Advice - birding near Hangzhou (1 Viewer)

I'm likely to be visiting the Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences in Hangzhou this July to give a course, and would like to do some birding beforehand or afterwards. I've never been to China before, but I gather that it's difficult to do anything without a guide. I've be grateful for advice as to what I might do, or who I might contact...
Many thanks, Roger

Easy birding in Hangzhou Botanical Garden and around West Lake.
If u have more time,u could try Courtois's Laughingthrush in Wuyuan in early July,Nordmann's Greenshank in Rudong in mid July,Huangshan Mountain for Rusty Laughingthrush and Slaty Bunting,Tianmu Mountain for Slaty Bunting.............

Hangzhou

"Astrokev" did some birding around here in 2008- various posts.

You might PM him, asking where he went.

Regards, J.