Autumn and winter are the seasons of migratory birds
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It was found in the Huainan Wetland in Huaibin County
New bird species - Mongolian silver gull
The silver gull is a large (64 cm) light gray gull, a common summer migratory bird in Xinjiang and Inner Mongolia, wintering along the coast of Hebei and south of the Yangtze River, and occasionally found in Taiwan. The legs of the silver gull are pale pink, the upper body is light gray, the shape is thick, the chest is deep, the mouth is thick, the forehead is long and slow, the top of the head is flat, and the appearance looks fierce. However, the silver gull is of great benefit to agricultural production, and it eats rats such as weasels, chicks, voles and so on. According to records, there are 1,200 silver gulls living in one area, and 250,000 rats were exterminated in 3 months.
Huaibin Huainan Wetland Provincial Nature Reserve was established in December 2001 with a total area of 3,400 hectares. In recent years, the Huaibin County Party Committee and the county government have attached great importance to the construction of ecological environmental protection, the ecology of Huainan wetland has been effectively protected and restored, and the naturalness, integrity and stability of the wetland ecosystem have been enhanced year by year.
"Nowadays, huaibin huainan wetland has a beautiful environment, rich in aquatic plants, fish and shrimp, and a large number of migratory birds migrate here in autumn and winter, and the bird species increases year by year." Li Ling, director of the Huainan Wetland Conservation Area, told reporters that 188 species of birds have been found in the wetland, including 5 species of national first-class protected birds such as the Chinese autumn sand duck, the white-shouldered eagle, the golden eagle, the great bustard, and the Oriental White Stork, more than 30 species of national second-level protected birds such as giant swans, bean geese, white spoonbills, and small crows, and 40 species of provincial key protected birds.
Source: Big River Client