202 1 Location and Time of Bird Watching in Wuxi

Wuxi, a place with beautiful scenery, has many places to watch and shoot birds in autumn and winter. There are many bird watching spots in Jiangyin, Yixing, Orfila and Binhu in Wuxi, which are rich in bird resources. Let's take a look at the specific bird watching resorts.

Chian Village, Gushan Town, a good place for bird watching in Jiangyin, invested 6.5438+0.5 million yuan to build a bird watching pavilion in the Outang Wetland.

The bird-watching pavilion covers an area of 30 square meters and is 8 meters high. Steel pipe, wood and thatch are the main materials. Use overhead to minimize the contact area between the pavilion and the ground. The pavilion is divided into two floors, the upper part is the bird watching area, the roof is covered with thatch, and the bottom is the rest tea drinking area, equipped with granite coffee table and four stone seats.

Chian Village is rich in bird resources, including black-winged long-legged snipe, spotted kingfisher, kingfisher, great egret, brown-backed shrike, Hongyan and other rare birds.

Common cormorants, rockhoppers, etc. It is easy to see in the Gong Hu Bay wetland in winter. The river habitat in Gong Hu Bay is quite good, with dense trees on both sides, hiding many kinds of birds. Stable white-breasted bitter bird and common kingfisher can be seen. Winter is occupied by all kinds of _ and Ye Ying, and there are records of brown Ye Ying and thrush.

The best bird watching period in Wuxi Hongliang National Wetland Park: April and May; 9 10 month

Features: Hongliang Wetland is also a very suitable place to observe migratory birds, and it is also one of the few parks in Wuxi where the species of birds exceeds 100.

Observable species

endangered species

Tian (wú): Due to the threat of illegal hunting, the number of various species including Tian has declined in recent years. However, in Hongliang National Wetland Park, there are many fields in winter. This also shows that the complete ecological environment of Hongliang Wetland is of great significance to the protection of endangered birds.

National second-class key protected wild animals

Kestrel: Resident bird, likes to hunt voles.

Jay: Summer migratory birds like reeds.

Yuanyang: winter migratory birds, found in the ponds of the nature reserve.

Japanese sparrow hawk: a transit bird, found in the trees in the wetland experience area, presumably a short stay in the migration season.

Rare birds in Wuxi area

Rare birds include snipe, common crake, purple-backed reed snipe, red-throated reed snipe, tin finch and so on. Among them, the purple-backed reed _(jοān) was first discovered in Wuxi. The discovery of these birds provides important scientific research data for investigating and studying the diversity of wetland birds.

On June165438+1October1day, bird investigator Fan Ruyu found two new records of birds in Hongliang National Wetland Park. At that time, the grey geese lived in the reeds in the wetland park reserve, and there were many wetland waterfowl such as spotted duck, green-winged duck, mallard duck and bone chicken on the reeds.

Huazangshan, Binhu District, Wuxi

Best viewing period: July and September.

Recorded species: small white-waisted swift/spotted bird

There is a platform overlooking Huazang Temple and Taihu Lake on the top of the mountain. Birds of prey like to pass by when they migrate, but the biggest feature here is not the bird of prey, but the small white-waisted swift. Besides,

Another southern bird, the zebra finch, can be seen stably in the grass and bushes along the hiking route, especially in the breeding season, when they look for nesting materials in the grass, which is particularly easy to see.

Guitoudao

Best viewing period: March and May.

Recorded species: a large number of thrush and red-billed gull (winter), such as forked-tailed sunbird, white-bellied thrush, blackbird, gray-backed thrush and Wyeth tiger thrush.

Jiebaoshan Forest Park

Best viewing period: May and June.

The biggest feature is the longevity belt and tiger shrike that can be stably observed in early summer. In addition, there are two kinds of breeding records in Xiebaoshan: Baimeiji and Huangmeiji.

The highlights of the record are the spotted-tailed cuckoo dove (March 2020), the brook-headed finch (March 2020), the red-winged cuckoo, the small cuckoo and so on. It is easy to see red-tailed songbirds in May every year, and resident birds in four seasons include red-billed lovebirds, brown-faced warblers and thrushes. There are a lot of southern birds.

In summer, once in a while, you can see the three treasures birds on the wires in the parking lot of Jie Bao. Looking up at the ridge of the mountain, you may even find a red-bellied eagle flying.

Changguang Xi shui Ming ju

Best viewing period: May and June.

The biggest characteristics are Xia _, Hei _, Huang Wei _ and Li Wei _. These three species mainly live in the large reed on the right hand side of the first bridge after entering the gate and crossing Rentian Square in Guangxi. Wait on the bridge and you'll see them fly by.

In May, we can also see two kinds of reed warbler, the black-browed reed warbler and the oriental reed warbler. Presumably there is a small locust warbler. In summer, you can often hear a bunch of azaleas, such as Rhododendron grandiflora, Rhododendron eagle, Rhododendron noisy and Rhododendron fourtone (usually only heard).

Go inside after crossing the bridge and walk to the lake. There is a long reed that needs pruning in winter. There are already records of western crake.

Jun Zhang Shan

Best viewing period: September 65438+10.

Zhang Jun should be the best place to watch raptors in Wuxi. You can see most kinds of raptors in the east during the migration season.

In summer, diphtheria needle-tailed swift and white-waisted swift ushered in the migration peak. After the Mid-Autumn Festival, waves of birds of prey gradually went south and passed by here. Swallow falcon, Japanese sparrow hawk, Amur falcon, crested eagle, gray-faced eagle, etc. Will pass by in turn, as well as local resident birds, sparrowhawks, kestrels and so on. Entering the National Day, peregrine falcon, white-bellied harrier, sparrow hawk, goshawk and other winter migratory birds will also come. In Lin Diao, the weather is stable in autumn and winter, and snake carvings are rare.