Bird protection in action during Bird Loving Week

The cormorants playing in the Wuchang Lake in Wangjiang County.

On April 4th, bird conservation volunteers observed the feeding habits of birds in Taokou Village, Leichi Town, Wangjiang County.

On April 4th, the staff of the forestry department gave a lecture on bird conservation to students at the Leichi Central School in Wangjiang County.

On April 4th, volunteers from the Yuyingzhou Wildlife Conservation Association conducted bird protection patrols in Taokou Village, Leichi Town.

On April 4th, volunteers from the Yuyingzhou Wildlife Conservation Association conducted bird protection patrols in Taokou Village, Leichi Town, Wangjiang County. On that day, the county organized government officials from several departments, including forestry, public security, and agriculture and rural affairs, as well as volunteers from the wildlife conservation association, to conduct a week-long publicity campaign on the law and science of wildlife protection in communities, villages, schools, and markets. In recent years, the county has increased its wetland conservation efforts and has discovered 112 species of wetland birds, including four national first-class protected animals and fifteen threatened species, including critically endangered, endangered, vulnerable, and near-threatened species. In 2021 and 2022, the county ranked at the forefront of wetland conservation performance evaluation in the province. In November 2022, the protection of the Wuchang Lake Wetland Migratory Bird Flyway was praised by the National Bird Ringing Center.

April 4th to 10th is the 42nd "Bird Loving Week" in Anhui Province. This year's theme is "Protecting Migratory Bird Flyways and Promoting Ecological Civilization Construction".(Reported by Li Bo, Xu Jingshui)