BEIJING
Tree Sparrow
Feral Pigeon
Common Magpie ( very common in downtown Beijing )
Azure-winged Magpie
Large-billed Crow
Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Asian House Martin
Fork-tailed Swift
Barn Swallow
Northern Hobby
Mallard
Black-crowned Night Heron
Common Swift
Spotted Turtle Dove
White-cheeked Starling
Daurian Redstart (4)
Godlewski's Bunting ( 10)
Mandarin Duck (6)
Common Kingfisher (2)
Great-spotted Woodpecker
Peregrine Falcon
Upland Buzzard
Red-billed Chough ( 9)
Grey Heron
White Wagtail ( several)
Meadow Bunting (6)
Grey Wagtail ( several)
Ibisbill (2)
Japanese Sparrowhawk
Long-billed Plover
Oriental Green Finch
Common Pheasant
Siberian Stonechat (5)
Russet Sparrow (2)
Eurasian Kestrel
Common Buzzard.
The last 22 of these were seen at Baihe Canyon, The Hobby and Eurasian
Sparrowhawk around the Great Wall at Badaling and the rest around Beijing.
SHANGHAI AND SUZHOU
Feral Pigeon
Tree Sparrow
Spotted Turtle Dove
Black-crowned Night Heron (4)
Chinese Bulbul
Common Coot (several)
Little Grebe (10)
Eurasian Blackbird (common)
Azure-winged Magpie(6)
White Wagtail
Eastern Great Tit
Common Kingfisher
Chinese Grosbeak (3)
Dark-streaked Flycatcher (3)
Striated Heron (2)
Long-tailed Shrike (3)
Asian Brown Flycatcher (2)
Chinese Hwamei (escapee)
Red-billed Starling (3)
Vinous-throated Parrotbill (5)
Mugimaki Flycatcher
Crested Myna
Large-billed Crow
Barn Swallow
Purple Heron
Cattle Egret
Common Magpie (4)
Hawfinch
Blue Rock Thrush
Radde's Warbler (?)
Red-whiskered Bulbul ( Hong Kong airport)
Overall impressions were of a much cleaner and less polluted China than I
was expecting. There is massive construction going on but also enormous
amounts of tree planting as well. I realise full well that this doesn't
substitute for the native landscape but at least is better than whole scale
devastation.
The freeways are encroaching around the Ibisbill area so one wonders what
their future here holds .
I have included numbers where I have recorded them to give people an idea on
how common birds were. Most without numbers beside them were one offs, or
in the case of the very common birds, not recorded.
Overall the most commonly seen birds were :
White Wagtail, Chinese Bulbul, Common Magpie, Azure-winged Magpie, Feral
Pigeon, Common Swift, Barn Swallow, Fork-tailed Swift, Cattle Egret, Tree
Sparrow, Spotted Turtle Dove, Eurasian Blackbird.
Highlights for me were :
Chinese Pond Heron's , all the Flycatchers, especially Yellow-rumped and
Mugimaki, the Redstarts, particularly the White-capped, Blue Whistling
Thrush, Great Barbet, Long-tailed Shrike, Ibisbill, Red-billed Chough,
Chinese Grosbeak, Vinous-throated Parrotbill and Mandarin Duck.
I have included a (?) beside the birds I am not 100% sure of my
identification, so any help or advice greatly appreciated. To the best of my
ability and knowledge the others are correct but I am open to suggestions if
anyone disagrees.
Dick Jenkin
Lynn and Dick Jenkin
Tashkent Friesians
PO Box 92 Dungog NSW 2420
02 49921158
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