China News Service Xining, March 26th (Sun Rui Ma Caiping Ma Fujun) On the 26th, after the spring equinox, along with the thawing of the ice, enjoying the "China's" Salt Lake "city", the artificial island lake in Golmud City, Qinghai Province welcomed more than 2,000 Only returning and passing by migratory birds, I saw them in groups sometimes playing and foraging on the surface of the water, sometimes hovering in the air, spectacular, forming a beautiful and harmonious ecological picture.
"Geermu" is a Mongolian phonetic translation, meaning "a place with dense rivers", located in the hinterland of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and the southern edge of the Qaidam Basin. Rising from the construction of the Qinghai-Tibet Highway more than 60 years ago, it has now developed into a transportation hub node in the four provinces (regions) of Qinghai-Tibet and Gansu. The total area of Golmud wetland is 1.449 million hectares, including river wetlands of 114,000 hectares, lake wetlands of 159,000 hectares, marsh wetlands of 1.135 million hectares, and artificial wetlands of 41,000 hectares, ranking first in Qinghai Province.
According to Zhou Qing, an ecological man on the island's artificial lake, the artificial lake is an important part of the construction of the Wetland Park in the new district of Golmud. In recent years, with the continuous advancement of the construction of wetland parks, the ecological environment here has been further improved, and more and more wild birds choose to live here.
Zhou Qing and his wife have been responsible for the management of this artificial lake since 2017. Every spring, there are more than 2,000 migratory birds here. The couple are busy patrolling the lake and picking up trash every day.
"In the winter, wild birds will fly back from afar. When the snow and ice melt in the spring, they will slowly migrate away. They stay for about 40 days a year." Zhou Qing said.
"Now there are many wild birds building their nests on the lake. He has also seen many eggs and hatched birds." Zhou Qing said that in addition to his and his wife's visits to the lake, the local people's awareness of ecological environment protection is also increasing. The stronger, people fish and watch birds by the lake, but these birds will never be disturbed in the wild.
According to the reporter's understanding, Golmud wetland belongs to the oasis ecosystem of the arid desert area and is the main rich area of biodiversity. In recent years, Golmud City has continuously strengthened its environmental protection efforts, implemented green forest construction, wetland ecological protection, grassland grazing bans and grazing restrictions, and has greatly improved the Golmud ecological environment, creating a good habitat for these wild birds.
Nowadays, in Yushuihe Wetland, Guozhen Wetland, Jinyu Lake, Qarhan Freshwater Lake and other places in Golmud, many natural habitats such as good vegetation and water systems have attracted many birds to live and reproduce here, like green heads. Ducks, ring-necked pheasants, swans, grey geese, bar-headed geese, red ducks, and other wild birds with higher requirements for the natural ecological environment are increasing. (Finish)