Kunming sees record number of seagulls
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An increasing number of seagulls are wintering in Kunming, the capital of Yunnan Province, according to the local forestry bureau.
On Saturday, the Kunming Municipal Forestry Bureau and the society for the protection of birds dispatched more than 200 workers to count the gulls, counting more than 40,500.
In 2015, the number of seagulls wintering in Kunming exceeded 40,000 for the first time, setting a 31-year record.
鈥淭he rising number of migrating birds shows the micro-climate and environment at Dianchi Lake is improving,鈥 said Yang Ming, deputy secretary general of the society.
Public awareness has also been increasing to protect the birds and provide them with food, he said.
The gulls mainly migrate from Lake Baikal in Russia, Uvs Nuur Basin in Mongolia, and Bosten Lake in far west China鈥檚 Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, he said.
Local forestry workers have carried out health checks on bird samples and found no danger, he added.
Kunming is known as the City of Spring for its mild climate. Close to 10,000 seagulls flew in the city in 1985 and have been coming every November since. The birds usually stay until late February.
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