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the skies over Beidaihe. Many different birds pass through here as the seasons e and go and every year still sees fresh species spotted. It is a magnificent sight to see the occasional flock of large cranes pass by or to watch the birds of prey, however the larger birds have been decreasing in number. Round the calendar The period spanning the last ten days of April through the last ten days of May is the best season for bird watching. This is when you can see the greatest number and variety of birds in Beidaihe. Then the period from the last ten days of August through September is the time for the medium and small wading birds to pass through. October brings another peak season as many birds pass through the area, going south for the winter. As the colder weather es in with the first ten days of November, flocks of cranes will be making their way south. They will e north again the following March. The best spots For waterfowl and songbirds, try Chitu Hill, Lianfeng Hill and the hilltops in Geziwo Park or the many wellwooded courtyards in Beidaihe District. amp。s Yanshan Mountain Range winds its way thousands of miles from the west to the eastern seaboard. It sends a number of waterways like the Henghe, Daihe, Yanghe and Luanhe rivers down to the Bohai Sea at Beidaihe. They create a vast area of wetlands, mudbanks, and lagoons with rich feeding and good places for birds to rest. Here migratory routes e together like great seasonal rivers of birds linking northeast Asia with south China, IndoChina, Australia and even far off east Africa. Nature has richly endowed Beidaihe with bird species and of the 1,198 found in China, 416 have been recorded at Beidaihe. This is a part of the world that plays host to eighteen species of gulls, three of swans, and six of cranes.