

The report of what I saw in western Yunnan from the 5th to the 15th February is now posted on my website:

http://www.chinesecurrents.com/birds.html

The above page is linked to a few snaps I took on the trip.

If you would just like to see the photos, then please use this link:

http://www.chinesecurrents.com/wild_water_china.html

Best regards from Beijing.

Baikal Teal on the Wenyu River in Beijing yesterday and Saturday.

Photos and details here: http://www.chinesecurrents.com/birds.html

Thought that there may be some interest in my records from a birding trip to Xishuangbanna, southern Yunnan recently.

(There are some other of my China-birding reports as well as my survey of the birds of the Wenyu River, Beijing on the same page):

http://www.chinesecurrents.com/birds.html

Best regards from Beijing.

Really good to see you resurrect this thread (and remind me to have a look through it)

Xishuangbanna is on my 'To Do' list for the year so great to read your report.

Enjoyed your Photostream too - you have a really good eye for street photography !

Another vote for resurrection - I've missed your updates from allover China - and also whetted my appetite for Xishuanbanna as probably the bets site to take my China list over thr 1,000 mark

Cheers
Mike

Thank you Frogfish and Mike

That's very kind you.

Yes indeed Mike, southern Yunnan is rich in just-in-China species, but the Gaoligongshan and western Yunnan are much richer and a far better experience in many ways.

Best regards from a ridiculously-polluted Beijing (the attached screen grab shows just how polluted).

Steve

It's less than 500! That's pretty good for Beijing!

Not if you have to live there! :-C So glad I'm not - but sorry for those without a choice....

totally agree that Gailigongshan and west is better, but I've never been to Xishuangbanna and red all the Thai stuff for my China list.

Cheers
Mike