Tamsui River Mangrove Nature Reserve Review

Zhuhai's mangrove reserve includes the mangrove component of the island, which includes Qiao Island where tourists can visit, which is also the largest nature reserve, with a rich coastal tourist landscape and flora and fauna resources, and a good sightseeing spot.

Just in the north of Qi'ao Island, it is part of the coastal wetland ecology. After a large area of artificial trees, the ecosystem has recovered well. It is also a must-have place for migratory birds to migrate. It is a good season for bird watching from December every year.

Qi'ao Island covers an area of 23 square kilometers, and the island has beautiful scenery, especially the mangrove forest is a natural wetland park, which is a must-see attraction for most people to go to Qi'ao Island. Mangroves are not a tree species name, refers to the tropical subtropical coastal intertidal tidal flats, the high tides and low tides are periodically submerged by the sea of woody plant communities. The mangrove reserve is located in the northwest of Qi'ao Island. The reserve has hundreds of vascular plants and hundreds of wildlife. The mangroves growing on the beach are both wind-fixing and sand-resistant sea forests, and are also good places for birds and marine life to live and reproduce. It is one of the three major migratory birds in China, with tens of thousands of migratory birds inhabiting in autumn and winter, and more than 90 species of migratory birds moving. Qi'ao Island has good air and good spring water quality. Qi'ao is not only beautiful, but also attracts many visitors from far away from all over the world to watch more than 100 seasonally relocated birds. The mangrove forest is very beautiful, but it takes a long time to get to the island, so it is recommended to go by car, because there is no public transportation on the island.

Located in the northwest of Qiao Island, Zhuhai City, Guangdong Province, the geographical location is between 113°36′40〞~113°39′15〞, 22°23′40〞~22°27′38〞, southeast and southwest of the island, Tai'aowei, Dongchong, Xichong, Shijingwan border, northwest and northeast with Zhongshan, Shenzhen, Hong Kong faces the sea, with a total area of 5103.77 hectares. The protected area has 695 species of vascular plants in 165 families, 470 genus and 695 species of wild plants (398 species of wild plants, 556 species of wild plants, 65 species, 106 species of cultivated plants). In the wild vascular plants, 19 species of ferns, 28 species of ferns, 39 species; There are 4 species of gynosperms, 3 genera, and 513 species of angiosperms, 118 families, 367 families, and 513 species of angiosperms. Of which, mangrove plants are 10 families, 13 genera and 15 species, accounting for 83.3%, 86.7% and 55.6% of the existing mangrove families, genus and species in China. There are 9 species of semi-mangrove plants in 7 families, 9 genus, and 9 species, accounting for 77.8, 90% and 90% of the existing semi-mangrove families, genus, and species in China; 15 species of mangrove companion plants in 11 families, 15 genus, and 15 species, accounting for 73.3, 71.4, and 68.2, respectively. Autumn tomatoes, grass sea otters, wood lan, rat lizards, white bone soil, mangroves are called "vibious" plants, because their seeds fell into the soil after their "mother" eucalyptus trees developed sprouts, and then grew into towering trees. There are 103 species of benthic in the area, belonging to 5 classes, 14 mesh 48 families; 90 species of fish, belonging to 10 orders, 41 families; 154 species of terrestrial vertebrate wildlife (including 15 amphibians, 27 reptiles, 99 birds, 13 mammals) belong to 25 orders, 58 families. It belongs to 15 kinds of key national protected animals (rare and endangered animals), accounting for12.8% of the total number of rare and endangered animals (117 species) in Guangdong Province, of which there is one species of key protected animals at the national level and 14 species of key protected animals at the second level. Tide crabs and beach fish, black-faced fin, bullback fin, golden fin, brown-headed fin, red fin. Ecological Qiao mangrove forest is not only the most original ecology, the largest mangrove landscape in the country, but also the most natural value and integration of ecological protection, ecological landscape, ecological tourism, scientific research expo, science education, scientific and technological promotion, and the Chinese White Dolphin Reserve. The ecological and harmonious landscape of humanistic value. It is one of the rare mangrove areas in the country close to the big cities, and is the largest, most complete and most concentrated forest area in the wetland area. Mangrove forests are not only a rare resource in Zhuhai, but also a rare mangrove wetland in the Pearl River Delta.

Very worth going, but it is very difficult to get without a car

Mainly planted forest, it is the largest area of mangrove forest reserve in Zhuhai, and it is also a coastal wetland ecosystem. There is a large area of tidal flat wetlands. Tourists can walk on the overhead plank road to watch the birds living here. I like it very much.

Zhuhai mangrove forest is mainly distributed near the sea exit of Qi'ao Island, Hengqin Island and Red Banner West Dike, Modaomen and Chicken Anal Waterway. Among them, the wetland area in Dawei Bay, northwest of Qi'ao Island is the largest, and it is currently the most complete and concentrated forest in the city. The tree height is 4-6 meters. It is not only a rare resource in Zhuhai, but also a rare mangrove wetland in the Pearl River Delta, and one of the few mangrove areas in the country close to big cities.