Wolong panda reserve, China
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Autumn migration at Beidaihe 1986-1990 - species |
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Written by Martin Williams
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Saturday, 20 May 2006 |
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Autumn migration at Beidaihe 1986-1990 - species
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Bitterns, egrets and herons
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Spoonbills, Ibises, Storks
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Swans, Geese, Shelducks and Ducks
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Raptors
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Partridges, pheasants and quail
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Cranes
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Rails, Crakes, Coot and Bustards
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Shorebirds
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Skuas, Gulls and Terns
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Sandgrouse and Doves
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Cuckoos, Owls and Swifts
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Kingfishers, Dollarbird, Hoopoe, Wryneck and Woodpeckers
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Larks, Martins and Swallows
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Wagtails and Pipits
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Minivet, Bulbuls, Shrikes
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Waxwings, Orioles, Drongos and Starlings
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Crows
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Wrens and Accentors
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Robins and Chats
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Rockthrushes and Thrushes
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Laughinthrushes, Parrotbill and Bush-Warblers
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Marsh-, Grasshopper, and Reed Warblers
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Phylloscopus warblers, Cisticolas, Kinglets, hill warbler
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Flycatchers
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Tits
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Nuthatches, Wallcreeper and White-eyes
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Finches
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Buntings
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Ashy Minivet Pericrocotus divaricatus LT—a couple seen 29 September. WH—rare migrant in August. H—16-18 dates over three autumns, 14th (or 12) September to 7th or possibly 12 October. COE—15 bird-days, 16-21 May.
1986: 396 bird-days were logged from 9 September to 16 October; 281 were recorded from LH, flying south. Numbers built up rapidly at the beginning of passage; 185 bird-days were logged to 15th and 110 in the following week to 23 September. Thereafter numbers declined considerably—there were 73 in the week to 30 September, 22 in the first week of October and six more to the end of the passage. The highest day total was 65 (56 recorded from LH, flying south; nine at or overflying Se). Favoured localities for birds lingering in the area were the wooded areas of LH and WH.
1987: 517 bird-days, 8 September to 24 October; 386 were recorded flying south, including 344 from 10 September to 1 October; highest day totals of birds flying south were 31 on 16th, 73 on 18th and 47 on 26 September, and of birds present, 25 on 29 September and 8 October.
1988 (Ho): at least 109 bird-days, 9 September to 11 October.
1989: singles flew south on 17th and 27 September; 19 bird-days (one flew south), 9-30 October; 14 bird-days over 11-13 October.
1990: 335 bird-days, highest day totals 35 on 12th, 104 on 14th and 62 on 17 September; all before 23 October.
Chinese Bulbul (Light-vented Bulbul) Pycnonotus sinensis LT, H, COE—no records. Sh—one record, an adult female taken at Tanggu on 6 May 1935. Ch—’occasionally … to Hebei.’
1986: two were at YH on 25 October and one was at Se on 19th and 20 November.
1987: two birds on 11th and 12 November.
1988 (Ho): one bird seen on four days, 14-18 November.
1989: 84 bird-days, 8 October to 16 November; highest count four until 27 October, when six at Se; numbers peaked at ten on 7 November; there were nine on 3rd and eight on 11 November; at least three were present on 16 November.
1990: before 23 October, eight bird-days. From 23 October, recorded at Se on four dates: two on 30th and 31 October, heard (number not known) on 1st, and eight birds on 4 November.
Our records suggest a northward extension of the species’ range, perhaps resulting from milder winters.
Brown-eared Bulbul Hypsipetes amaurotis LT, H, COE—no records. Ch—migrates through Hebei.
1986: ten bird-days were logged from 3-17 November. All records were from LH and it seems likely that only two to four birds were involved. Singles were seen on 3rd, 4th, 6th (a male), 9th and 10th, two on 15th and 17th, and one on 18 November.
Tiger Shrike Lanius tigrinus LT—two males shot at Shanhaiguan, 26 May 1914, and a nest in the mountains; collector considered this species very rare. H—singles on 20 May 1943 and 5 June 1944; report of a bird which may have been this species 6 June 1945. Sh—passing migrant and summer visitor. COE—a male on 27 May.
1988 (Ho): a juvenile at Re on 10 September.
Bull-headed Shrike Lanius bucephalus LT—evidently a rare migrant at Qinhuangdao; specimen from Shanhaiguan, April 1913 (collector said they had been passing in that month), one seen 31 March and 1 April 1914. H—no records. Sh—not uncommon at the Eastern Tombs; occurs on the plain in May and September. COE—one seen, 10 April.
1987: two on 14 October.
1990: one on 20 October.
Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus LT—common from about 20 August to the end of September. H—common on migration, 18 August to 26 September. Seen ‘practically daily’. COE—657 bird-days, 30 April to 1 June.
1986: 257 bird-days were logged from 20 August to 26 September, dates which tally exactly with La Touche’s earliest and Hemmingsen’s latest (though we only arrived on 19 August); 146 bird-days were logged during August, a further 59 in the first week of September and 36 in the second; the last 12 days of the passage period saw 16 bird-days logged. The highest day count was 40 on 25 August. Favoured localities were the open areas, especially at YH, Legation Gully and FP.
1987: 321 bird-days, beginning of the survey to the second week of October; 271 bird-days to 11 September.
1988 (Ho): 81 bird-days, beginning of the survey to 24 September.
1989: five on 16th, two on 21st and one on 28 September.
1990: 280 bird-days, highest day totals 32 on 25 August, 29 on 4th and 27 on 10 September; all before 23 October.
Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor LT—one shot at the hills northwest of Qinhuangdao on 12 October 1911, and one shot at the port on 25 October 1914. H—no records. COE—singles during 18-21 March and on 21 April.
1989: one flew south over LH on 27 October and one was at Re on 8 November.
Chinese Grey Shrike Lanius sphenocercus LT—’found sparingly in spring, but much more commonly on the return passage, when it may be seen from the beginning of September, throughout October, and in November. A number winter in the district.’ H—one record, 14 September 1944. Galsworthy (in litt.)—one near ‘swamp’ (Re?) on at least one date from 28 August to 6 September 1981, and one at the same place on 2nd and 3 September 1983. COE—no records.
1986: there were seven records of singles at YH on 20 August (probably adult), 25 September, 4th, 7th (adult male) and 9 October and 17 November. Another was seen flying south over Lighthouse Point on 5 September. It may be that five individuals were involved. On 4 October, an impaled Eurasian Tree Sparrow seen at YH was probably a Chinese Grey Shrike’s prey, and the bird on 17 November was seen to catch a small rodent.
1987: two on 13th, one on 24 October, one flew south on 8 November and one on 15th and 16 November.
1989: one at Re on 8 November.
1990: one was seen from 7-10 September.
It appears this species is scarcer than in La Touche’s time. However, it may be that rather few land at Beidaihe; we have regularly found ones and twos on late autumn visits to estuarine areas south of Beidaihe (see below, ‘Visits to other localities’).
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