When is gull watching season in Kunming? The best time and place to watch gulls in Kunming

Kunming is a warm city. Sunny and comfortable all year round. In winter, flocks of seagulls migrate here. In winter, gull watching has become one of the daily activities of local citizens, and it is also a bird watching holy place for many bird lovers. Let's take a look at the best time and place to watch gulls in Kunming.

Gull Dam

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Ridge Dam is the place where red-billed gulls gather the most, with more than 7, seagulls flying here every year, which is one of the best scenic spots to watch seagulls.

Gull-watching time

About 7: 3 to 18: 3

In Xinba Scenic Area, you can see the sleeping beauty of the Western Hills and have a good time with more than 7, lovely seagulls. You can enjoy the pleasure of thousands of seagulls hovering over Qi Fei, the pleasure of feeding seagulls, and the beautiful photos of close contact with seagulls under the blue sky. Think of it as a happy enjoyment. The place is spacious and free, attracting millions of tourists to watch, take photos with seagulls and feed red-billed gulls every year.

haigeng park

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haigeng park is located in the southern suburbs of Kunming. The south of the park is connected with the vast Dianchi Lake, with a coastline of 2.5 kilometers. On the west is a cableway connecting Haigeng Park to Longmen in Xishan, separated by a water. About 2 seagulls are scattered all over Dianchi Lake in Haigeng Park. Groups of lovely red-billed gulls are flying up and down, begging for food from enthusiastic citizens.

Gull-watching time

From 7 am to 19 pm

Here, you can enjoy the beautiful scenery in the garden, see the beautiful eucalyptus trees and floating sheep in Dianchi Lake, see the beauty of sleeping beauty in the western hills, experience the style of the ridge, see the 2.5 km coastline of Dianchi Lake, walk for 4 km on the orange runway, hang wishing strips and wishing cards on the 1-meter viewing fence to offer your blessings, and take the cableway to enjoy the beautiful scenery of Dianchi Lake. The most important thing is to watch the lovely seagulls in Dianchi Lake, which is an excellent place to enjoy. Visit the park to enjoy the beautiful scenery and get close to the seagulls to share the fun. Because it is located outside Dianchi Lake, you can enjoy the beautiful scenery of Dianchi Lake at the same time.

Cuihu Park

Cuihu Park, located in the center of Kunming, is an emerald in Kunming and enjoys the reputation of "beautiful jade in the city". Remember the text "The Old Man and the Seagull" in the primary school textbook, which describes the real events in Cuihu Park. Now the statue of the old man is still in Cuihu Park. Here, besides watching seagulls, you can also experience the life of local people in Kunming. Similarly, there are no tickets here.

Tour route of surrounding scenic spots: Cuihu Park, Culture Lane (mostly snacks), Kunming Zoo, former site of National Southwest Associated University

Traffic guide

kunming changshui international airport: Airport Express Line 1 (get off at Xiaoximen) takes about one hour.

Kunming Railway Station: Bus No.2 (get off at Renmin Middle Road, Fuchun Street) takes about half an hour.

Gull-watching time

About 1: am to 16: pm

Seagulls spend the winter in Cuihu, playing in the water and competing for bait, which adds infinite interest to Cuihu. With the coming of winter, watching and feeding gulls in Cuihu Lake has become a beautiful scenery of Cuihu Lake. Many tourists and citizens like to visit Cuihu and bring delicious food to their "old friends" to feed the seagulls. Seagulls arrive in mid-November every year. With the footsteps of citizens, Cuihu began a lively gull-watching season and left in March of the following year.

number of seagulls around West Bridge

Every day, about 2,5 seagulls gather at Huanxi Bridge. The seagulls here fly from the ridge dam in the morning and fly back to the ridge dam to rest at night.

Gull-watching time

About 1 am to 16 pm

Wetlands scattered on Daguan River have become a paradise for red-billed gulls. Seagulls inhabit the lake around the West Bridge, shore platforms, wooden bridges and pavilions, and flock up and down from time to time, attracting many citizens to stop and watch. This is the seagull in front of the citizens' house. Residents living in palm tree camps, news and other communities often come here to watch seagulls feed seagulls. The whole Daguan River reflects a green picture of "harmony between man and gull".

Daguan Park

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In Daguan Park, nearly 3, seagulls are scattered in front of the water buildings in the park, surrounded by pavilions and pavilions. The People's Liberation Army

is located at Dianchi Lake, about 3 kilometers west of Kunming. It is close to the vast Dianchi Lake and far from Taihua Mountain. Known as the "Wanyi Water Building". At the same time, it is also one of the main attractions for viewing, taking pictures and feeding red-billed gulls. Here, water is connected with buildings, surrounded by green trees and beautiful scenery. This 18-word couplet vividly shows the scenery of Dianchi Lake and the history of Yunnan for thousands of years to the world.

The best gull watching time

Every year from mid-November to the end of February. Want to see the seagull's little friend come in winter. When summer comes, don't miss seagulls. In fact, traveling to Yunnan in winter is a good choice. After all, Kunming is known as the "Spring City".

why did the red-billed gull choose to spend the winter in the beautiful Kunming? There are probably the following reasons:

1. Suitable climate in Kunming in winter

2. Good ecological environment

3. Enthusiastic Kunming invests a lot of manpower and material resources every year to ensure the food supply and living environment of red-billed gulls.