Hainan Mangrove Migrant Birds - China

Hainan Mangrove Migrant Birds - China

This photo taken on October 20, 2024 shows lesser sand plovers flying at the Hainan Xinying Mangrove National Wetland Park in Danzhou City, south China's Hainan Province. The ecological environment in Hainan has been improving in recent years thanks to the protection of wetlands and birds by the local government, attracting an increasing number of migrant birds wintering in the southmost island province of China. Photo by Zhang Liyun/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Hainan Mangrove Migrant Birds - China

Hainan Mangrove Migrant Birds - China

This photo taken on October 20, 2024 shows lesser sand plovers at the Hainan Xinying Mangrove National Wetland Park in Danzhou City, south China's Hainan Province. The ecological environment in Hainan has been improving in recent years thanks to the protection of wetlands and birds by the local government, attracting an increasing number of migrant birds wintering in the southmost island province of China. Photo by Zhang Liyun/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Hainan Mangrove Migrant Birds - China

Hainan Mangrove Migrant Birds - China

This photo taken on October 20, 2024 shows lesser sand plovers at the Hainan Xinying Mangrove National Wetland Park in Danzhou City, south China's Hainan Province. The ecological environment in Hainan has been improving in recent years thanks to the protection of wetlands and birds by the local government, attracting an increasing number of migrant birds wintering in the southmost island province of China. Photo by Zhang Liyun/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

CHINA-HAINAN-DANZHOU-WETLAND-MIGRANT BIRDS (CN)

CHINA-HAINAN-DANZHOU-WETLAND-MIGRANT BIRDS (CN)

(221216) -- DANZHOU, Dec. 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A flock of sand plovers are pictured at Danzhou Bay Wetland in Danzhou, south China's Hainan Province, Dec. 11, 2022. Danzhou Bay Wetland has been a winter habitat for migrant birds including spoon-billed sandpipers and black-faced spoonbills, both of which are under first-class national protection in China. Local authorities also pinned great importance to their protection, which has ushered in increasing diversity in the wetland ecological system there. (Xinhua/Pu Xiaoxu)