China is becoming more accessible as a holiday destination, and who could resist the prospect of tracking down beautiful Siberian rarities? Dave Gosney visits Beidaihe, a holiday resort on the east coast that has rightly become famous as the best place in the world to see birds which are regarded in Europe as the most exciting of mega-rarities. Around Beidaihe, birds such as Pallas's and Yellow-browed Warblers are the commonest of migrants, and others such as Radde's Warbler, Dusky Warbler, Siberian Blue Robin and Yellow-breasted Bunting are seen every day. The rice paddies of Radar Marsh provide a chance to see rare pipits and waders, more of which can be found at the nearby coastal sites. To round off a magical trip Dave visits the buzzing migration hotspot of Happy Island where some of the eastern waders occur in large numbers and the bushes seethe with exotic flycatchers and thrushes.

Bluetail, Red-flanked  Bulbul, Chinese  Bunting, Black-faced  Bunting, Chestnut  Bunting, Chestnut-eared  Bunting, Little  Bunting, Pallas's Reed  Bunting, Tristram's  Bunting, Yellow-breasted  Bunting, Yellow-browed  Dove, Oriental (Rufous) Turtle  Dunlin  Falcon, Amur  Flycatcher, Brown  Flycatcher, Chinese Narcissus  Flycatcher, Grey-streaked  Flycatcher, Mugimaki  Flycatcher, Red-breasted  Flycatcher, Yellow-rumped  Godwit, Bar-tailed  Gull, Relict  Harrier, Pied

Heron, Green-backed  Kingfisher, Common  Knot, Great  Lark, Asian Short-toed  Magpie, Red-billed Blue  Myna, Crested  Nightjar, Jungle  Oriole, Black-naped  Owl, Brown Hawk  Pipit, Olive-backed  Pipit, Pechora  Pipit, Richard's  Plover, Greater Sand  Plover, Kentish  Plover, Lesser Sand  Plover, Pacific Golden  Redstart, Daurian  Robin, Siberian Blue  Rubythroat, Siberian  Sandpiper, Curlew  Sandpiper, Marsh  Sandpiper, Sharp-tailed

Sandpiper, Terek  Sandpiper, Wood  Shrike, Brown  Snipe, Common  Snipe, Pintail  Stilt, Black-winged  Stint, Long-toed  Stonechat, Siberian  Thrush, Chinese Song  Thrush, Dusky  Thrush, Eyebrowed  Thrush, White's  Thrush, White-throated Rock  Wagtail, Yellow  Warbler, Dusky  Warbler, Oriental Reed  Warbler, Pallas's  Warbler, Radde's  Warbler, Stub-tailed  Warbler, Yellow-browed

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