A magic view of picturesque wetlands in Shaanxi

Known as the "kidney of the earth", wetlands play a crucial role in water conservation, water purification, climate regulation, flood and drought storage and maintenance of biodiversity. Therefore, to protect wetlands is to protect the habitat of wetland organisms.

In recent years, Shaanxi Province has protected and restored a large number of natural wetlands. Up to now, 14 wetland nature reserves, 43 national wetland parks and 55 provincial wetlands have been established, forming a conservation model with graded and classified protection and multiple complementary forms.

Let's take a look at the "beautiful wetlands" in Shaanxi.

Hongjiannao Wetland

Recently, as the temperature gradually decreased, Hongjiannao National Nature Reserve ushered in a large number of migratory birds, such as whooper swans, tundra swans, geese, black storks, white-bone top chick, herons, great egrets, grey geese, red-billed gulls, ruddy ducks, green-headed ducks, white spoonbills, red-headed ducks, and crested grebes, the number of which exceeds 30,000.

Hongjiannao Wetland boasts vast waters and abundant food for birds, and is an important passage and transit point for migrating birds. In recent years, with the continued improvement of the ecological environment, and the strengthened management measures, the species and number of birds passing through have increased year by year.