Continuing the bureaucratic approach of a previous post, this one covers the Jianfengling birds with names starting from I to Z. The German approach...

Strangely, one of the easiest birds to see on Chongming recently is the non-native Black Swan. Probably these are escapees from the nearby nature...

While I am still not so sure about China’s sense of humor – though admittedly, the issue is mostly a mismatch between what I...

In the great tradition of authors reporting on and from global hotspots (think Hemingway or Orwell during the Spanish Civil War), this post is...

Jianfengling National Forest Park is a park in the West of Hainan – the tourist websites claim that it is “the largest and best-preserved tropical...

Raptors are not really the main attraction of Nanhui for birders – and given how things develop here recently, soon there will be no...

Dongfang is a smallish coastal city on the west coast of Hainan – with one or two main roads, some massive and apparently empty...

Unfortunately, Nanhui – in the past, a great place for birdwatching in Shanghai – is continuing its decline. Last time I was there, it...