Dongtan migratory bird reserve

--Located at the east end of Chongming Island, millions of waterfowl transit and migrate here every year.

--The best time to watch birds is in the morning. It's killing two birds with one stone to be able to watch both birds and sunrise.

--There is a large reed marsh here. At the end, the sea is close in front of you, so it is also the location for many wedding photo studios.

--Dongtan migratory bird reserve is deep in Dongtan Wetland Park.

Dongtan migratory bird reserve

Chongming east beach is located at the easternmost end of Chongming Island in Shanghai. It borders on the estuary of the Yangtze River in the north and south, and slowly extends eastward to the vast east China Sea, and is far away from the north and South continents. Chongming Dongtan Nature Reserve starts from xijiagang in the south, ends at beibafei port in the north, takes the dike built in 1968 as the boundary in the west, and ends at 3000m water line outside Wusong elevation zero meter line in the East. It belongs to Chongming Island's water area, land and beach within the imitated semicircular waterway line. With an area of 326 square kilometers, Chongming Dongtan Nature Reserve is a typical estuarine wetland in the Yangtze River Estuary. Among them, the natural reserve covers an area of 265 square kilometers, including 120 square kilometers of beaches above the zero meter line of Wusong elevation and 145 square kilometers of waters within 3000 meters outside the zero meter line of Wusong elevation. The area within the dyke is mainly constructed wetland, with an area of 61 square kilometers.

brief introduction

Dongtan migratory bird reserve is located at the east end of Chongming Island, which is adjacent to the estuary of the Yangtze River in the north and south. It is formed by the continuous deposition of sediment in the Yangtze River, with a total area of 450000 mu, and is also extending outward at the speed of 150 meters (about 13 mu) per year.

There are 265 species of birds recorded in Chongming Dongtan Bird Nature Reserve, including 140 species of waterfowls living in wetlands and 34 species under state key protection; 156 species and 54 species of Snipes listed in the agreement on the protection of migratory birds and their habitats between China, Japan and Australia, respectively. In addition, 8 migratory birds in the Chongming migratory season migrated to 1% of the world's population. 80% of the Australian banding birds recovered from Chinese mainland were from Chongming east beach. Chongming Dongtan is also a necessary channel for the annual migration of various organisms.

Bird species

The water here is clean and the soil is clean, the fertile land breeds endless reed marshes, and crabs climb out of the caves to look for food; the vast Yangtze River breeds all kinds of aquatic products, and the fish are fat and crabs are strong; the pure land grows all kinds of pollution-free vegetables, melons and fruits; the 30000 hectare beach is also one of the few wild bird parks in the world, In spring and autumn, there are more than 130 kinds of rare migratory birds, and the number of border birds is about 1 million. In particular, there were 3000 to 3500 swans wintering in Dongtan, a national first-class protected animal, and 20 to 3 million migratory birds from Australia, New Zealand, Japan and other countries. Among them, there are white goose, green heron, Chinese Egret and black faced Spoonbill.

Major developments

In 1992, China's biodiversity conservation action plan listed Chongming Dongtan as a wetland ecosystem of international significance. In 1999, Chongming Dongtan was accepted as a member of "East Asia Australia wading bird reserve network" by wetland International Asia Pacific Organization. In January 2002, Chongming Dongtan was designated as an important international wetland by the Secretariat of the Convention on wetlands. On September 14, 2002, Dongtan tourism officially started. The long dike is built with huge stones to commemorate, the trestle is built to get close to the wetland, the bamboo tower is built to overlook the East China Sea, and the post station is built for tourists' leisure. The mysterious veil of Dongtan is lifted. Dongtan migratory bird protection will be the focus of Chongming tourism development. According to the development layout of the master plan, the wetland park will be developed, the sunrise will be observed in Dongtan, the watchtower will be set up, the bird watching platform and bird museum will be built, the participatory amusement projects will be developed, and the "Farm Tour" will be opened up. At that time, it will become a tourist resort integrating leisure, sightseeing and recreation.

Traffic routes

You can take a boat to Bao town at Wusong Wharf (4 shifts a day) or Baoyang Wharf (10 shifts a day), and then take the fort front line to Dongtan. Self driving route: urban area - Yixian viaduct road - Tongji Road (A30 highway) - Baoyang road - Baoyang road Wharf - chekedu - Baozhen South Road - Baozhen North Road - Chenhai highway - Beichen highway - Baichen highway

Catering: after bird watching in Dongtan, you can return to Chenjia town. There are many rare seafood here, and the price is cheaper than other places.

Best time for bird watching

The best time to watch birds in the East China Sea is in the morning, because the sunrise in the East China Sea is a natural beauty of Chongming. Chongming east beach is at the forefront of the East China Sea. It's killing two birds with one stone to be able to watch both birds and sunrise in the morning.

Address: windmill office, Dongwang Avenue, Chenjia Town, Chongming County, Shanghai

Longitude: 121.91230631416

Latitude: 31.48237601482

Tel: 021-59471413; 021-594

Tour time: 3-4 hours

Traffic information: located in the inner part of Dongtan wetland, you can drive to it by yourself

Self driving: Pudong Shanghai Yangtze River Tunnel Bridge Chenhai highway Beichen highway Qianyu highway Qianshao highway Dongwang road Chongming Dongtan wetland. Toll (50 yuan one way)

Ticket information: included in Dongtan Wetland Park

Opening hours: 6:00-18:00

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