NANCHANG, Sept. 13, 2021 (BSS/Xinhua) - Four white spoonbills arrived in
Maying Lake in Duchang County, east China's Jiangxi Province, on Sept. 11,
becoming the first batch of wintering birds to arrive in the Poyang Lake area
this year.

   According to the Duchang station of the Poyang Lake National Nature
Reserve Administration Bureau, the birds landed a day earlier than last year.

   It's the ninth consecutive year the migratory birds have come to Maying
Lake for their first stop during the winter months since 2013.

   With a surface area of over 3,200 square km, Poyang Lake hosts up to
700,000 wintering birds every year.