Wintering birds arrive at Hongfeng Lake
eguiyang.com.cn|Updated: December 9, 2024
Various wintering birds arrive at Hongfeng Lake Wetland Reserve. [Photo/WeChat account of Qingzhen city]
Groups of tringa ochropuses, ruddy shelducks, spot-billed ducks, and little egrets migrating south for the winter recently arrived at Hongfeng Lake Wetland Reserve in Qingzhen, a county-level city located west of Guiyang, capital of Southwest China's Guizhou province.
A little egret arrives at Hongfeng Lake Wetland Reserve. [Photo/WeChat account of Qingzhen city]
As an important migratory passage, Hongfeng Lake has won the favor of overwintering birds thanks to its healthy aquatic ecosystems and water environment.
Various wintering birds arrive at Hongfeng Lake Wetland Reserve. [Photo/WeChat account of Qingzhen city]
Over the past five years, the water quality compliance rate of the drinking-water source area of Hongfeng Lake has reached 100 percent. In 2024, Hongfeng Lake was jointly awarded the title of "Beautiful River and Lake in Guizhou Province" by the Environmental Protection Department of Guizhou and Water Resources Department of Guizhou Province.