A winter home for migrating birds in Yanqing county

For bird-watchers, Wild Duck Lake in Yanqing county, Beijing is one of the best places to have an autumn outing for its various birds and plants, and steady wetland ecology.

The Wild Duck Lake National Wetland Park covers an area of 6,873 hectares, with 3,939 hectares of wetlands, making it the largest wetland natural protection area in Beijing. It has 280 species of birds, including 49 species of nationally protected animals.

It's about an hour and a half's drive from the downtown. The natural oxygen bar is a good place to watch birds, jog, cycle and go fishing, and you can come home with trophies of carps, catfishes and bigheads.