For species listed in Birds to Watch 2: The World List of Threatened Birds, codes used are: (CR) - critically endangered; (EN) - endangered; (VU) - vulnerable; (CD) - conservation dependent; (NT) - near threatened. ? before species name denotes species for which identification is considered uncertain, or rarities for which descriptions are yet to be submitted to the Beidaihe Bird Society. All other species have been recorded in the Beidaihe district, unless the name is indented (recorded at Qinhuangdao only) or indented and put in square brackets (only known from the mountains near Shanhaiguan and/or Old Peak).
(So, excludes places south of Yanghe, including Happy Island and nearby. Would be good to develop a list for at least Happy Island, too...)

Period of typical occurrence indicated by:

R - resident, W - winter, S - spring, Su--summer, A - autumn; with e, m and l representing early, middle and late spring or autumn (`spring' is from the beginning of March to the beginning of June; `autumn' is from early July to late November).

Status indicated by: 1 - rare, 2 - scarce, 3 - uncommon, 4 - fairly common, 5 - common, 6 - abundant. Figures in round brackets indicate abundances earlier this century, if these differ strongly from abundances noted during recent surveys. For vagrants, dates are given (day.month.year), with numbers of individuals seen. Some species are of erratic occurrence, e.g. the Eurasian Nutcracker may be absent in some years, fairly common in others - its abundance is thus given as 0-4.

I know this is now a bit dated; would appreciate info to help update (Including descriptions/photos etc for vagrants.) There's chance to comment at the end of this; or email me via contact form.

Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata eS 1-2, lA 2
?Pacific/Black-throated Diver Gavia pacifica/arctica 4.11.1989: 1
Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis mS-lA 4
Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus e-mS, m-lA 4-5
Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena lA 2
Slavonian Grebe (Horned Grebe) Podiceps auritus eS 2-3, lA 3
Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis e-mS 3-6, m-lA 3
? Leach's Storm-Petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa 23.7.1942: 1
Great Frigatebird Fregata minor Su 1-2
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo e-mS 4, m-lA 3-4
Temminck's Cormorant (Japanese Cormorant) Phalacrocorax capillatus e-lS 2-3, m-lA 3
Pelagic Cormorant Phalacrocorax pelagicus e-mS 2-4, lA 3
(VU) Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus lA? (1)
Great Bittern Botaurus stellaris eS, lA 3
Yellow Bittern Ixobrychus sinensis lS 4, Su?, eA 4
(NT) Schrenck's Bittern Ixobrychus eurhythmus lS 4, Su?, eA 3
Chestnut Bittern Ixobrychus cinnamomeus lS 1-2
Black Bittern Dupetor flavicollis 10-11.5.1994: 1
Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax mS 3-4, mA 3-4
Little Green Heron Butorides striatus m-lS 3, e-mA 3-4
Chinese Pond-Heron Ardeola bacchus lS-mA 4
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis m-lS 1-2
(EN) Chinese Egret Egretta eulophotes lS, e-mA 2
? Pacific Reef Egret Egretta sacra 29.8.1994: 1
Little Egret Egretta garzetta m-lS 2-3
Intermediate Egret Egretta intermedia m-lS, e-mA 2-3
Great Egret Egretta alba m-lS 3, e-lA 3
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea e-mS 5, m-lA 5
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea m-lS 4, Su?, e-lA 5
Black Stork Ciconia nigra mS 3, mA 4
(EN) Oriental White Stork Ciconia boyciana eS 2-3, lA 5
(NT) Black-headed Ibis Threskiornis melanocephalus m-lS, lA 2
White Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia e-mS 2-3, m-lA 3