Roe deer foraging with their heads down, Mandarin ducks playing in pairs, wild boars rolling around the water, 142 infrared cameras distributed in the mountains and forests near Nanjing are distributed day and night to capture photos of animals passing by.
The reporter learned from the Nanjing Municipal Bureau of Green landscape architecture that in July 2019, the city carried out the monitoring of the diversity of terrestrial wild animals in Nanjing, and by the end of the first phase of monitoring in September 2020, a total of 47 species were recorded by infrared cameras deployed in Nanjing, and 8 new species were monitored this year (2021), a total of 55 species. Including roe deer, raccoon, Japanese pine sparrowhawk, etc., of which 6 species belong to the national second-level key protection.
▲ Pukou Xingdian Badger
The cool breeze of early autumn blows away the summer heat and sends the coolness of autumn alone. In the suburbs of Nanjing, in the small puddles near the citizens' homes, there are often small animals to play, from gray magpies to small hedgehogs, leisurely enjoying the city life; in the outskirts of Nanjing, in the bushes of the old mountain forest farm, in the nameless pond of Niushou Mountain... More and more wild animals are being quietly captured by infrared cameras scattered throughout Nanjing. In Nanjing, the landscape and lintian lake are intertwined, and more and more animal neighbors choose to settle here.
In the winter of 2019, in The coordinates of Nanjing Lishui Wuxiang Mountain, a male white bird wearing a "white robe", a "red crown" on the top of the head, and a deep black abdomen stands between the branches, and a brown female white bird on the other side looks out in the bushes. It is understood that this is the northernmost record of the white stork, a national second-level key protected bird, which is currently monitored in China. According to the latest data, the white stork already has a stable population in Lishui Wuxiang Mountain.
▲Lishui Wuxiang Mountain White Egret
In recent years, due to the improvement of the ecological environment, the population of wild boar in the Laoshan Forest Farm in Nanjing Pukou, the Niushou Mountain Forest Farm in Jiangning, and the Xingdian Forest Farm in Pukou has increased. Wild boars were detected in 8 districts of Nanjing (Jiangning District, Pukou District, Liuhe District, Qixia District, Yuhuatai District, Lishui District, Gaochun District, xuanwu District), and a total of 1452 wild boar photos were taken in the valid data recovered in the first phase of the test.
Why do these rare wild animals choose to settle in Nanjing?
Perhaps it is closely related to the continuous optimization of the urban environment. As the ecological home of wild animals, wetlands have improved the wetland management system and strengthened the protection and restoration of wetland ecology... In recent years, Nanjing has made great efforts in wetland protection and restoration, and has established 1 nature reserve, 1 national wetland park, and 8 provincial wetland parks, restoring about 17,000 mu of wetlands, and the city's natural wetland protection rate has reached more than 68%. More and more urban green spaces and suburban wetlands are providing new shelters for animal neighbors, but such protection for some endangered species is not enough.
The wings are black and yellow, and the pattern resembles a tiger skin pattern, which is known as the "national treasure" of the Chinese tiger butterfly. Nanjing is the area with the largest number of Chinese tiger butterflies, in order to protect this national second-level protected wild animal, the Nanjing Municipal Bureau of Green gardens and gardens and multiple departments in Pukou District to carry out in-situ ecological protection of Chinese tiger butterflies, by special personnel to take good care of.
Restoring wetlands and protecting habitats for small and endangered populations, Nanjing has built a comfortable home for wild animals while creating a comfortable home for wild animals in need. In March 2021, the Nanjing Wildlife Shelter and Rescue Center welcomed a night heron that was hooked by a fish hook for stealing food, but fortunately the night heron's injuries were not serious. Under the care of the rescue center staff, the night heron "stayed" in the rescue center for a period of time before being released into the wild.
▲Lishui Wuxiang Mountain Tabby Ground Plover
It is reported that since the establishment of the Nanjing Wildlife Shelter and Rescue Center in 2011, the center has rescued more than 10,000 wild animals, and in 2020 alone, 925 wild animals have been rescued, with an average of more than 2.5 animals being rescued every day.
Settling down, settling down, and breeding, animal neighbors show the picture of Nanjing's ecological civilization construction with practical actions.
Relevant people from nanjing's green garden and forestry department reminded that wild camping enthusiasts should try to avoid camping in important habitats of wild animals such as forest parks, nature reserves, and wetland parks, reduce human interference with wild animals, ensure their personal safety, consolidate the current achievements in wildlife protection, and promote harmonious coexistence between man and nature.
Source: I Su Net
Editors: Liu Hao, Wang Han
Planners: Shi Yong, Yao Jianjun
Review: Zhang Jian, Chu Fangqiao
Publisher: Ying Chen