Another early start about the Beidaihe Reservoirs looking for Bitterns but it appears that the cold spring has delayed their migration. We did get a point blank Pied Harrier and we found an Amur Falcons nest complete with screaming adults.
On the sand flats today, 1 Sharp tailed Sandpiper and 1 Lesser Sandplover, 20 Kentish Plovers and a nice group of 24 Pacific Golden Plovers. A Japanese Quail put on a good show sitting on a flat sandy beach trying to look camouflaged!
Another lifer came when Jesper called a Manchurian Reed Warbler in abeach tamarisk. When seen well it was very different to Black Browed Reed being very 'spiky' with a long pointed, thin bill and peaked crown. 20+ Black tailed Gulls were offshore.
From here it was off to the Yang estuary to look for Grey tailed Tattler. ( above) A dot on the horizon looked different to Jesper so we drove to the other side of the river and sure enough there was our target.
Also here 2 Black Drongos, sev Red rumped Swallows and 2 Chinese Pond Herons right out in the open.
We then drove 3 hours to Beijing and to this nice restaurant for our 'last supper'...
