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Beijing Bird Watching
Birding or birdwatching is a hobby relative to the observation and study of birds ( ornithology ). It is one of the most popular hobbies in the world. It is enjoyed by millions of people of all ages. The term "birding" is more focused on bird finding and study than general watching and spend more money on optical equipment like telescopes and may travel widely. Bird watchers have a more limited outlook, maybe limited to their local gardes, local parks, local reservoir, as a holiday pastime, and spend less on optical equipment. Most of the birders and birdwatchers do this activity mainly for recreational or social networking, unlike ornithologists who pursue the formal scientific study of birds. Our Beijing bird watching page is dedictated to discover the top birding locations in Beijing and offer the bird watching day tours for international active and keen birdwatchers coming to Beijing. We know how to design a bird watching tour in and around Beijing that enables every participant to have a rich and rewarding experience.
Beijing Bird Watching is the name of Beijing bird watching tour and useful information about the birds of Beijing offered by tour-beijing travel service.
Beijing Bird Watching Hot Spots:
1. City Parks in Beijing
In Temple of Heaven, Yuanmingyuan, the Summer Palace, Yuyuantan lake, Purple Bamboo Garden (Zizhuyuan Park), Beijing Botanical Garden (Cherry Valley) etc, you can find some common teal, small PT Herons, a small reed warbler category. The waterfowl in the parks are quite friendly, easy for you to take picures. In these parks you can also see some common woodland birds, such as the turtledove, woodpeckers, crows, etc...
2. The wetland and reservoirs around Beijing
The top bird watching suburban areas include Yeyahu Lake (Wild Duck Lake) near the Guanting Reservoir in Yanqing County in Northwestern Beijing, Sahe reservoirs in Changping District, Bahe Wetland Park in Chaoyang District. Some orioles categories, ducks, egrets.
3. Mountains and Forests in the suburban Beijing
Some high mountains (especially 1000 or 1500 meters or more above the sea-level), you can see many good birds, from the first brown thrush, various buntings to the orioles, various tit. Some birds of prey, such as gray face mad eagles, hawks, falcons red, Falcon.
Some birds frequented mountains includes Xiaolongmen Forest Farm, Wuling Mountain, East Mountain, Mt.Songshan, and Mt.Baihuashan in Beijing.
The Birds of Beijing
The world has about 9000 kinds of birds. There are about 1,260 kinds in China. Beijing has about 350 kinds of birds - resident birds 20%, passing migrant birds 49%, summer migrant birds 25%, and winter migrant birds 6%. Among them, listed as the first national level protection are black cranes, golden eagles, white shoulder eagles, white-tailed sea eagles, Brown-eared Pheasant, Great Bustard ( 6 kinds ); the second national level are pelicans and Anser Albifrons, Whooper Swan, Whistling Swan, Cygnus oler; parrot and the eagle, kestrel ( 33 kinds ); Listed as first Beijing level are egrets, woodpeckers, general Nighthawk, white waist Swift, Sambo birds, Azure-winged Magpie ( 26 kinds ); second Beijing level are some wild geese and ducks, spoonbills category, Orioles category, chickadees, the cuckoo ( 107 kinds ).
The birds at the two most famous birding areas in Beijing:
Yeyahu Lake Wetland Natural Reserve
Its protected area covers 6,873 hectares with wetlands area of 3,939 hectares, the only wetland birds Nature Reserve in Beijing.
There are a total 264 kinds of wetland birds - passing migrant birds 56.6%, summer migrant birds 21.1%, resident birds 14.7% and winter migrant birds 7.6%.
The main birds in this area includes Common Pheasant, Spot-billed Duck, Common Black-headed Gull, Far-Eastern Curlew, White-eyed Pochard , Common Kestrel, Mallard, Grey-headed Woodpecker, Black-capped Kingfisher, Northern Harrier, Northern Harrier, Eurasian Hobby, Little Egret, Chinese Pond-Heron, Black Stork, Azure-winged Magpie, Black-billed Magpie, Rusty-rumped Warbler, Black-browed Reed Warbler, Oriental Reed Warbler, Dusky Warbler, Grey Wagtail, Little Bunting and more.
Beijing Sahe Reservoirs
There are 189 kinds of birds in the Sahe reservoir area. The main birds include Common Pheasant, Whooper Swan, Whistling Swan, Mallard, Spot-billed Duck, Spot-billed Duck, Grey Heron, Common Teal, Black-billed Magpie, Dusky Thrush, Barn Swallow, Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Pallas's Bunting, Common Kestrel, Swan Goose, Smew, Oriental Turtle Dove, Eurasian Collared Dove, Purple Heron, Red-rumped Swallow, Wigeon, Spot-billed Duck, Black-crowned Night-Heron, White Wagtail, Large-billed Crow and many more.
The ideal time for the birding in Beijing
The most proper time of the year for birding in Beijing falls on spring and fall migration. Early morning is the best time for birders to watch birds since it is the busiest time of the day for many birds to actively look for food. It is easier for you to find and watch. Bird watching requires much knowledge of the birds they are going to watch, like the birds' appearance, sounds, behavior. The last, but not the less important is your good health and your patience.
The necessary Equipment you should have for birding Beijing
The only equipment you really need in observing birds is your eyes. Yet, many guide books, about birds, can help you learn to identify birds. The real equipment commonly used for bird watching includes binoculars and a telescope with tripod, escorts. The kind of binoculars used by birders should be lightweight above all. The large 7 by 50 binoculars are one of the most popular.
| Highly recommended Bird Watching Day Tour |
Beijing Bird Watching Day Tour
Tour Code: BBW-01
Watching Time: Feb, March, Oct and Nov.
( the 4 months of the best watching time in Beijing )
Duration: 1 day
Tour Customizable: Yes
Pick-up point and time: Your Hotel in Beijing around 6:00am
Finishing point and time: Your Hotel in Beijing around 4:00pm
Payment Types: Cash, Credit Cards, Wire
We speak: English
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Itinerary:
Pick up from your hotel in Beijing around 6:00am. First drive to Yeyahu Lake ( Wild Duck Lake ) near the Guanting Reservoir in Yanqing County in Northwestern suburban Beijing. Yeyahu Lake is the biggest wetland in north China. It is Beijing only national level wetland. It is comprised of lakes, ponds, swamps and grassland which cover a vast 1.5 million square meters. The good environment makes it a nice choice for many migratory birds. It is recorded that more than 264 kinds of wild bird species come to the wetland as stopping place during their migration. This makes the lake an ideal site for birding. After the bird watching in Yeyahu, then visit the Yeyahu Wetland Museum. The museum contains a great number of sample birds and animals which once lived in this area. Then drive to Sahe Reservoirs in Changping District. Shahe Reservoir or Shahe River is a big lake with the 21 kilometres long, 100 metres wide which passes through Changping District and enters a dam into Chaoyang District, where it blends into the Wenyuhe River. Due to the improvement of the environment along the river, some migratory birds coming back to the north from the South China stop here in spring, hence a nice place for bird watching. The dam on the river is an ideal place for your to start your exploration either for birding or sightseeing. There is also a big island in the reservoir, linked to the bank by a simple bridge. The island is nicknamed Bird Island by the bird-lovers because it is home to many unnamed birds. On the Sahe reservoirs, if you are lucky enough, you will see wild ducks, swans, egrets, pheasants and much more. After finishing the bird watching tour, transferred back to your hotel in Beijing.
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| Cost: in US$ per person |
| Travelling Party |
Tour Cost Per Person |
| 1 person |
$120 |
| 2 persons |
$80 |
| 3-5 persons |
$70 |
| 6-8 persons |
$60 |
Service package includes:
1. Pick-up service from hotel
2. Private air-conditioned car or van
3. Private English speaking tour guide
4. Chinese lunch
5. Watching birds at Yeyahu Lake and Shahe reservoir |
Service package excludes:
1. Personal Insurance coverage of personal loss, illness or damages incurred during your trip
2. Tips to the tour guide and driver |
Reservation:
1. Please use our online booking or send your travel request via email to info@tour-beijing.com. You are also welcome to call us at + 86 10 67160201 ext 1006 or 2007. If you have a last minute booking or an urgent matter after our normal office hour, please call 0086 13701067793 or 13901312027 ( 24 hours ).
2. Our real trip advisors will have your booking confirmed no more than one working day. We even take last minute booking if time is pressing. When your booking is confirmed, you will get a confirmation email or call from us, which includes the confirmed detailed information with price.
3. In your reply, please inform us of your hotel in Beijing and date for the tour. Usually our tour guide will call you on the evening before to fix the departure time from your hotel and collect the money on the spot when you board the coach.
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4. Our tour guide will meet you in the lobby of your hotel in Beijing.
Remark: We can combine the regular Beijing tours with the birding in Beijing per your specific request. We also can tailor make the Beijing birding from one day to two days, three days and more...according to your need.
Each bird watcher on our tour will get the complementary book below.
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