ChinaBirds
Nick Sismey
31 July 11
Now in Beijing Julia Li from our local office and her partner Xiao Deng met me in the foyer of the Sheraton Great Wall Hotel at 0800 hours where we were soon met by fellow Birdforum member Li Ming (Xiaoming).
It was a beautiful yet very hot day so we decided to head north along the G111 (Photo1) into the mountains towards the Bai He river in the Huai Rou district. 95kms later we were walking along the river (Photo 2) where a lone Godlewski's Bunting flew up from the path next to the river.
434.Godlewski's Bunting----------------Huai Rou (Beijing)------------China
Even in the mountains it was still very warm and we were relieved when we returned to the air conditioned car (after it had cooled down!). A couple of stops later we found ourselves on a newly built boardwalk (Photo 3) on another section of the river. The water was very high for this time of the year reducing the chances of any waders but a female Mandarin Duck was hiding from the fierce sun amongst the reeds.
435.Mandarin Duck---------------------Huai Rou (Beijing)-----------China
After a couple of other stops we parked up in a small village where some trees ran down to the water’s edge, here a Grey Capped Pygmy Woodpecker was calling from high up in some Poplar Trees.
436.Grey Capped Pygmy Woodpecker----Huai Rou (Beijing)------------China
Lunch was had in a small restaurant further up the valley where trout were kept in two large concrete pools. We knew were out in the sticks as the fish we chose was clubbed to death in front of us!
With little else about we then decided to return to Beijing
More to follow……
Now in Beijing Julia Li from our local office and her partner Xiao Deng met me in the foyer of the Sheraton Great Wall Hotel at 0800 hours where we were soon met by fellow Birdforum member Li Ming (Xiaoming).
It was a beautiful yet very hot day so we decided to head north along the G111 (Photo1) into the mountains towards the Bai He river in the Huai Rou district. 95kms later we were walking along the river (Photo 2) where a lone Godlewski's Bunting flew up from the path next to the river.
434.Godlewski's Bunting----------------Huai Rou (Beijing)------------China
Even in the mountains it was still very warm and we were relieved when we returned to the air conditioned car (after it had cooled down!). A couple of stops later we found ourselves on a newly built boardwalk (Photo 3) on another section of the river. The water was very high for this time of the year reducing the chances of any waders but a female Mandarin Duck was hiding from the fierce sun amongst the reeds.
435.Mandarin Duck---------------------Huai Rou (Beijing)-----------China
After a couple of other stops we parked up in a small village where some trees ran down to the water’s edge, here a Grey Capped Pygmy Woodpecker was calling from high up in some Poplar Trees.
436.Grey Capped Pygmy Woodpecker----Huai Rou (Beijing)------------China
Lunch was had in a small restaurant further up the valley where trout were kept in two large concrete pools. We knew were out in the sticks as the fish we chose was clubbed to death in front of us!
With little else about we then decided to return to Beijing
More to follow……
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