Rare Birds Were Attracted to Danxia Mountain Natural Reserve

The reporter learned recently that the improving ecological environment of Danxia Mountain Natural Reserve turns it into a breeding habitat for many rare birds.

 

Night herons in the Danxia Mountain Natural Reserve

 

Staff observed that the former "passerby "—— the night herons, under second-class State protection, did not fly back to their original habitat, but stayed in the Danxia Mountain Natural Reserve to reproduce.

 

The reporter saw in the Danxia Mountain Natural Reserve, along the Jinjiang river, gray-brown night herons flying to the sky, sometimes across the river, sometimes soaring on the cliff. It is understood that night herons have quite a high standard for the ecological environment and safety of habitat. Chen Zaixiong, director of the Science Park of the Danxia Mountain Management Committee, told reporters that the population of night herons here was small before. In recent years, abundant trees grow in Danxia Mountain, and water grass, fish and shrimp are getting more and more in Jinjiang river. "Now we have a huge community of night herons, about one thousand night herons are settling here in Danxia Mountain."

 

At present, Danxia Mountain Natural Reserve has more than 2200 higher plants and more than 1600 wildlife. In recent years, Danxia Mountain Natural Reserve has taken various measures to improve the water quality of Jinjiang River and strengthen the protection of its surrounding environment to safeguard birds habitat. At the same time, the management committee attaches great importance to promote the public awareness of protection of the ecological environment of the mountain, carries out campaigns for wild animals protection every year, built a "bird watching trail" to raise the public's understanding of the birds in Danxia Mountain, and effectively protects the biodiversity and birds habitats in Danxia Mountain.