Mark & I drove down to Wu Yuan last weekend (Friday thru Sunday) to find the Scaly Sided Mergansers. A thoroughly fine time was had with both the SSMs and Short-Tailed Parrotbills seen in good numbers.
Less luck with the chickens but we did find a confirmed (by Jonathan Martinez) Silver Pheasant feather and had tantalising views of what may have been something better still ... but nowhere near good enough to make any sort of call.
Since I'm busy packing for my flight to the UK/Spain tomorrow this is a necessarily shortened 'Trip Report' of sorts !
68-69 Species (averaged 46-47 per day).
Babbler, Red Capped
Blackbird, Eurasian
Brambling
Bulbul, Light-vented
Bulbul, Mountain
Bunting, Black Faced
Bunting, Elegant
Bunting, Yellow Browed
Buzzard, Common
Crake, Brown
Dove, Oriental Turtle
Dove, Spotted
Duck, Mandarin (not more than 2-3 per day)
Duck, Spot-Billed
Egret, Little
Finchbill, Collared
Forktail, White Crowned
Fulvetta, Huet's
Grebe, Little
Greenfinch, Oriental
Greenshank, Common
Grosbeak, Yellow Billed
Jay, Eurasian
Kingfisher, Common
Kingfisher, Crested
Kingfisher, Pied
Laughingthrush, Greater Necklaced (one flock of 40-50 birds on Day 1)
Laughingthrush, Masked
Magpie, Azure Winged
Magpie, Eurasian
Magpie, Red-billed Blue
Mallard
Merganser, Scaly Sided (14 on Day 1, 9 on Day 2, 5 ? on Day 3)
Minivet, Scarlet (inc. Flock 30-40)
Moorhen
Munia, Scaly Breasted
Munia, White Rumped
Myna, Crested
Parrotbill, Grey Headed ( 1 large flock of maybe 30-40 birds on Day 2)
Parrotbill, Short Tailed (3 x flocks of up to 20+)
Parrotbill, Vinous Throated
Pheasant (1xF 1xM assumed)
Pipit, Olive Backed
Pipit, Water
Prinia, Plain
Prinia, Yellow Bellied
Quail, Yellow-Legged Button (Mark saw the rear ends of 3 birds)
Red Flanked Bluetail
Redstart, Daurian
Redstart, Plumbeous
Sandpiper, Common
Scimitar-Babbler, Streak Breasted
Shrike, Long-tailed
Siskin (flock of 18 on Day 3)
Sparrow, Tree
Starling, Red Billed
Sunbird, Fork Tailed (1 male on Day 2)
Tern (spp.) (on the drive down)
Tit, Black-throated (multiple flocks, 2-5 per day)
Tit, Great (Southern)
Tit, Yellow Bellied (2 on Day 2)
Treepie, Grey (20+ flock)
Wagtail, Grey (1 on Day 3)
Wagtail, White
Warbler, Pallas' Leaf
Warbler, Claudia's Leaf (1 on Day 1)
Warbler, Rufous-faced
Warbler, Yellow Browed
Flycatcher / Robin (probalby RF Bluetail but TBC)