A latest report on aquatic wildlife at a nature reserve around
Huairou Reservoir in northern Beijing has revealed that some rare
aquatic species have been found for the first time in the
region.
The first ever such report was based on a two-year scientific
fact-finding mission conducted by Beijing Normal University,
supported by Beijing Environment Protection Bureau. It touched upon
the nature reserve's overall environment, its fish, birds, insects
and plants.
According to Beijing Daily news, what the report has
found at the aquatic wildlife nature reverse around Huairou
Reservoir where Beijing's Huaisha and Huaijiu rivers crosses each
other, include 23 species of fishes, 96 species of birds, 7 species
of mammals, 226 species of algae, and 201 species of vascular
plants.
These surprising findings also include some rare species that
are for the first time to be found in the region, like Chinese
nine-spine stickleback, water shrew, and a wild mandarin duck and a
white-tailed sea eagle that are on china's top national protection
list.
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This photo features a
Chinese nine-spine stickleback in an aquatic wildlife nature
reserve in Huairou Reservoir in Beijing.
A water shrew in an aquatic
wildlife nature reserve in Huairou Reservoir in northern Beijing is
featured in this undated photo.
A pair of wild mandarin
ducks in an aquatic wildlife nature reserve in Huairou Reservoir in
Beijing is seen in this undated photo.
A pair of macropodus
chinensis in an aquatic wildlife nature reserve in Huairou
Reservoir in Beijing in this undated photo.
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A white-tailed sea eagle in an aquatic wildlife
nature reserve in Huairou Reservoir in Beijing in this undated
photo.
(CRI.cn April 17, 2007)
