




The Lalu Wetland Nature Reserve reaches almost in the centre of Lhasa. Unfortunately, it recently serves as deposit for tons of plastic waste.
Other birds in and around Lhasa were:

White-winged Redstart

Streaked Rosefinch

Beautiful Rosefinch

Hume's Ground Tit
Raven

...and a real specialty of central Tibet: Brown-cheeked Laughingthrush

High above the Yarlung Tsangpo River at ca. 4400m asl are the ruins of an old monastery:

The Dengsatil Gompa.
A few big trees still withstand goats and logging in the middle of an already completely deserted slope.
This is the habitat of a seriously endangered species:

Tibetan Eared Pheasant
