21/05/2026
New updayed 7 Wonders Birding China tour in November this year with a couple of extensions. It is now 17 days in total, which can be spliced up in three parts. You may just do one or two parts if you like.
1. Nov 20-25. Our standard China Tour with the combination of culture and birding. Visit classic sites like the Terracotta Army (Xi'an), the Great Wall and the Forbidden City in Beijing, as well as some bucket list birding for Crested Ibis and Golden Pheasant.
Nov 26-30, an exciting two-part trip for Siberian Cranes at the wetlands around Poyang Lake, followed by three days in the species-rich subtropical forests of Yunnan.
Dec 1-6 Sichuan, Pheasants and Przevalski’s Pinktail – the only member of a monotypic bird family. Family listers – pay attention.
Most extensive Sichuan trips runs in the summer and are about two weeks long.
Winter Sichuan has its advantages.
This is not a long, all-inclusive Sichuan mega-tour. The advantage of doing Sichuan in early winter is that the birding becomes wonderfully clear-cut. The summer warbler soup is mostly gone.
This is a winter trip for people who like their birds with shape, colour, and personality. There will be no endless summer procession of nearly identical Phylloscopus warblers flicking through leaves while everyone argues about the undertail coverts.
Instead, we go for birds you can actually enjoy looking at: pheasants, cranes, rosefinches, snowfinches, jays, nuthatches and the wonderfully odd Przevalski’s Pinktail. Short and sweet.
Even a non-birding spouse or friend will enjoy this trip, especially if you only choose one of the three parts.
Small groups guaranteed.
