This is March 27th, over 600 grey cranes arrived at the Caohu National Wetland Park in our city.

        Recently, more than a thousand grey cranes have visited the Caohu National Wetland Park in our city successively, replenishing energy their subsequent northward migration.

        It is reported that the grey crane, also known as the thousand-year crane or black crane, is a secondary protected animal in the National List of Key Protected Wild Animals in China. They usually move in small groups of 5-10, and can reach up to 40-5 during migration. It is relatively rare to see hundreds of grey cranes migrating simultaneously.

        According to the staff of the Municipal Forestry and Grassland Bureau, the first of grey cranes in our city's Caohu wetland was in March 2022, when there were only more than 180. This spring two batches of grey cranes have stopped by our city, with the first batch in mid-March, numbering over 400.

        The Caohu Nationalland Park in our city is an important international route and a resting place for bird migration. With the continuous increase in ecological protection efforts and the improvement of the ecological environment in recent years the types and quantities of wildlife have shown an increasing trend year by year. Currently, 131 species of wildlife have been monitored. Among them, there are 4 national-level protected animals including the black stork, the relict gull, the black-necked crane, and the golden eagle; and 24 national II- protected animals including the whooper swan, the grey crane, the white heron, the great buzzard, and the peregrine falcon.