Bird-Photo-Tours Asia Qinghai trip focuses on the northwestern Chinese Province of Qinghai, the fourth-largest province in China but with one of the lowest population densities. Much of the province is over 3,000 meters in elevation and mostly comprises of the Tibetan Plateau, a magical place known as the “Roof of the World’ with an exceptionally high proportion of plateau specialist bird species. Qinghai is located on the northeastern part of the Tibetan Plateau. The Yellow River, China’s second longest river, originates in the southern part of the province, while the Yangtze River, the longest river in Asia and the third longest in the world has its source in the southwest of the province. This Bird-Photo-Tours Asia expedition starts and ends in Xining, the capital of Qinghai Province, and will pass through the huge, saline Qinghai Lake, China’s largest lake, after which the province itself is named. Our three-week Bird-Photo-Tour traverses some stunning landscape in pursuit of a number of exceptional birds including ten endemic species: Sillem’s Rosefinch, Tibetan Rosefinch, Tibetan Bunting, Przevalski’s Redstart, Przevalski’s Partridge, Przevalski’s Finch, Tibetan Babax, White Eared Pheasant, White-browed Tit and Gansu Leaf Warbler.
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Nick has been living in Asia for over 15-years and in this time has conducted over 125 bird photography trips across the whole of the Asian continent ranging from Kazakhstan in the west, through India and China to Japan in the east, and from the Kamchatka coastline in the north to as far south as Indonesia. In China alone Nick has photographed to portrait-quality standard over 1,200 of China's bird species taking him to all of China's provinces as well as most of those nations bordering China. These bird photography trips have ranged in length from a few days to many months, including a three-month bird photography expedition to China's Xinjiang Autonomous Region, becoming quite possibly the most travelled foreigner in this region over the past decade. Nick has also conducted a four-month bird photography trek across the Himalayas, ranging from the Indian States of Ladakh and Kashmir in the west, into the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan, then onto the Indian States of West Bengal and Sikkim, ending in Arunachal Pradesh and Assam in the eastern Himalayas. Nick has had his images published across numerous media channels including the BBC and Chinese state-owned media outlets, various bird magazines and journals including the Oriental Bird Club's BirdingASIA. He has his own website on the Birds of China at www.BirdingInChina.com and his book 'Portraits of the Birds of China' is due for publication in 2025. Furthermore, Nick has presented films on photographing birds both in Asia and Europe, has his bird images published across many social media platforms within and outside Asia, and has led a number of bird photography lectures and walks, particularly targeted at children.
Consequently, Nick has accumulated significant experience of photographing birds within the Asian continent and this expertise has formed the backdrop to setting up Bird-Photo-Tours Asia, trips designed by bird photographers for bird photographers.
(i) The guesthouses are all in close proximity to the bird photography locations (ii) Walking is at a light pace (iii) There is no requirement to hike nor climb. (iv) None of the locations are at altitude (v) There is no camping.
: Guangxi
