[Explanation] In the middle of spring, the warmer temperature is the season when a large number of migratory birds move back. In the past few days, the first group of great egrets have successively arrived at Xiangshan Forest Park in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, which has the reputation of "The Kingdom of the Heron". Every year from March to July, a large number of herons of different species nest here, mate, and breed.

[Explanation] On March 13, the reporter saw on a bird watching platform in Xiangshan Forest Park that more than a thousand great egrets and night herons have arrived. Some of them are busy building branches and hovering in the air. Wait and see, some Qi Dingshen idle on the high branches to rest.

[Explanation] This reporter has learned that when the Heron first arrives, the local staff will increase the frequency of observation and patrol to protect these guests from afar.

[Same Period] Deng Shulan, Deputy Director of Forestry Bureau of Nanchang New District

Especially in the first few days when the birds came, our staff at Xiangshan Forest Farm, including the forest management station, would tell the people around them not to make a lot of noise or the like, for fear of affecting these birds. Because they will also have an observation period when they first arrive, it will settle after observing and hovering for two or three days.

[Explanation] According to reports, Xiangshan Forest Park is located about 30 kilometers northwest of Nanchang, Jiangxi Province. It is the lakeside plain on the south bank of Poyang Lake. The total area of ​​the park reaches 25,000 mu and the forest area is 18,000 mu.

Due to its good and suitable ecological environment, from March to October each year, 300,000 to 400,000 heron birds arrive at Xiangshan Forest Park and inhabit and breed their offspring here. After more than 20 years, it has formed a unique forest migratory bird landscape on the shore of Poyang Lake . Its species include more than ten species, including the Great Egret, the Cattle Egret, the Yellow-billed Egret, and the Night Heron. It ranks first in the country in both quantity and population.

Huashan Dengteng Huajiang Nanchang report

Editor-in-chief: [Li Yuxin]