Jankowski’s (Rufous-backed) Bunting, photographed at one of the newly discovered grassland sites. Photo (c) Terry Townshend

A survey in Inner Mongolia and Jilin Province, China, by a team from the Beijing Birdwatching Society in May 2013 has discovered two new sites for Jankowski’s Bunting, an Endangered species, holding at least 12 birds, plus more than 30 individuals were found at a single established site.

Terry Townshend, a British birdwatcher living in Beijing accompanied the team and talks about the discovery in his blog.