After a night of heavy rain it didn’t look too promising for
our chances of reaching Huangang Shan this morning, however the weather cleared
up and we began our drive back up the mountain.
Our only stop on the way up produced Yellow-bellied and Yellow-cheeked
Tits, as well as a flock of Black-chinned
Yuhinas and Red-billed Leiothrix.
On arrival at the summit we were greeted by clearing skies and a rolling mist
that would occasionally obscure the wonderful view but compared to yesterday it
was so much better.
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| Buff-throated Warbler |
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| Brown Bush-warbler |
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| Brown-chested Jungle-Flycatcher |
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| Blunt-winged Warbler |
As soon as we arrived a couple of
Buff-throated Warblers were found and this proved to be a common
species up here, along with
Brown
Bush-warbler and
Rosy Pipit.
Several
Siberian Stonechats were also seen, along with a
colony of
Asian House-martins, a
brief
Siberian Rubythroat, and
several
Yellow-bellied Bush-warblers.
We searched the whole summit for
Upland
Pipit without any success, but did
find
Common Rosefinch,
Daurian Redstart,
Verditer Flycatcher and a rather unexpected
Blunt-winged Warbler which seemed to be on territory and reacted
very well to a little tape luring. Sadly by late morning we had to leave and
return to the hotel in readiness for our departure, but along the way down we
picked up
Bianchi’s Warbler and our
sighting of
Brown-chested
Jungle-flycatcher was very unexpected, although not by our local guide! The
rest of the afternoon was spent driving across the rainy lowlands to Wuyuan.
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| Huangang Shan |
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