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Seeing Double
On Friday I visited Ma Chang with Global Times journalist Jiang Yuxia (writing an article about birding in Beijing) and Jennifer Leung. After a few days of cold and windy weather, the forecast was fo… more →
Birding Beijing
Seeing Double
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wrote 1 month ago: On Friday I visited Ma Chang with Global Times journalist Jiang Yuxia (writing an article about bird … more →
Baer's Pochard at Ma Chang
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wrote 1 month ago: An adult drake BAER’S POCHARD at Ma Chang. A welcome sighting of this now Critically Endangere … more →
Siberian Cranes at Yeyahu!
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wrote 1 month ago: This morning I received an email from An Yi, a Denmark-based birder who has been in Beijing visiting … more →
Horned Larks
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wrote 5 months ago: The cold winter (it’s forecast to get down to -26 degrees C in Beijing on Christmas Eve), comb … more →
"****! That looked like a BAER'S POCHARD!!!"
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wrote 7 months ago: With apologies to my mum, that’s exactly what went through my head as I scanned a group of div … more →
Bull-headed Shrike!
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wrote 1 year ago: Yesterday I accompanied visiting British birder John Gerson and Dutch birder Ben Wielstra to Wild Du … more →
First for Beijing: White Wagtail ssp personata
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wrote 1 year ago: On Saturday I visited Wild Duck Lake (Ma Chang and Yeyahu) with Jesper Hornskov, Hui Ying (James) an … more →
Desert Wheatear
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wrote 1 year ago: This morning I found what I believe is the 2nd Beijing record of Desert Wheatear. It was the highli … more →
Oriental Plover and Pallas's Gulls
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wrote 1 year ago: This weekend has been something of a bonanza for me in Beijing. The weather had been very windy on … more →
Bustards at dawn
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wrote 1 year ago: The highlight of a few hours at Wild Duck Lake this morning was a sighting of four Great Bustards, t … more →
Wild Duck Lake, 17 December 2011
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wrote 1 year ago: After a few busy work weeks, it was cool (in -11 temperatures, coolness is assured) to get out to Wi … more →
Wild Duck Lake with Phil and Jesper, 25 November 2011
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wrote 1 year ago: In between leading tours to see Giant Panda in the wild in China (successful) and Tiger in India (fi … more →
Another First for Beijing!
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wrote 1 year ago: When Jan-Erik Nilsen contacted me to say he had seen a first winter Glaucous Gull at Yeyahu last Sat … more →
Libby Goes Birding
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wrote 1 year ago: I have often wondered what non-birding spouses really think about us birders. On the face of it, th … more →
Wild Duck Lake, 6 November 2011
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wrote 1 year ago: Apologies for the lack of updates in recent weeks – work has been rather all-consuming! To be … more →
Laotieshan latest
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wrote 1 year ago: Paul Holt continues to enjoy his birding at Laotieshan. Yesterday (Tuesday) he saw two Golden Eagle … more →
Wild Duck Lake, 9 October 2011
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wrote 1 year ago: I visited Wild Duck Lake on Sunday with Peter Cawley. The weather was far from ideal and we endured … more →
First for Beijing!
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wrote 1 year ago: On Saturday I made my first visit to Ma Chang/Yeyahu for a few weeks and boy, was it worth it?! The … more →
Eagles
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wrote 2 years ago: May in Beijing has been gorgeous so far.. cool, fresh mornings which warm up fast as the sun burns … more →
