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<\/a><\/p>\nBar-headed Goose – Sangiin Dalai Lake<\/p>\n
Water Pipit of subspecies blakistoni – Barig Mountain<\/p>\n Water Pipit of subspeciesblakistoni- Barig Mountain<\/p>\n Water Pipit of subspeciesblakistoni- Barig Mountain<\/p>\n Horned Lark – Barig Mountain<\/p>\n Siberian Rubythroat – Barig Mountain<\/p>\n Tibetan Lark – Barig Mountain<\/p>\n Tolbagan Marmot – Barig Mountain<\/p>\n Barig Mountain<\/p>\n I assume this is a Primula species or maybe a Saxifrage – Barig Mountain<\/p>\n As the dusty track to Barig Mountain met the asphalt road of the A201 Arvaikheer to Bayankhongor Road, just before joining the tarmac we stopped at a small gully which held Small Snowfinch, Daurian Redstart and a nesting Saker.<\/p>\n Once on the road the landscape became a little lusher with horse and goat grazed plains. A short roadside stopped produced two Himalayan Griffon and a Cinereous Vulture feeding on goat afterbirth.<\/p>\n Small Snowfinch – Near Barig Mountain<\/p>\n Saker – Near Barig Mountain<\/p>\n Cinereous Vulture and Himalayan Griffon – Along the A201<\/p>\n Cinereous Vulture – Along the A201<\/p>\n Himalayan Griffon – Along the A201<\/p>\n Himalayan Griffon – Along the A201<\/p>\n Himalayan Griffon – Along the A201<\/p>\n Himalayan Griffon – Along the A201<\/p>\n Himalayan Griffon – Along the A201<\/p>\n After approximately 70km we stopped for lunch beside a small lake (45\u00b048’17” N 101\u00b059’3″ E) between Nariinteel and Khairhandulaan. While the crew were preparing lunch we birded around the lake. This was very birdy and we recorded the following Whooper Swan ,\u00a0 hybridSwan x Bean Goose , Bar-headed Goose (c.40), Ruddy Shelduck (c.50), Shelduck, Tufted Duck, Gadwall, Mallard, Teal, Wigeon, Shoveler, Teal, Garganey (c.25), Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, Avocet, Black-winged Stilt, Temminck\u2019s Stint (100\u2019s), Long-toed Stint (10\u2019s), Sanderling ,Curlew Sandpiper , Spotted Redshank , Black-tailed Godwit , Pacific Golden Plover , Kentish Plover (35), Common Swift , Pacific Swift and Citrine Wagtail .<\/p>\n A flock of around 100 Common Tern (of the subspecies longipennis) dropped out of nowhere onto the lake shore to preen and bath and before long took flight and after circling to a high altitude headed west into the desert. While having lunch we enjoyed the site and sound of Blyth\u2019s Pipit, Mongolian Lark, Horned Lark and Asian Short-toed Lark displaying overhead.<\/p>\n Ruddy Shelduck and presumed Bean x Swan Goose although in this image it perhaps looks more Bean Goose like – Unnamed lake alongside A201<\/p>\n Pacific Golden Plover – Unnamed lake alongside A201<\/p>\n Curlew Sandpiper, Long-toed Stint and Temminck’s Stint – Unnamed lake alongside A201<\/p>\n Black-tailed Godwit and Asian Dowitcher (centre bird), the latter was remarkably difficult to detect amongst the godwit – Unnamed lake alongside A201<\/p>\n Black-tailed Godwit and Asian Dowitcher – Unnamed lake alongside A201<\/p>\n Curlew Sandpiper – Unnamed lake alongside A201<\/p>\n Whooper Swan and Avocet – Unnamed lake alongside A201<\/p>\n Asian Dowitcher and Pacific Golden Plover – Unnamed lake alongside A201<\/p>\n Garganey – Unnamed lake alongside A201<\/p>\n Bar-headed Goose – Unnamed lake alongside A201<\/p>\n Pochard, Pintail, Shoveler, Ruddy Shelduck, Black-tailed Godwit, Wood Sandpiper and Avocet – – Unnamed lake alongside A201<\/p>\n Black-tailed Godwit and Asian Dowitcher in flight, the latter very like a Bar-tailed Godwit – Unnamed lake alongside A201<\/p>\n Flock of Common tern heading off over the desert – – Unnamed lake alongside A201<\/p>\n Flock of Common tern heading off over the desert – Unnamed lake alongside A201<\/p>\n Tibetan Lark – Unnamed lake alongside A201<\/p>\n Tibetan Lark – Unnamed lake alongside A201<\/p>\n Lunch stop<\/p>\n Black Stork alongside the A201<\/p>\n We arrived at Sangiin Dalai Lake (46\u00b041’17” N 103\u00b017’6″ E) at around 18:30 and left the support team erecting the tents and preparing our food while we went off birding around the lakes. There are four lakes here, one large lake with many diving duck, two smaller shallow lakes with waders and a shallow scrape.<\/p>\n These are surrounded by tussocky rushes and horse grazed grassland. This mix of habitats made for some great birding. I concentrated on the three smaller lakes and spent a great couple of hours and saw White-winged Black Tern, Black Stork , Mongolian Gull , Citrine Wagtail (many), Mongolian Lark, Sky Lark, Asian Short-toed Lark, Blyth\u2019s Pipit, Pallas\u2019s Bunting , Long-toed Stint, Temminck;\u2019s Stint, Common Crane, Demoiselle Crane and Whooper Swan.<\/p>\n Back at the campsite for dinner at 20:30 we sat outside and enjoyed the sites and sounds of the lakes. In our tents for around 22:00 we went to sleep to the sound of calling Demoiselle Crane and Common Crane.<\/p>\n Demoiselle Crane – Sangiin Dalai Lake<\/p>\n Demoiselle Crane – Sangiin Dalai Lake<\/p>\n Whimbrel – Sangiin Dalai Lake<\/p>\n Spoonbill – Sangiin Dalai Lake<\/p>\n Mongolian Gull – Sangiin Dalai Lake<\/p>\n Mongolian Gull – Sangiin Dalai Lake<\/p>\n Eurasian Skylark of subspecies kaborti – Sangiin Dalai Lake<\/p>\n Sangiin Dalai Lake<\/p>\n Sangiin Dalai Lake<\/p>\n Sangiin Dalai Lake<\/p>\n Wood Sandpiper – Sangiin Dalai Lake<\/p>\n Bar-headed Goose – Sangiin Dalai Lake<\/p>\n Bar-headed Goose – Sangiin Dalai Lake<\/p>\n Mongolian Gull – Sangiin Dalai Lake<\/p>\n Mongolian Gull – Sangiin Dalai Lake<\/p>\n Mongolian Gull – Sangiin Dalai Lake<\/p>\n Mongolian Gull – Sangiin Dalai Lake<\/p>\n Mongolian Gull – Sangiin Dalai Lake<\/p>\n Mongolian Gull – Sangiin Dalai Lake<\/p>\n Mongolian Gull – Sangiin Dalai Lake<\/p>\n Black-tailed Godwit – Sangiin Dalai Lake<\/p>\n Citrine Wagtail – Sangiin Dalai Lake<\/p>\n Citrine Wagtail – Sangiin Dalai Lake<\/p>\n Pallas’s Bunting – Sangiin Dalai Lake<\/p>\n Mongolian Lark – Sangiin Dalai Lake<\/p>\n Mongolian Lark – Sangiin Dalai Lake<\/p>\n <\/p>\n