There are quite a lot of these redstarts around at the moment - they are small and quite tame, and recognised by their quivering red tails. The female is less colourful. Apart from the rufous red tail, the rest of the body is quite drab, but there is also a characteristic white mark on the wing.

This pic is from http://www.davidbjack.com/sbirdsJ.htm

<img src="http://www.compunicate.com/Lamma/29/dr1-tn.jpg" border=1>

More can be seen here:

http://www.danielckchan.com/pagephotos/ ... 0redstart/

The male is more colourful but not so common - it has a bright combination of black head, white hind neck and reddish tail and underparts:

<img src="http://www.compunicate.com/Lamma/29/dr2-tn.jpg" border=1>

Some more fine pics from this site are at:

http://www.species.jp/navi.cgi?cmd=cv&Ca=1_1_6

The Daurian redstarts come here from the north in winter, arriving around December and disappearing again in the spring.