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Hidden World of Birds in City: Migratory birds
Updated 17:44, 07-Apr-2022
CGTN

Editor's note: Hidden World of Birds in City is about exploring a world of birds that usually go unnoticed in urban spaces. This episode features photographs from Wang Xiaobo, who has been bird-watching near his residential community in Beijing for the past eight years.

As spring slowly unfolds, migratory birds have started making an appearance in the Chinese capital. The number and variety of these passersby peak in May, when spotting them even in some residential communities becomes possible.

Photographer Wang Xiaobo said that it was the first time for him to see such a large number of Mongolian gulls in the area, although the species is not a rare guest. Have a look at the photos he took of migratory birds. 

A large flock of Mongolian gulls.

A large flock of Mongolian gulls.

A large flock of Mongolian gulls.

A large flock of Mongolian gulls.

Egrets.

Egrets.

Egrets.

Egrets.

Egrets.

Egrets.

A flock of yellow bellied tits.

A flock of yellow bellied tits.

A flock of cormorants in formation.

A flock of cormorants in formation.

Another flock of cormorants.

Another flock of cormorants.

A flock of dashing bramblings.

A flock of dashing bramblings.

Grey herons.

Grey herons.

A ruddy shelduck meets a magpie.

A ruddy shelduck meets a magpie.

Crested mynas.

Crested mynas.

A great spotted woodpecker.

A great spotted woodpecker.

A male mallard.

A male mallard.

A female mallard.

A female mallard.

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