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Travel in the east beach migratory bird s protection zone of Chongming Island Shanghai of China

Travel in the east beach migratory bird s protection zone of Chongming Island Shanghai of China

Write: Rebekah [2011-05-23]

Travel in the east beach migratory bird   s protection zone of Chongming Island  Shanghai of China

Traffic

Can be in Wusong quay Class 4 of every day) Or precious the Yang s Class 10 of every day) Take ship to the fort town, then ride the front of the fort to go to the east beach.
From the circuit of driving: Urban area- Overhead way of celestial being of the ease- Road of Tongji University (A30 highway) -Treasure way the intersection of treasure and Yang way quay the intersection of bus and guest Yang cross the intersection of fort and town the intersection of fort and the intersection of town and South Road the intersection of fort and the intersection of town and North Road the intersection of sea and highway the intersection of the north and highway white highway Chen Chen Chen.

Introduce

In east of Chongming Island, have one the intersection of mud flat and the intersection of bird and protection zone Hou, the area is 30,000 hectares, it is few wild birds in the world that collects occupying, one of the habitats, declaring the important wetland in the world at present.
The east beach has 116 kinds of birds, especially the cygnet survives the winter in the east beach the quantity reaches 3000-3500. The more preciously one has too such as white volume wild goose, green egret, egret of plucked string instrument with a fretted fingerboard of black face,etc.. Come from Australia, New Zealand, Japan,etc. in transit to perch migratory bird country have still, the total number reaches 3 million. In the intersection of view and season of bird, can see large stretch of a flock of birds float and come as white cloud in the sky, the scene is rather grand.
The east beach in Chongming belongs to the subtropical climate, it is the monsoon in East Asia that prevails in the area, the temperature of annual mean is 15.3 , winter because three are influenced by thermal effect above water, the temperature is 1 higher than the west of Chongming Island, the water areas are not frozen, help the aquatic bird to survive the winter very much, so it becomes the importance post where the migratory bird of Asian-Pacific area migrates on the route Ground is the intersection of research and the intersection of river mouth and scientific ideal place of problem that pay close attention to outside the China too with the intersection of aquatic bird and important breeding spot, survive the winter. The protection zone is in ocean, the river, land, the crossing in the area of the island, bio-diversity is extremely complicated and unique, though the mud flat vegetation is simpler, mainly have reed, Lu grass and sea Mitsubishi Lu grass make up, but because the amount of production is large, play a very important role in the mud flat is deposited, and created the good living environment for other living beings and brought up Shanghai area at the same time 70% 80% Species. At present, the birds that the east beach in Chongming has already record been have 17 mesh 50 families and 290 kinds. List in 20 kinds birds of Chinese endangered animals Red Book ; It is 156 kinds and 54 kinds to list in the birds that inter-governmental migratory bird and habitat of China and Japan, China and Australia protect the protocol respectively; There are 12 kinds of at least to exceed wader kinds of the world population quantity 1%. Pass by over million of total amount of aquatic bird changing trains and surviving the winter in the east beach of Chongming every year, among them the birds of the first-grade state protection are eastern white stork, black stork, old age crane, 4 kinds sea eagles; 35 kinds of animals under second -level State protection, such as the egret of plucked string instrument with a fretted fingerboard of black face, the cygnet, grey crane, mandarin duck, little curlew, little blue and green foot snipe,etc.. Mainly there are a flock of birds of four kinds of types in the east beach of Chongming, they are s snipes respectively, wild goose s ducks, crane herd and gull group. According to the investigations of more than 10 years, had especially moved to the wader northwards and survived the winter for three year in succession in 1996- 1998 aquatic bird s investigation shown, the east beach in Chongming is the important post where the migratory bird migrated on the route, the east beach in Chongming is the old age crane at the same time, the importance of rare aquatic birds such as the cygnet,etc. survives the winter in the ground, among them first-grade state protection birds old age crane has already chosen east beach in Chongming as and survived the winter in the ground in more than ten years continuously, the quantity reaches more than 130. Chongming east beach trace back river and fall many kinds of the intersection of living beings and annual the intersection of river and migration must pass passway, in 10 kinds of existing beasts, 73 kinds of fish and 31 kinds of shellfishes, a lot of important kind, for instance: The wild animal of first-grade state protection is white and globefish, Chinese sturgeon, economic local product kind steamed crab and having The soft gold Eel at title seedling,etc.,have like mud spiral shell, Japanese natural pond shrimp, sea the melon seed,etc. is various in style, the abundant economic animal of resource, their important life history, such as looking for food, breeding, young sports is fat,etc. relies on this special water areas. The species that the east beach in Chongming has already found out now also includes 16 kinds of amphibious reptiles, 21 kinds of mollusks, 13 kinds link animals, 73 kinds of insects. The significant events of protection zone: In 1992, protection action plan of China s bio-diversity that 10 ministries and commissions of the State Council of China made listed the east beach in Chongming in protecting arrays preferably; In 1998, the protection zone is set up with the approval of municipal government of Shanghai; Set up the management office of protection zone formally in April of 1999, is under the jurisdiction of Shanghai and afforest the administration bureau (the municipal forestry bureau) now ; In July of 1999, the east beach in Chongming was admitted for East Asia by the international organization of the Asian-Pacific area of wetland -Wader s network of protection zone of migrating of large favourable West Asia of Australia Member units; In January of 2002, the protection zone and adjoining 84 sq. km. of artificial wetlands were classified as the international important wetland; In July of 2005, were promoted to the national-level nature reserve with the approval of the State Council of China; In November of 2005, China Association of Wild Animal Protection awarded to 12 townships of Chinese birds of China China, Chongming wins township of the old age crane Its good reputation. In October of 2006, were approved by State Forestry Bureau, listed in the first 51 national-level demonstration nature reserves in China.