Winter Eastern China Report
15 Feb–1 Mar 2025 (15 days)
Tour leaders : Summer Wong ( Wang Wenjuan ), Wang Wenbin
Participants: MADS PEDER ELLEY, TINA NINKA ELLEY, THOMAS PEDERSEN, ERIK BJERREHAVE, ERIC SCHAUMBURG, HENRIETTE STROM, GERT JEPPESEN, JOHN FRIKKE
Birding spots on this winter eastern China tour: Shanghai, Wuyuan, Poyang Lake, Dongzhai, Emei Feng, Mingxi, Sanming, Fuzhou
Endemics, breeding endemics, near endemics and highlight birds we had seen on 2–21 Mar 2025 Winter Eastern China: Cabot’s Tragopan (E), Silver Pheasant, Koklass Pheasant, Elliot’s Pheasant (E), White-necklaced Partridge (E), Pied Falconet, Scaly-sided Merganser, Crested Ibis, Reed Parrotbill, Baer’s Pochard, Siberian Crane, Common Crane, Hooded Crane, White-naped Crane, Blyth’s Kingfisher, Chinese Barbet (E), White-eared Night Heron, Grey-sided Scimitar Babbler (E), Mandarin Duck, Chinese Penduline Tit, Sultan Tit, Chinese Hwamei, Masked Laughingthrush, Red-headed Trogon, Black-faced Spoonbill, Dusky Fulvetta, Huet’s Fulvetta, Indochinese Yuhina, Chinese Blackbird (E), Chinese Grosbeak, White’s Thrush, Yellow-browed Bunting, Pallas’s Reed Bunting, Tristram’s Bunting, Saunders’s Gull
Checklists based on birding spots and dates: https://ebird.org/tripreport/342612?view=checklists
Sensitive species seen on tour but not shown in the trip list: Red-billed Blue-Magpie, Chinese Hwamei
Videos of birding scene, hotels, foods, scenery photos on the bottom of this page
In China, it’s common for people to gather around a large round table with a built-in lazy Susan, allowing everyone to easily share and access multiple communal dishes during a meal.
Checklists based on birding spots and dates: https://ebird.org/tripreport/342612?view=checklists