R110.A Briton, birds and Beidaihe

　　报道名称：R110“A Briton, birds and Beidaihe”

　　作者：陈亮

　　媒体出处：China Daily (中国日报)

　　报道内容：

　　A Briton, birds and Beidaihe

　　Few People know birds and their habitats in Beidaihe better than Dr Martin Williams.

　　Since the Englishman, at 44, first visited the seaside resort on China\'s east coast in the spring of 1985, he has been returning ever since. Most visitors to Beidehe come for the beaches and to holiday, not to watch birds.

　　Lying near a confluence of flyways, sort of seasonal rivers of birds linking Northeast Asia with South China, Southeast Asia, Australia and even East Africa, Beidaihe is one of the world\'s finest migration watchpoints.

　　There Williams, who obtained his doctorate in chemistry at the University of Cambridge has spent thousands of hours scanning the skies from hilltops, and scouring surrounding local woods, gardens, gullies, fields, estuaries and marshes. The cumulative days he has spent at Beidaihe total over two years. During that time he has recorded and catalogued a bird list of nearly 400 species, including over 300 Asian migrants, and "experienced superb spells of birding," he wrote in an article entitled "Migration Hub of the Orient."

　　Mainly because of Williams\' efforts - leading and co-leading surveys and birding tours and writing - Beidaihe has become a magnet for birdwatchers from around the world and attracts over 100 amateur and expert ornithologists every year.