#rodong #NorthKorea has some thoughts on migratory birds 'Korea is bounded by sea on three sides and has a lot of streams, rivers and wetlands so that it is blessed with a wide distribution of stopover and habitat favorable to migratory birds...'
'...Mundok Migratory Bird Reserve (MMBR) has provided habitat for birds as it has a diverse wetland ecosystem like a large area of tidal flat, reed fields, swamps and bushes distributed on islets and along the coast, and the reclaimed rice field, mudflat, seawater...'
'...280-odd species of birds, including black-faced spoonbill, Eurasian spoonbill, hooded crane, Chinese egret, inhabit the MMBR. And more than 80 000 water birds of over 120 species like great knot, Terek sandpiper, lesser sand plover and red-necked stint flock there...'
'...Over 50 000 swan geese known as a vulnerable species worldwide were observed in October 2018 alone. Animals like 20-odd species of amphibians and reptiles, 60-odd species of fishes, 21 species of crustacean, tens of species of epifauna, 7 species of annelid and 16 species...'
'...of mollusk, and hundreds of species of plants have been founded there to supply water birds with sufficient foods and breeding and habitat conditions. Numbers of field and mountain birds including yellow-breasted bunting, western crowned warbler and little owl and over 20...'
'...species of animals like roe deer live in the MMBR. Every year, shorebirds wearing flags and bands flied from other countries including Australia and New Zealand are observed there. The wetland in the MMBR became a wetland of international importance (Ramsar Site)...'
'...the first of its kind in the country, in January 2018 and was registered as the Network Site of the EAAF(East Asian-Australasian Flyway), one of the eight international flyways for migratory waterbirds' @EAAFP @miranda_trust
@threadreaderapp please unroll @EAAFP @miranda_trust
