Winter Eastern China
winter eastern China tour ( 15 days )
Tour leader : Summer Wong
See Itinerary, birds, mammals, scenery, hotels & food Photos, Testimonials, Price, Reports below
Day 1 Arrive at Shanghai, birding at Shanghai when time allowed, night in Shanghai
Day 2 Morning birding in Shanghai, then head to Wuyuan, 500km, 6.5 hours drive, night in Wuyuan
Possible birds in Shanghai area: Reed Parrotbill, Vinous-throated Parrotbill, Chinese Penduline Tit, Long-tailed Shrike, Oriental Magpie, Common Kestrel, Spotted and Oriental Turtle Dove, Pallas’s Reed Bunting, Light-vented Bulbul,Eurasian Hoopoe, Plain Prinia, Little and Great Crested Grebe, Common Pheasant, Eurasian Spoonbill, Eastern Spot-billed Duck, Falcated Duck.
Day 3 Full day birding in Wuyuan, night in Wuyuan
Possible birds in Wuyuan area: Mandarin Duck, Scaly-sided Merganser, Pied Falconet, Grey-sided Scimitar Babbler, Short-tailed Parrotbill, Greater and Lesser Necklaced Laughingthrush, Chinese Hwamei, Moustached, Buffy and Masked Laughingthrushes, Chinese Bamboo Partridge, Silver Pheasant, White-breasted Waterhen, Green Sandpiper, Common Greenshank, Long-billed Plover, Black-winged Kite, Black Eagle, Eastern Buzzard, Collared Owlet, Common Kingfisher, Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Brown Shrike, Grey Treepie, Japanese Tit, Collared Finchbill, Rufous-faced Warbler, Black-throated Bushtit, Pallas’s Leaf Warbler, Rufous-capped Babbler, Dusky and Huet’s Fulvetta, Indochinese Yuhina, Red-billed and Black-collared Starling, Grey-backed Thrush, Oriental Magpie-Robin, Red-flanked Bluetail, White-crowned Forktail, Daurian Redstart, Plumbeous Water Redstart, Orange-bellied Leafbird, Fork-tailed Sunbird, White-rumped and Scaly-breasted Munia, Chinese Grosbeak, Yellow-browed, Black-faced and Tristram’s Buntings, Pallas’s Reed Bunting.
Day 4 Morning birding in Wuyuan then head to Jiujiang, 270km, 3.5 hours drive, night in Jiujiang
Day 5 Morning birding in Northern Poyang Lake, then head to Dongzhai, 420km, 5.5 hours drive, afternoon birding in Dongzhai if time allowed, night in Dongzhai
Possible birds in Northern Poyang Lake area: Baer’s Pochard, Siberian Crane, Ferruginous Duck, Tufted Duck, Swan Goose, Tundra Bean Goose, Ruddy Shelduck, Northern Shoveler, Eurasian Wigeon, Northern Pintail, Eurasian Teal, Grey Heron, Common Kingfisher, Yellow-browed Warbler, White-browed and Masked Laughingthrush, Red-billed, White-cheeked and Black-collared Starling, Dusky Thrush, Chinese Grosbeak, Little, Rustic, Yellow-throated and Black-faced Bunting.
Day 6 Morning birding in Dongzhai then head to Poyang Lake, 520km, 6.5 hours drive, night in Wucheng
Possible birds in Dongzhai area: Reeves’s Pheasant, Crested Ibis, Brown Crake, Crested Kingfisher, Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Grey Treepie, Oriental Magpie, Collared Crow, Coal and JapaneseTit, Collared Finchbill, Brown-breasted, Light-vented, Mountain and Chestnut Bulbul, Rufous-faced Warbler, Silver-throated and Black-throated Bushtits, Streak-breasted Scimitar Babbler, Chinese Hwamei, Masked Laughingthrush, Vinous-throated Parrotbill, Swinhoe’s White-eye, Red-flanked Bluetail, White-crowned Forktail, White-rumped Munia, Eurasian Siskin, Little, Meadow, Yellow-browed, Rustic, Yellow-throated and Black-faced Bunting.
Day 7 Full day birding in Poyang Lake, night in Wucheng
Possible birds in Wucheng, Poyang Lake area: Siberian, Common, Hooded and White-naped Cranes, Chinese Bamboo Partridge, Common Pheasant, Swan Goose, Tundra Bean Goose, Ruddy Shelduck, Northern Shoveler, Eurasian Wigeon, Mallard, Eastern Spot-billed Duck, Eurasian Teal, Brown Crake, Japanese Quail, Common Moorhen, Eurasian Coot, Common Snipe, Northern Lapwing, Green Sandpiper, Common Greenshank, Spotted Redshank, Black-headed Gull, Oriental Stork, Great Cormorant, Eurasian Spoonbill, Black-crowned Night Heron, Eastern Marsh and Hen Harriers, White-throated and Pied Kingfisher, Brown-flanked Bush Warbler, Zitting Cisticola, Marsh Grassbird, Plain Prinia, Red-billed, White-cheeked and Black-collared Starlings, Chinese Blackbird, Hwamei, Grey-backed and Pale Thrushes, White-rumped and Scaly-breasted Munias, Olive-backed and Buff-bellied Pipits, Chinese Grosbeak, Chestnut-eared and Black-faced Buntings.
Day 8 Morning birding in Poyang Lake, then head to Emei Feng, 420km, 5.5 hours drive, night in Taining
Day 9 Full day birding in Emei Feng, night in Taining
Possible birds in Emei Feng area: Cabot’s Tragopan, Elliot’s, Silver and Koklass Pheasants, Chinese Bamboo Partridge, Mandarin Duck, Sultan, Yellow-cheeked and Japanese Tits, Dusky and Huet’s Fulvettas, Chinese Hwamei, Masked, Moustached and Buffy Laughingthrushes, Greater and Lesser Necklaced Laughingthrushes, House Swift, Black-winged Kite, Black Eagle, Collared and Asian Barred Owlet, Great Barbet, Common Kestrel, Grey-chinned Minivet, Bull-headed Shrike, White-bellied Erpornis, Indochinese Yuhina, Blyth’s Shrike-babbler, Grey Treepie, Red-billed Blue Magpie, Collared Finchbill, Mountain Bulbul, Rufous-faced Warbler, Black-throated Bushtit, Pallas’s Leaf Warbler, Grey-sided and Streak-breasted Scimitar Babblers, Crested Myna, Black-collared Starling, Dusky and White’s Thrushes, White-crowned, Spotted and Slaty-backed Forktail, Siberian Stonechat, Grey Wagtail, Brambling, Little and Black-faced Buntings.
Day 10 Morning birding in Emeifeng then head to Jiangle, 110km, 2 hours drive, afternoon birding when time allowed, night in Jiangle
Day 11 Morning birding in Jiangle then head to Junfeng Shan, 90km, 2 hours drive, night in Ziyun Village
Possible birds in Jiangle area: Blyth’s and Common Kingfisher, Elliot’s and Silver Pheasants, Red-headed Trogon, Chinese and Great Barbets, White-breasted Waterhen, Striated Heron, Eastern Cattle Egret, Crested Serpent Eagle, Black Eagle, Grey-chinned Minivet, White-bellied Erpornis, Japanese and Yellow-cheeked Tit, Light-vented, Mountain and Chestnut Bulbul, Pallas’s Leaf Warbler, Grey-sided Scimitar Babbler, Huet’s Fulvetta, Indochinese and Black-chinned Yuhina, White’s Thrush, Little, White-crowned and Slaty-backed Forktail, Blue Whistling Thrush, Orange-bellied Leafbird, Tristram’s Bunting.
Day 12 Morning birding in Junfeng Shan, then head to Sanming, 90km, 1.5 hours drive, afternoon birding in Sanming, night in Sanming
Day 13 Morning birding in Sanming, then head to Fuzhou, 220km, 3 hours drive, night in Fuzhou
Possible birds in Junfeng Shan and Sanming area: White-necklaced Partridge, Chinese Bamboo Partridge, Cabot’s Tragopan, Elliot’s and Silver Pheasants, Chinese Barbet, Mandarin Duck, Green Sandpiper, Black-crowned Night Heron, Chinese Pond Heron, Crested Goshawk, Collared Owlet, Common Kingfisher, Eurasian Wryneck, Scarlet and Grey-chinned Minivets, White-bellied Erpornis, Sultan, Japanese and Yellow-cheeked Tits, Light-vented, Mountain and Chestnut Bulbuls, Red-rumped Swallow, Pallas’s Leaf Warbler, Yellow-bellied Prinia, Grey-sided and Streak-breasted Scimitar Babblers, Rufous-capped Babbler, Dusky and Huet’s Fulvettas, Indochinese Yuhina, Black-collared Starlings, White-crowned Forktail, Orange-bellied Leafbird, Fork-tailed Sunbird, Little, Black-faced and Tristram’s Buntings.
Day 14 Morning birding in Fuzhou forest park then head to Changle, 60km, 1 hour drive, night in Changle
Possible birds in Fuzhou forest park: White-necklaced and Chinese Bamboo Partridges, Silver Pheasant, Spotted Elachura, Fire-breasted Flowerpecker, Fork-tailed Sunbird, Chinese Pond Heron, Great Barbet, Grey Treepie, Red-billed Blue Magpie, Collared Finchbill, Red-whiskered, Light-vented, Mountain, Black and Chestnut Bulbul, Rufous-faced and Yellow-browed Warblers, Pallas’s Leaf Warbler, Common Tailorbird, Grey-sided and Streak-breasted Scimitar Babbler, Rufous-capped Babbler, Huet’s Fulvetta, Red-billed Leiothri, Chinese Hwamei, Black-throated Laughingthrush, Indochinese Yuhina, Swinhoe’s White-eye, Pale Thrush, Oriental Magpie-Robin, Slaty-backed and White-crowed Forktail, Tristram’s Bunting.
Day 15 Morning birding in Minjiang Estuary then head to Changle airport, departure
Possible birds in Minjiang Estuary area: Spoon-billed, Common, Green and Marsh Sandpipers, Eurasian and Black-faced Spoonbill, Tundra Swan, Eurasian Wigeon, Mallard, Eastern Spot-billed Duck, Eurasian Teal, Northern Pintail, Little Grebe, Oriental Turtle Dove, Spotted Dove, Common Moorhen, Pied Avocet, Eurasian Oystercatcher, Black-bellied, Little Ringed and Kentish Plover, Lesser Sand Plover, Greater Sand Plover, Whimbrel, Eurasian Curlew, Bar-tailed Godwit, Temminck’s and Red-necked Stint, Sanderling, Dunlin, Common Snipe, Spotted Redshank, Common Greenshank, Saunders’s, Relict, Black-headed, Black-tailed and Mongolian Gull, Caspian Tern, Oriental Stork, Great Cormorant, Grey Heron, Great and Little Egret, Chinese Pond Heron, Osprey, Black-winged Kite, Eastern Marsh Harrier, Eastern Buzzard, Eurasian Hoopoe, Eurasian Wryneck, Eurasian Kestrel, Peregrine Falcon, Long-tailed Shrike, Oriental Magpie, Plain and Yellow-bellied Prinia, Light-vented and Red-whiskered Bulbul, Yellow-browed Warbler, Pallas’s Leaf Warbler, Dusky Warbler, Manchurian Bush Warbler, Swinhoe’s White-eye, Black-collared and Red-billed Starling, Crested Myna, Chinese Blackbird, Oriental Magpie-Robin, Bluethroat, Daurian Redstart, Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Eastern Yellow Wagtail, White Wagtail, Richard’s, Olive-backed, Red-throated and American/Buff-bellied Pipits, Grey-capped Greenfinch, Black-faced Bunting.
Birds on eastern China tour
Hotels & food on eastern China tour
some of the food we had on eastern China tour
Testimonials
Dear Summer,
My tour with you was really unforgettable!
Not only did we manage to see almost all major targets, plus some bonus species, we also had amazing views on most of them. You’re an amazing birder, with very sharp eyes. The itinerary was not 100% fixed so because of the flexibility we were able to see more than planned. You really went above and beyond to show me all the species I wanted to see, even the common ones, I guess not many people ask for the Brown-breasted Bulbul. or all the buntings, but this makes us bunting experts now.
Not only the birding was amazing, but also just travelling with you. We had a lot of fun together and I had a great time.
The food was also very good; the spicier, the better. I think the colli flower dish at Wuyuan and the spicy breakfast near Emeifeng were some of my favourites.
Thanks again for everything…
All the best wishes!
Wouter Van Gasse — Belgium — eastern China winter tour, 26 Nov – 11 Dec 2019
Price
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Tour reports
winter Eastern China bird tour report 23 Dec 2018 – 13 Jan 2019