National birdwatchers come thousands of miles to chase "gulls"

According to experts, the significant increase in the variety and number of seagulls in Qingdao is largely due to the improvement of the habitat environment of seagulls, especially the obvious improvement of the environment of Jiaozhou Bay. Today, a large number of wild birds such as seagulls inhabit the coast of Jiaozhou Bay. Yu Tao, secretary general of the Qingdao Bird Watching Association, told reporters that 5 species of critically endangered birds in Qingdao (blue-headed diving duck, white crane, spoon-billed sandpiper, Chinese crested tern, yellow-breasted seamed) were all observed in Jiaozhou Bay, and 6 of the 8 endangered birds (Oriental White Stork, Black-faced Spoonbill, Chestnut Stork, Grassland Eagle, Red-crowned Crane, Giant Crane, Great Shore Sandpiper, And Little Blue-footed Sandpiper) were observed in Jiaozhou Bay.

"There is a group of people in Qingdao who specialize in watching gulls, and some rare species have been found among these gulls, which has attracted many birdwatchers from other places. Yu Tao, secretary general of the Qingdao Bird Watching Association, told reporters that in mid-December last year, birdwatchers from Beijing, Fujian and other places made a special trip to the reef beach on the south side of polar ocean world to shoot gray-backed gulls, because such gulls are relatively rare in China. In addition, hundreds of people come to Qingdao from all over the country every year to photograph the Chinese terns.

Source: Qingdao Evening News