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A long way from nowhere

10,000 Birds

An individually marked Great Knot was seen in Roebuck Bay and then observed on the mudflats at Yalu Jiang Nature Reserve, China, 137 hours later! She has lived in the Middle East and the United States and traveled extensively in Europe. We are remote but what a great lifestyle!

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Birding Shanghai in June 2022

10,000 Birds

For example, without this blog, would you know that the Barn Swallows of Nanhui are now having their own housing boom, ignorant of the overinvestment that has characterized China’s construction industry? This one seems to wonder about whether eating flies is the right lifestyle choice though. Well, Nanhui had some this month.

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