Cormorant Island

Cormorant island is surrounded by water on three sides, and the terrain is very high, mainly inhabiting cormorants. Surrounded by jagged rocks, grass on the island, fish in the lake and plenty of food, it is an ideal habitat for cormorants.

Haixipi Island

synonym

Cormorant Island (Qinghai Lake cormorant island in Qinghai Province) generally refers to haixipi island

Haixi island is also known as cormorant Island, bird island and egg island. It's an island in Qinghai Lake. Located in the northwest corner of Qinghai Lake in Qinghai Province, not far from Buha River Delta, there are two islands of different sizes and shapes, one in the East and the other in the west, facing each other on the lake side. From a distance, the two islands are like twin sisters, standing opposite each other by the lake, looking forward to the distance. These two beautiful islands are the world-famous bird island.

geographical position

Cormorant island is an island in Qinghai Lake, also known as haixipi island. In the northwest corner of Qinghai Lake, not far from Buha River Delta, there are two islands of different sizes and shapes, one east and the other west, facing each other and lying beside the lake. From a distance, the two islands are like twin sisters, standing opposite each other by the lake, looking forward to the distance. These two beautiful islands are the world-famous bird island.

Haixishan island and haixipi Island

Bird island is named for its hundreds of thousands of migratory birds. The West Island is called haixishan, also called Xiaoxishan, also called egg island; the East Island is called haixipi. Haixishan is like a hump. Its area used to be very small. With the decline of the lake water, it has expanded. The top of the island is 7.6 meters higher than the lake. There are about 80000 or 90000 birds on the island. This is the hereditary territory of the spotted headed geese, fish gulls and brown necked gulls. Every spring, spotted headed geese, fish gulls and brown necked gulls come here together to occupy one side of the island and build nests. The whole island is full of bird nests. When it comes to the spawning season, the number of birds' eggs on the island is countless. Therefore, people also call it the egg Island, and the bird island usually refers to it.

Unique landscape

There are many birds

In April every year, more than ten kinds of migratory birds, such as bantouyan, brown Headed Gull, Red duck and cormorant, come from southern China and Southeast Asia and other places to breed here. In autumn, they fly back to the South with their children. The state attaches great importance to this kind of bird resources and has set up special protection agencies on the island.

When you enter the bird island of Qinghai Lake, walk about 200 meters into the gate and board the "Bird Island" bird watching platform. You can see the black headed and gray gulls on the beach below the platform. They lie or stand, fly or fall, dazzling. The noisy "whoa whoa" sound penetrates into your ears. In the vicinity of Taiwan, hundreds of geese lie in the sand to incubate their eggs. Their "husbands" take care of their wives and children and guard their homes respectively. Once they find that the "invaders" invade, they immediately open their wings, shout loudly, rush to the "enemy" and drive them away. Birds nest in sand, and seize the opportunity of abundant sunshine and food to live and breed. In the sparse gap of the birds, you can see scattered eggs "no one cares".

Rich resources and beautiful scenery

Bird island of Qinghai Lake is not only famous for its vast, beautiful, quiet, majestic and magic, but also attracts numerous scientific and technological workers and tourists with its rich mineral resources and fishery resources. You can go boating on the lake to see the endless lake scenery, and you can also roam the grassland to enjoy the natural scenery. Bird island of Qinghai Lake is one of the famous tourist attractions in China.

Traffic routes

It is convenient to visit bird island. Starting from Xining, you can get to bird island by car along Hunan line of Qinghai Province, passing Huangyuan county and Riyue mountain to Heimahe Town, 64 km to the north. Along Hubei line of Qinghai Province, you can get to bird island by car through Huangyuan county and Haiyan County to Gangcha County, and 40 km to the West.

Address: xipi Island, northwest corner of Qinghai Lake

Longitude: 100.356327

Latitude: 36.791108