2023 First Xixi Lake Wetland Park Birdwatching Festival Inaugurated in Xinmin City

The 2023 First Xixi Lake Wetland Park Birdwatching Festival as well as Xinmin Spring Tour kicks off, photo by Zhang Qi

On April 1st, which marked International Bird Loving Day, , the First Xixi Lake Wetland Park Birdwatching Festival and the launch ceremony of Xinmin Spring Tour took place in Shenyang's picturesque Xixi Lake Wetland Park.

Li Runbin, Deputy Director of Shenyang Municipal Bureau of Culture, Tourism, Radio, and Television gives a keynote speech, photo by Li Peixuan

The event will last for 30 days, offering a diverse range of activities including birdwatching, photography, and fishing competitions, photography science popularization, displays of poetry, calligraphy, and painting, and exhibitions for local specialties and intangible cultural heritage items. It seeks to establish itself as an inclusive platform for birdwatching, showcasing the area’s profound culture and prominent local features, and promoting harmonious coexistence between humanity and nature.

Zhang Zhixue, Director of Xinmin Municipal Bureau of Culture, Tourism, Radio, and Television introduces the city's spring tour projects, photo by Li Peixuan

The Xixi Lake Wetland Park is situated in Hutai Town of Xinmin, a county-level city of Shenyang. The wetland park covers an area of 4.33 million sqm with a lake area reaching 2.67 million sqm. Moreover, the wetland park is also on a prominent route for migratory birds during their south-north journey.

Birds are flying freely in Xixi Lake Wetland Park, photo by Zhang Qi

The Xixi Lake Wetland Park's natural and graceful ecological environment serves as an ideal habitat for migratory birds to breed. The park witnesses over 100 varieties of rare birds annually such as oriental storks, grey herons, ruddy shelducks, and mallards to inhabit the wetland park. As the weather becomes warmer, tens of thousands of migratory birds embark on their journey northward, signaling the wetland park’s revival after a long winter and the commencement of an excellent birdwatching season in the area. (Text/Yang Wei)