on the banks of the qingshui river, a small town on the outskirts of beijing held the first ecological bird watching festival
2024-09-29
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beijing news (reporter zhao lixin) on september 28, on the banks of the qingshui river in the suburbs of beijing, the people's government of beizhuang town, miyun district, beijing hosted an ecological bird watching festival. beizhuang town is located in the upper reaches of miyun reservoir, with a forest coverage rate of 82.95% and a wetland area of 53 hectares. the beizhuang section of qingshui river has constant water flow all year round. rare birds such as egrets, green herons, red-bellied eagles, and swans inhabit here in different seasons. according to statistics, there are 215 species of birds recorded in the town, including 6 species of national first-level protected birds, 33 species of national second-level protected birds, and 67 species of municipally protected birds.
citizens visit beizhuang town. photo courtesy of the propaganda department of miyun district committee
according to reports, this year’s ecological bird watching festival is themed “bird fun in the qingshui riverside pastoral” and has set up bird watching economic salons, bird watching trails, rescued bird releases, on-site bird watching guidance, common bird science popularization, intangible cultural heritage various activities such as paper kite experience and special agricultural products market are designed to allow people to immerse themselves in the relationship between people and nature in qingshui beizhuang and bird watching town in the process of bird recognition, bird watching, talking about birds, photographing birds, and painting birds. the beauty of harmony also conveys the ecological concept of "protecting nature, respecting nature, and complying with nature".
in recent years, beizhuang town has clearly built a bird-watching town and developed a bird-watching economy based on its functional positioning and resource endowment. it has successively implemented projects such as hemei village, waterfowl protection and waterfowl habitat restoration, focusing on building bird-watching trails, small wetlands, bird-watching supporting facilities such as qingshui reception hall and science popularization corridor. at the same time, we actively connect with the nature conservancy, the forestry society of china, the beijing children’s palace, the school of life sciences of beijing normal university, and bird love international to carry out activities such as bird watching studies and ecological summer camps. since the beginning of this year, it has organized more than 100 bird-watching themed nature education activities, received 85,000 tourists, and achieved an economic income of 1.175 million yuan. the ecological name card of qingshui river bird watching town has become increasingly loud.
huang shikai, deputy mayor of beizhuang town, introduced that this event is based on beizhuang town’s unique natural resources and rich bird resources, tapping new productive forces for rural economic development, promoting the in-depth integration of natural science education and the development of characteristic agriculture, and continuing to explore rural bird watching. new model of economic development. in the next step, beizhuang town will continue to implement the "two mountains" theory, focus on building a bird-watching town, develop the bird-watching economy, continue to strengthen ecological environment protection, improve the construction of bird-watching infrastructure, lead the agglomeration of the nature education industry, and do a good job in "technology "explore + ecological birdwatching + natural education + characteristic agriculture + intangible cultural heritage" is a path of characteristic rural revitalization to build a harmonious and beautiful countryside with win-win outcomes for ecological protection and economic development.
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