Why do whooper swans come to Rongcheng to spend the winter every year?

Rongcheng’s “three beauties” are the reason why swans come here, it’s the ecological beauty that creates a good living environment for swans, the beauty of human souls and the care of swans so that swans can live on the beach The beautiful environment makes Rongcheng a wonderful home for swans, and Rongcheng has established a swan nature reserve to educate citizens to develop the habit of living in harmony with swans and actively feed swans. In cold weather, when the surface of the Swan Lake When part of the lake freezes over, staff will place food on the lake to ensure the whooper swans have a safe diet.

The local animal husbandry department also disinfected the area around Swan Lake to create a good and safe habitat for the white swans. Staff will also conduct regular sampling inspections of white swan feces to ensure that the white swans are healthy and disease-free throughout the winter. Without enough fresh water and bait, swans cannot survive in the winter. In order to give the swans a worry-free habitat, Rongcheng invested More than 70 million yuan was spent to upgrade sewage treatment facilities to make the fresh water injected into the lake cleaner.

At the same time, Rongcheng City and Ocean University of China jointly completed the macrophylla restoration project. After restoring the seagrass bed, prepare swans and other migratory birds for a delicious picnic of fish, shrimp, shells and algae. In addition, Rongcheng City has also invested in a number of ecological projects, such as the 1,800-hectare Blue River Wetland and the restoration of the north coast of Rongcheng Bay, The ecological environment has been further improved. Through ecological restoration, more and more swans are overwintering. At present, except for the two habitats of Swan Lake and Yandun Reef, white swans are almost all over the coastal beaches of Rongcheng.

The China Wildlife Conservation Association has awarded Rongcheng the title of "Hometown of White Swans in China". Rongcheng City, Shandong Province is known as the "Hometown of Swans". It has now become the first choice for Siberian swans to spend the winter, with more than 10,000 swans visiting each year. A swan migrated here. The swan lived here for more than 5 months and lived in harmony with the adults in Rong. It attracted a steady stream of tourists at home and abroad to visit the swan. Watching the swan has become an important growth point for winter tourism in Rongcheng. There are swans every winter. More than 500,000 domestic and foreign tourists visit Rongcheng, which promotes the strong development of Rongcheng's tourism industry.