Huanggang Shan (Wuyi Shan), Jiangxi Province September 2007 by John and Jemi Holmes 江西省 武夷山脉 黄岗山 2007年9月 孔思义 黄亚萍
 
 
 
The accommodation is at the Jiangxi Reserve HQs village (Xikeng 西坑) at 900m elevation. A fast-flowing river runs behind the guesthouse. The road ascends to about 1180m where you turn right to enter Fujian Province, or continue left past a barrier for about fifteen kilometres (marked as km12 to km 27) along a track to get to the summit of Huanggang Shan (2157m.) Features include a building from where honey is sold (23.5km) and the end of the treeline at 25km (1850m elevation). The road passes in turn through broadleaf, pine, bamboo and montane grassland. If you need any more details of any part of this report,don’t hesitate to get in touch with us.
White-bellied Yuhina
summit road view, Huanggang Shan
Access You may fly to Wuyi Airport in Fujian Province 福建省 武夷山机场 from either Hong Kong or Shenzhen 深圳, but this will place you in the Wuyi Scenic area, about 40km to the east of the Nature Reserve. Permission to access the Fujian areas of the Nature Reserve and a vehicle to get you around would still need to be found. Chris Campion and Graham Talbot did it this way in 2001. Their Trip Report is at http://www.surfbirds.com/trip_report.php?id=292 These days the easy (but by Chinese standards, not cheap) way is to contact LIN Jian-sheng 林剑声 of Nanchang 南昌 <Mobile (86)138-0700-1872>. Mr LIN has sharp eyes and a wealth of experience leading birdwatchers at Wuyi and elsewhere. He is a get-up-early “can do” kind of guy. Longer trips could include Poyang Lake 鄱阳湖 (close to Nanchang) in the winter, and Wuyuan (nine hours north of Wuyi) in the spring for Pied Falconet and Yellow-throated Laughingthrush. We birded from the highways across the lowlands and entered the hills beyond the E hu Academy 鹅湖书院 near Zi Xi town. The road winds through the hills and passes two reservoirs before getting to the Jiangxi HQs of Wuyi National Nature Reserve (900m elevation).http://www.surfbirds.com/trip_report.php?id=292shapeimage_5_link_0
 
Huanggang Shan site description
 
Ashy Drongo