Inner Mongolia: Nearly 10,000 Swans Migrate North, Resting in Rice Fields




CCTV News:As the weather warms, in recent days, Wulate Banner, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, has seen nearly 10,000 swans resting and foraging in its ten-thousand-mu rice fields. They are here to replenish their energy before continuing their journey north.
Recently, in the rice fields of Hailas Town, Wulate Banner, Inner Mongolia, nearly 10,000 white swans or gray swans are either bending their necks to forage or playing in the water, or soaring in the sky. Their slender figures reflect in the shimmering water surface, forming a beautiful ecological painting. In recent years, with the local protection of river-shore wetlands, the ecological environment has been further improved, and every spring, tens of thousands of migratory birds pass through here, and the number of swans, wild geese, and bean geese has been increasing year by year.