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<blockquote data-quote="Larry Sweetland" data-source="post: 1078056" data-attributes="member: 27337"><p><strong>Beidaihe and the Great Wall</strong></p><p></p><p>Not the time of year that most people visit this part of China, and certainly comparatively few species around, but still some good ones.</p><p></p><p>Mcaribou put us in touch with Miss Wang who did a wonderful job in sorting out our arrangements for our stay in the area. I'd recommend contacting her to anyone intending to visit Beidaihe on an independent trip.</p><p></p><p>We explored Beidaihe on bikes, as far south as the first two estuaries, and north to just past the reservoir. We could have been a bit luckier with gulls, but did find a nice adult <strong>Glaucous Gull</strong>, among the <strong>Vega</strong>, <strong>Mongolian</strong>, <strong>Common (including Kamchatka)</strong>, and <strong>Black-headed Gulls</strong>. And a presumed <em>taimyrensis</em> type bird. Many thanks to Paul White in London for persuading us to borrow and take along his lightweight scope in the end ! Other birds on the sea were lots of <strong>Goldeneye </strong>and <strong>Great Crested Grebes </strong>and a couple of large rafts of <strong>Chinese Spot-billed Duck</strong>. </p><p></p><p>Lingering migrants included a stunning male <strong>Daurian Redstart</strong>, an <strong>Olive-backed Pipit</strong> and a flock of 20 <strong>Little Buntings</strong>. Tits comprised at least 3 <strong>Yellow-bellied</strong>, <strong>Long-tailed</strong> (<em>caudatus</em> and <em>vinaceous</em>), and some odd looking <strong>Great </strong>and <strong>Coal Tits</strong>. <strong>Oriental Turtle Doves </strong> were fairly common.</p><p></p><p>The trip to the Great Wall at Jiaoshan, with friendly driver Ivan, was more rewarding, with cracking views of <strong>Pere David's Laughingthrush</strong>, the weird <strong>Chinese Hill Warbler</strong>, a zonking male <strong>Godlewski's Bunting</strong>, a flock of 40 <strong>Vinous-throated Parrotbills</strong>, and special for me was a party of 10 or more <strong>Siberian Accentors</strong>, my 9th accentor species. There were few other birds but they included <strong>Common Pheasant</strong>, and <strong>Naumann's Thrush</strong>.</p><p></p><p>135 Oriental Turtle Dove</p><p>136 <strong>DAURIAN REDSTART</strong></p><p>137 <strong>Vega Gull</strong></p><p> Kamchatka Gull <strong>(tax ?)</strong></p><p>138 <strong>COMMON PHEASANT</strong></p><p>139 <strong>YELLOW-BELLIED TIT</strong></p><p>140 Glaucous Gull</p><p>141 Olive-backed Pipit</p><p>142 <strong>CRESTED MYNA</strong></p><p>143 <strong>Mongolian Gull</strong></p><p>144 <strong>Chinese Spot-billed Duck</strong></p><p>145 Little Bunting</p><p>146 <strong>PERE DAVID'S LAUGHINGTHRUSH</strong></p><p>147 <strong>CHINESE HILL WARBLER</strong></p><p>148 <strong>SIBERIAN ACCENTOR</strong></p><p>149 <strong>GODLEWSKI'S BUNTING</strong></p><p>150 <strong>VINOUS-THROATED PARROTBILL</strong></p><p></p><p>So finally we're about to head south, off on an overnight train to Shanghai next.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Larry Sweetland, post: 1078056, member: 27337"] [b]Beidaihe and the Great Wall[/b] Not the time of year that most people visit this part of China, and certainly comparatively few species around, but still some good ones. Mcaribou put us in touch with Miss Wang who did a wonderful job in sorting out our arrangements for our stay in the area. I'd recommend contacting her to anyone intending to visit Beidaihe on an independent trip. We explored Beidaihe on bikes, as far south as the first two estuaries, and north to just past the reservoir. We could have been a bit luckier with gulls, but did find a nice adult [B]Glaucous Gull[/B], among the [B]Vega[/B], [B]Mongolian[/B], [B]Common (including Kamchatka)[/B], and [B]Black-headed Gulls[/B]. And a presumed [I]taimyrensis[/I] type bird. Many thanks to Paul White in London for persuading us to borrow and take along his lightweight scope in the end ! Other birds on the sea were lots of [B]Goldeneye [/B]and [B]Great Crested Grebes [/B]and a couple of large rafts of [B]Chinese Spot-billed Duck[/B]. Lingering migrants included a stunning male [B]Daurian Redstart[/B], an [B]Olive-backed Pipit[/B] and a flock of 20 [B]Little Buntings[/B]. Tits comprised at least 3 [B]Yellow-bellied[/B], [B]Long-tailed[/B] ([I]caudatus[/I] and [I]vinaceous[/I]), and some odd looking [B]Great [/B]and [B]Coal Tits[/B]. [B]Oriental Turtle Doves [/B] were fairly common. The trip to the Great Wall at Jiaoshan, with friendly driver Ivan, was more rewarding, with cracking views of [B]Pere David's Laughingthrush[/B], the weird [B]Chinese Hill Warbler[/B], a zonking male [B]Godlewski's Bunting[/B], a flock of 40 [B]Vinous-throated Parrotbills[/B], and special for me was a party of 10 or more [B]Siberian Accentors[/B], my 9th accentor species. There were few other birds but they included [B]Common Pheasant[/B], and [B]Naumann's Thrush[/B]. 135 Oriental Turtle Dove 136 [B]DAURIAN REDSTART[/B] 137 [B]Vega Gull[/B] Kamchatka Gull [B](tax ?)[/B] 138 [B]COMMON PHEASANT[/B] 139 [B]YELLOW-BELLIED TIT[/B] 140 Glaucous Gull 141 Olive-backed Pipit 142 [B]CRESTED MYNA[/B] 143 [B]Mongolian Gull[/B] 144 [B]Chinese Spot-billed Duck[/B] 145 Little Bunting 146 [B]PERE DAVID'S LAUGHINGTHRUSH[/B] 147 [B]CHINESE HILL WARBLER[/B] 148 [B]SIBERIAN ACCENTOR[/B] 149 [B]GODLEWSKI'S BUNTING[/B] 150 [B]VINOUS-THROATED PARROTBILL[/B] So finally we're about to head south, off on an overnight train to Shanghai next. [/QUOTE]
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