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2022年3月16日,北京颐和园山桃盛开的西堤边,成群的鸳鸯_104435.jpg 2022年3月16日,北京颐和园内的凤头鸊鷉迎来了繁殖季,一_104434.jpg 2022年3月23日,北京南海子公园内桃红柳绿,天空上飞翔着_104438.jpg 2022年3月23日,北京南海子公园的湖面上栖息着上百只过境的天鹅,分别有大天鹅、小天鹅和疣鼻天鹅三个品种,图为小天鹅。_104437.JPG 2022年3月20日,北京猛禽救助中心的康复师正在野鸭湖湿地_104436.jpg
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  • Mandarin ducks perch along the west walkway inside the Summer Palace, Beijing, on March 20
  • Podiceps cristatus in the Summer Palace have entered breeding season. Two birds are seen building a nest on the water
  • Swan geese fly through the skies over Nanhaizi Park where plants sprout and peach flowers blossom
  • Swans grace the water of Nanhaizi Park. They include whooper, tundra and mute swans
  • A staff member of the Beijing Raptor Rescue Center releases a peregrine at the Yeyahu National Wetland Nature Reserve in Yanqing
  • 2022年3月16日,北京颐和园山桃盛开的西堤边,成群的鸳鸯_104435.jpg
  • 2022年3月16日,北京颐和园内的凤头鸊鷉迎来了繁殖季,一_104434.jpg
  • 2022年3月23日,北京南海子公园内桃红柳绿,天空上飞翔着_104438.jpg
  • 2022年3月23日,北京南海子公园的湖面上栖息着上百只过境的天鹅,分别有大天鹅、小天鹅和疣鼻天鹅三个品种,图为小天鹅。_104437.JPG
  • 2022年3月20日,北京猛禽救助中心的康复师正在野鸭湖湿地_104436.jpg

Nursed back to health, a sparrow hawk and a peregrine, both under second-class state protection, were released into the wild at the Yeyahu (Wild Duck Lake) National Wetland Nature Reserve in the Chinese capital's Yanqing District by the Beijing Raptor Rescue Center on March 20. This lake marks a stopover along the East Asian-Australasian flyway for migratory birds, the most-concentrated layover for such birds in north China.

That same day, inside the Summer Palace, a myriad of wild bird species was seen flying over the lake at the UNESCO-listed imperial park. Along the west walkway, lined with peach trees, a flock of mandarin ducks captured the gaze of many a visitor.

According to the list of terrestrial wildlife in Beijing released by the Beijing Municipal Forestry and Parks Bureau in 2021, the capital features 503 kinds of birds, an increase of 79 compared with 424 in 2010 and strong evidence of Beijing's unrelenting efforts to protect biodiversity.

The rise in bird types soaring in the urban sky to large extent relates to the public's stronger awareness of bird protection. Every year on April 1, International Bird Day and the first day of Beijing's Bird-Loving Week, the city hosts various activities to teach residents about wild bird species, so that they can better protect them. More and more Beijing residents today are observing and recording the lives of these birdies without interrupting them. 

(Text and photos by Wei Yao)

Copyedited by Elsbeth van Paridon

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