Paul Holt from a portion of his recent tour of Sichuan, China

Sichuan, the heart of China's endemic zone, offers some superb birding, great accommodations, spectacular scenery and world renown cuisine. Our current tour's enjoying all of this...and more. The sacred mountain Emei Shan was our first port of call and it produced more birds than we could ever have dreamt of - Grey-hooded Parrotbill, Emei Liocichla and Red-winged Laughingthrush all fell at our first attempt. Moving on we had spectacular views of Lady Amherst's Pheasant before reaching the world famous Wolong National Park. No wild Giant Pandas I'm afraid - but lots of other goodies including four Temminck's Tragopan in a single day, Chinese Monal on two days, several Grandalas, fine performances from Snow Partridges and much much more...

Grey-hooded-Parrotbill

Temminck's Tragopan

Grandala 

Golden Bush-Robin