An increase of 8.23% compared to the same period last year! The monitoring results of summer migratory birds in Qinghai Lake for 2023 have arrived → Biodiversity | Qinghai Lake | Same period last year
From August 4 to 13, the Administration of Qinghai Lake National Nature Reserve, together with Qinghai Normal University, Henan University, Tsinghua University, Northwest Normal University, Institute of Zoology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Hydrobiology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Northwest Plateau Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Zoology of Shaanxi Province and other institutions of higher learning and scientific research, completed the comprehensive survey of biodiversity of Qinghai Lake National Nature Reserve in 2023 in 10 days.
The monitoring results of waterbirds show that a total of 46 species and over 116600 waterbirds were recorded in 24 major waterbird habitats, including Bird Island and Haixin Mountain; Among them, there are 121 black necked cranes, a national first-class key protected wild animal, 7 horned grenadiers, 583 black necked grenadiers, 10 swans, 4 white waisted curlew, and 6 flipping stone sandpipers. More than 38500 breeding summer migratory birds, including spotted goose, brown headed gull, fishing gull, common cormorant, and phoenix headed grenadier, were detected in Qinghai Lake this time, an increase of 8.23% compared to the same period last year.
The comprehensive investigation of biodiversity is an important support for understanding the background of natural resources in Qinghai Lake. The survey mainly includes the investigation of the main vegetation types and distribution around Qinghai Lake, the population investigation of waterbirds in the later stage of breeding in Qinghai Lake, the field population and distribution investigation of Proctor's gazelle during lambing period, the population quantity and distribution investigation of black necked cranes in the later stage of breeding, and the monitoring and type change investigation of wetland biodiversity in Qinghai Lake.