Nearly 1,000 white cranes had been just lately seen flying, foraging, or resting on the Wucheng safety and administration station of the Poyang Lake National Nature Reserve Administration Bureau in east China’s Jiangxi Province.
From a distance, guests used telescopes to look at the cranes on a bird-watching platform that’s over 20 meters excessive.
Photo taken on Nov. 29, 2023 reveals guests in Wucheng, referred to as the “Migratory Bird Town,” additionally a preferred bird-watching vacation spot, in Yongxiu county, east China’s Jiangxi Province. (Photo courtesy of the Wucheng safety and administration station)
Poyang Lake, China’s largest freshwater lake, is a wetland of worldwide significance and some of the vital wintering websites for migratory birds alongside the East Asian-Australasian Flyway.
The greatest time for fowl watching in Poyang Lake is from November to the next March. The Poyang Lake National Nature Reserve, the Poyang Lake Nanji National Wetland Reserve, and Wucheng, referred to as the “Migratory Bird Town” beside Poyang Lake, have change into well-liked bird-watching locations.
Located in Yongxiu county, Wucheng lives as much as its repute because the “kingdom of migratory birds,” attracting throngs of tourists.
Wucheng has constructed bird-watching websites, waterside walkways and lodges, wetland parks, ring roads, and different amenities. Official information confirmed that within the first three quarters of 2023, Wucheng obtained 754,600 home and abroad vacationer visits, bringing prosperity to locals via the event of bird-watching tourism.
Photo taken on Nov. 29, 2023 reveals migratory birds on the Wucheng safety and administration station of the Poyang Lake National Nature Reserve Administration Bureau in east China’s Jiangxi Province. (Photo courtesy of the Wucheng safety and administration station)
“Bird watching is progressively changing into a preferred winter leisure exercise,” mentioned Li Yue, former head of the migratory fowl nature reserve administration of Duchang county, Jiangxi.
Li added that the bird-watching growth has boosted the event of native ecotourism, facilitating the development of amenities like migratory fowl monitoring platforms and agritainment amenities.
Yongxiu county has collaborated with over 40 journey businesses and academic tour establishments. Since the start of this yr, the county has obtained over 30,000 visits of schooling excursions, producing almost 5 million yuan ($706,000) in income.
Han Zhiyu, deputy head of the Jiangxi provincial division of tradition and tourism, mentioned that bird-watching tourism in Poyang Lake has international enchantment.
Han added that Jiangxi has launched premium Poyang Lake eco-tourism routes, plans to develop birding-themed tourism tasks, and constructed China’s greatest bird-watching vacation spot that can be internationally famend.
Thanks to the efficient safety of the wetland setting in areas round Poyang Lake, the quantity and species of migratory birds wintering right here have been rising yearly.
So far, about 600,000 birds of 58 species have been recorded in areas round Poyang Lake, in line with the latest monitoring information.
Photo taken on Nov. 24, 2023 reveals Eurasian spoonbills flying over Poyang Lake in Hukou county, east China’s Jiangxi Province. (Photo/Zhang Yu)
(Web editor: Hongyu, Liang Jun)
