[Explanation] Poyang Lake is China's largest freshwater lake and internationally important wetland, and it is also one of the largest bird sanctuaries in the world.
With Poyang Lake as the magnificent stage, the beautiful "dance drama" with flying birds is staged every winter.
The reporter learned that this year’s migratory bird’s "pioneer force" arrived 11 days earlier than last year, marking the official start of the wintering of the Poyang Lake migratory birds.
Maying Lake in Duchang County, Jiujiang, Jiangxi, has been the first stop for winter migratory birds to reach Poyang Lake for many years.
In the past few days, in the Maying Lake area of Poyang Lake, Duobao Township, Duchang County, Jiangxi Province, volunteer bird guards saw that the number of wintering migratory birds came to the place gradually increased, and groups of bean geese, There are more than 30 populations such as white-fronted goose, white spoonbill, and gray crane.
[Concurrent] Li Yue, Director of Jiangxi Duchang Migratory Bird Nature Reserve Administration
We have observed that more than 10,000 migratory birds have stopped and foraged here. The main populations include white-fronted geese, white spoonbills, herons, and egrets.
[Explanation] At 11 o'clock on October 16th, the water level of Poyang Lake Duchang Station still reached 16.64 meters. Since the beginning of this year, there has been sufficient rain. This is also the longest year of high water level operation of Poyang Lake in recent years.
At present, more than 26,000 overwintering migratory birds have arrived in Poyang Lake, but the area of tidal flats originally used as a habitat for migratory birds has greatly reduced, and the high water level has made it difficult for overwintering herbivorous migratory birds to forage.
[Concurrent] Li Yue, Director of Jiangxi Duchang Migratory Bird Nature Reserve Administration
Then one of us is to strengthen the monitoring of migratory birds. On the other hand, we need to provide patrols. If the migratory birds have difficulty in foraging, we must squeeze out funds to purchase corn, rice and other food for the migratory birds. In the distribution area, artificial feeding.
[Commentary]
The reporter learned that the 11 grassroots sites along the lake in the Poyang Lake National Nature Reserve in Jiangxi Province are currently strengthening the protection, monitoring and research of migratory birds. Once there is an abnormal situation such as food shortage, emergency plans for feeding migratory birds will be initiated. Strive to ensure the safe overwintering of migratory birds.
Huashan Du Chunquan Yang Yu reports from Jiujiang, Jiangxi
Editor in charge: [Liu Xian]