Recently, monitors from the Zhanjiang Bird Watching Society spotted a young white-bellied sea eagle, a national first-class protected wild animal, while monitoring autumn raptor migration in Xuwen. It is the first sighting of this rare raptor on the Leizhou Peninsula in five years.
White-bellied sea eagle
The first phase of this autumn's monitoring has been completed. A total of 1,420 raptors from 24 species were recorded, and daily counts were significantly higher than in the same period in previous years.
Eastern buzzard
Monitors of the Zhanjiang Bird Watching Society conduct monitoring surveys.
The findings highlight the Leizhou Peninsula's importance as a key corridor along the East Asian-Australasian Flyway.
Author | Deng Anqi
Photos | Zhanjiang Bird Watching Society
