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

Kunming is a warm city. It is sunny and comfortable all year round. In winter, flocks of seagulls migrate here. Gull watching in winter 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.

Haigeng dam

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Baling is the most crowded place for red-billed gulls, where more than 7,000 seagulls fly every year, making it one of the best scenic spots to watch seagulls.

Gull watching time

About 7: 30 to 18: 30

In the new Baguan scenic spot, you can see the scenery of the sleeping beauty in the western hills and have a good time with more than 7000 lovely seagulls. You can enjoy the pleasure of thousands of seagulls hovering over Qi Fei, feeding seagulls, and 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 southern part of the park is connected with the vast Dianchi Lake, with a coastline of 2.5 kilometers. On the west side is a cableway connecting Haigeng Park and Xishan Longmen, separated by water. About 2000 seagulls are scattered in Dianchi Lake in Haigeng Park. Flocks of lovely red-billed gulls are flying around begging for food from enthusiastic citizens.

Gull watching time

About 7 am to 65438+ 9 pm

Here, you can enjoy the beautiful scenery in the garden, see the beautiful eucalyptus and floating sheep in Dianchi Lake, see the beauty of sleeping beauty in the western hills, experience the customs of the sea ridges, see the coastline of Dianchi Lake for 2.5 kilometers, walk along the orange runway for 4 kilometers, hang wishing strips and cards on the 100 meter observation fence to offer blessings, and enjoy the beautiful scenery of Dianchi Lake by cableway. 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.

Lvhu 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 routes of surrounding scenic spots: Cuihu Park, Wenhua Lane (mostly snacks), former site of Yunnan Military Academy, Kunming Zoo and former site of The National SouthWest Associated University.

Traffic guide

Kunming changshui international airport: Airport Express 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 10 to afternoon 16.

Seagulls spend the winter in Cuihu, play in the water and compete for bait, which adds infinite interest to Cuihu. With the arrival of winter, watching and feeding gulls in Cuihu Lake has become a beautiful scenery in Cuihu Lake. Many tourists and citizens like to go to Cuihu and bring delicious food to their "old friends" to feed the seagulls. Seagulls arrive every year1mid-October, 165438+. With the footsteps of citizens, Cuihu began a lively gull-watching season and left in March of the following year.

Huanxi bridge

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Every day, about 2500 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 10 to afternoon 16.

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 citizen's house. Residents living in palm tree camps, news and other communities often come here to watch seagulls feed them. The whole Daguan River reflects a green picture of "harmony between man and gull".

Daguan park

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In Daguan Park, nearly 3,000 seagulls are scattered in front of the water buildings in the park, surrounded by pavilions and the People's Liberation Army.

About10am to 5pm

Daguan Park is located near Dianchi Lake, about 3 kilometers west of Kunming. It is close to the vast Dianchi Lake and far from Taihua Mountain. Known as "Wan Yi Water Architecture". 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 couplet with the word 180 vividly shows the scenery of Dianchi Lake and the history of Yunnan for thousands of years.

Best gull-watching time

165438+ from mid-October to the end of February every year. Want to see the seagull's little friend come in winter. Summer is coming, don't miss the 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 beautiful Kunming? There are probably the following reasons:

1. Suitable winter climate in Kunming

2. Good ecological environment

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