China - May 1998

  • On our way to Happy Island we saw these hard working fishermen
  • Scaly Thrush (Zoothera dauma)
  • Scaly Thrush (Zoothera dauma)
  • Red-flanked Bluetail (Tarsiger cyanurus)
  • Red-flanked Bluetail (Tarsiger cyanurus)
  • Scaly Thrush (Zoothera dauma)
  • Radde's Warbler (Phylloscopus schwarzi)
  • Two-barred Warbler (Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus)
  • Pallas's Leaf Warbler (Phylloscopus proregulus)
  • Brown Shrike (Lanius cristatus)
  • Eastern Crowned Warbler (Phylloscopus coronatus)
  • Siberian Blue Robin (Luscinia cyane)
  • Taiga Flycatcher (Ficedula albicilla)
  • Taiga Flycatcher (Ficedula albicilla)
  • Siberian Blue Robin (Luscinia cyane)
  • Siberian Blue Robin (Luscinia cyane)
  • Siberian Blue Robin (Luscinia cyane)
  • Tristram's Bunting (Emberiza tristrami)
  • Tristram's Bunting (Emberiza tristrami)
  • Tristram's Bunting (Emberiza tristrami)
  • Tristram's Bunting (Emberiza tristrami)
  • Grey-backed Thrush (Turdus hortulorum)
  • Grey-backed Thrush (Turdus hortulorum)
  • Grey-backed Thrush (Turdus hortulorum)
  • Grey-backed Thrush (Turdus hortulorum)
  • White-throated Rock Thrush (Monticola gularis)
  • White-throated Rock Thrush (Monticola gularis)
  • White-throated Rock Thrush (Monticola gularis)
  • Well documented
  • White-throated Rock Thrush (Monticola gularis)
  • White-throated Rock Thrush (Monticola gularis)
  • White-throated Rock Thrush (Monticola gularis)
  • White-throated Rock Thrush (Monticola gularis)
  • Scaly Thrush (Zoothera dauma)
  • Benny and Bo documenting
  • Siberian Blue Robin (Luscinia cyane)
  • Joint effort
  • Pallas's Leaf Warbler (Phylloscopus proregulus)
  • Pallas's Leaf Warbler (Phylloscopus proregulus)
  • Radde's Warbler (Phylloscopus schwarzi)
  • Radde's Warbler (Phylloscopus schwarzi)
  • Siberian Rubythroat (Luscinia calliope)
  • Siberian Rubythroat (Luscinia calliope)
  • Scaly Thrush & Hannu
  • Dusky Warbler (Phylloscopus fuscatus)
  • Dusky Warbler (Phylloscopus fuscatus)
  • Eastern Crowned Warbler (Phylloscopus coronatus)
  • Eastern Crowned Warbler (Phylloscopus coronatus)
  • Eastern Crowned Warbler (Phylloscopus coronatus)
  • Eastern Crowned Warbler (Phylloscopus coronatus)
  • Eastern Crowned Warbler (Phylloscopus coronatus)
  • Eastern Crowned Warbler (Phylloscopus coronatus)
  • Daurian Redstart (Phoenicurus auroreus)
  • Daurian Redstart (Phoenicurus auroreus)
  • Siberian Rubythroat (Luscinia calliope)
  • Siberian Rubythroat (Luscinia calliope)
  • Siberian Rubythroat (Luscinia calliope)
  • Siberian Rubythroat (Luscinia calliope)
  • Chestnut-flanked White-eye (Zosterops erythropleurus)
  • Blyth's Leaf Warbler (Phylloscopus reguloides)
  • Blyth's Leaf Warbler (Phylloscopus reguloides)
  • Chestnut-flanked White-eye (Zosterops erythropleurus)
  • Asian Brown Flycatcher (Muscicapa dauurica)
  • Asian Brown Flycatcher (Muscicapa dauurica)
  • The accommodation at Happy Island. A nice upgrade compared to my visit in 1995
  • Chestnut Bunting (Emberiza rutila)
  • Chestnut Bunting (Emberiza rutila)
  • Yellow-breasted Bunting (Emberiza aureola)
  • Chestnut Bunting (Emberiza rutila)
  • Chestnut Bunting (Emberiza rutila)
  • Chestnut Bunting (Emberiza rutila)
  • Chestnut Bunting (Emberiza rutila)
  • Chestnut Bunting (Emberiza rutila)
  • Chestnut Bunting (Emberiza rutila)
  • Yellow-rumped Flycatcher (Ficedula zanthopygia)
  • A Finn in action
  • Eyebrowed Thrush (Turdus obscurus)
  • Eyebrowed Thrush (Turdus obscurus)
  • Eyebrowed Thrush (Turdus obscurus)
  • Eyebrowed Thrush (Turdus obscurus)
  • Eyebrowed Thrush (Turdus obscurus)
  • Oriental Cuckoo (Cuculus optatus)
  • Waiting for the boat
  • Thomas on the run
  • Smoke signals
  • Brown Hawk-Owl (Ninox scutulata)
  • Brown Hawk-Owl (Ninox scutulata)
  • Yellow-rumped Flycatcher (Ficedula zanthopygia)
  • On the way to mainland
  • Looking for shore birds
  • Eurasian Wryneck (Jynx torquilla)
  • Chestnut-eared Bunting (Emberiza fucata)
  • Chestnut-eared Bunting (Emberiza fucata)
  • Blyth's Leaf Warbler (Phylloscopus reguloides)
  • Blyth's Leaf Warbler (Phylloscopus reguloides)
  • Blyth's Leaf Warbler (Phylloscopus reguloides)
  • Rufous-tailed Robin (Luscinia sibilans)
  • Siberian Blue Robin (Luscinia cyane)
  • Dark-sided Flycatcher (Muscicapa sibirica)
  • Dark-sided Flycatcher (Muscicapa sibirica)
  • Eyebrowed Thrush (Turdus obscurus)
  • Rufous-bellied Woodpecker (Dendrocopos hyperythrus)
  • Rufous-bellied Woodpecker (Dendrocopos hyperythrus)
  • Tristram's Bunting (Emberiza tristrami)
  • Tristram's Bunting (Emberiza tristrami)
  • Saunders's Gull (Larus saundersi)
  • Brown Shrike (Lanius cristatus)
  • Brown Shrike (Lanius cristatus)
  • Brown Shrike (Lanius cristatus)
  • Brown Shrike (Lanius cristatus)
  • Brown Shrike (Lanius cristatus)
  • Siberian Blue Robin (Luscinia cyane)
  • Siberian Blue Robin (Luscinia cyane)
  • Black-faced Bunting (Emberiza spodocephala)
  • Black-faced Bunting (Emberiza spodocephala)
  • Thick-billed Warbler (Iduna aedon)
  • Thick-billed Warbler (Iduna aedon)
  • Yellow-rumped Flycatcher (Ficedula zanthopygia)
  • Yellow-rumped Flycatcher (Ficedula zanthopygia)
  • Black-capped Kingfisher (Halcyon pileata)
  • Black-capped Kingfisher (Halcyon pileata)
  • Black-capped Kingfisher (Halcyon pileata)
  • Black-capped Kingfisher (Halcyon pileata)
  • Great attraction
  • Yellow-rumped Flycatcher (Ficedula zanthopygia)
  • White-throated Rock Thrush (Monticola gularis)
  • White-throated Rock Thrush (Monticola gularis)
  • Chestnut-flanked White-eye (Zosterops erythropleurus)
  • Chestnut-flanked White-eye (Zosterops erythropleurus)
  • Mugimaki Flycatcher (Ficedula mugimaki)
  • Mugimaki Flycatcher (Ficedula mugimaki)
  • Mugimaki Flycatcher (Ficedula mugimaki)
  • Mugimaki Flycatcher (Ficedula mugimaki)
  • Two-barred Warbler (Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus)
  • Two-barred Warbler (Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus)
  • Brown Shrike (Lanius cristatus)
  • Brown Shrike (Lanius cristatus)
  • Yellow-rumped Flycatcher (Ficedula zanthopygia)
  • Me
  • Me again
  • Arctic Warbler (Phylloscopus borealis)
  • Chinese Leaf Warbler (Phylloscopus yunnanensis)
  • Chinese Leaf Warbler (Phylloscopus yunnanensis)
  • Orange-headed Thrush (Zoothera citrina)
  • Orange-headed Thrush (Zoothera citrina)
  • Orange-headed Thrush (Zoothera citrina)
  • Japanese Sparrowhawk (Accipiter gularis)
  • Japanese Sparrowhawk (Accipiter gularis)
  • Japanese Sparrowhawk (Accipiter gularis)
  • Japanese Sparrowhawk (Accipiter gularis)
  • Two-barred Warbler (Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus)
  • Black-browed Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus bistrigiceps)
  • Black-browed Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus bistrigiceps)
  • Black-browed Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus bistrigiceps)
  • Blunt-winged Warbler (Acrocephalus concinens)
  • Blunt-winged Warbler (Acrocephalus concinens)
  • Black-naped Oriole (Oriolus chinensis)
  • Black-naped Oriole (Oriolus chinensis)
  • Olive-backed Pipit (Anthus hodgsoni)
  • Olive-backed Pipit (Anthus hodgsoni)
  • The happy crew at Happy Island
  • The happy crew at Happy Island
  • Olive-backed Pipit (Anthus hodgsoni)
  • Olive-backed Pipit (Anthus hodgsoni)
  • Coming ashore to Lao Yo Jin
  • The harbour, Lao Yo Jin
  • The harbour, Lao Yo Jin
  • Yellow-streaked Warbler (Phylloscopus armandii)
  • Yellow-streaked Warbler (Phylloscopus armandii)
  • Yellow-streaked Warbler (Phylloscopus armandii)
  • Yellow-streaked Warbler (Phylloscopus armandii)
  • Yellow-bellied Tit (Periparus venustulus)
  • Yellow-bellied Tit (Periparus venustulus)
  • Yellow-bellied Tit (Periparus venustulus)
  • The Great Wall
  • The Great Wall
  • Mongolian Lark (Melanocorypha mongolica) :-(
  • Mongolian Lark (Melanocorypha mongolica) :-(
  • Bird market
  • Beijing
  • Beijing
  • Beijing
  • The Quanjude restaurant where we had the mandatory Beijing Roast Duck the last evening before going home
  • Stefan, Bo, Hans-Åke, Per Anders, Gunilla, Thomas & Benny