Full moon blesses the wetland. The tiny spoon-billed sandpiper embraces the peaceful autumn night. Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!

️ | Wetland in Colour | Wetland Serenade Beneath Drifting Clouds Without grand mountains or rivers, Tiaozini holds soothing autumn scenery. Under a clear blue sky, low-drifting clouds hang over the flats. Receding tides carve spectacular tidal tree patterns, and pooled water mirrors the sky. Strolling the boardwalk, visitors may savour the quiet calm of the wetland.

🦌 | Wetland Wildlife | Calling Deer on Autumn Flats, Wild Coexistence Beneath the broad autumn sky come the calls of milu deer. In early autumn at Tiaozini, milu deer play, spar, bathe and gallop across the flats, showing untamed energy. Migratory birds and milu deer coexist here in a wild ecological harmony.

Yancheng Goldenweek Day Trip｜Xixi Sunflowers 🌻 Autumn sunlight fills the flower fields as sunflowers bloom in the wind, gold stretching everywhere—capturing Yancheng's healing autumn countryside scenery.

📸 | Wetland News | People’s Daily Online Features Autumn at the World Heritage Wetland Wetland photographers capture early-autumn scenes of the World Heritage wetland. Migratory birds skim the shallows while milu deer roam freely. Blue sky, tidal flats and wildlife together show the vibrant vitality of the Yellow Sea Wetland.

Autumn in Yancheng, one scenic spot a day! Today — Yancheng Elk Park 🦌 Autumn breezes sweep the tidal flats. Elks wear new autumn coats, bringing gentle vitality to the vast wetland.

Wetland Event ✨ | The 3rd “Yancheng Tiaozini Cup” International Bird‑Watching Event Concludes Successfully 🦅 Autumn tints the Yellow Sea mudflats, and thousands of migratory birds return as promised. Bird‑watching teams from home and abroad gather at Tiaozini Wetland for a rendezvous with migratory birds. The event builds a platform for citizen‑science exchange, showcases the ecological charm of this World Heritage wetland, and spreads the philosophy of harmonious coexistence between humans and nature.

Yancheng Native Documentary | Wetland Nature Chapter See: The truest face of Yancheng 🦩 Elks tread across the moist wetland mudflats 🦌 Red-crowned cranes glide over the clear sky 🕊️ Tidal trees sketch the texture of the land on the mudflat. Check in at this stunning scenery of Yancheng with Hexiaowu!

First-ever record in China! The Greater Yellowlegs — a vagrant bird from the Americas — has been spotted in Yancheng. Traveling thousands of miles, it landed at Tiaozini, Dongtai, with its yellow legs strolling along the mudflats 🌊. The World Natural Heritage site has welcomed a "new visitor". Video source: Dongtai Media Convergence

Wetland News | Join Tianjin Grand Fair, Showcase Wetland Charm 🎪 Tiaozini Wetland brings bird‑themed cultural and creative products to Tianjin Cultural & Tourism Industry Expo. Plush toys, journals and other creative goods bring the ecological beauty of the Yellow Sea Wetland to the exhibition venue. Drawing on World Heritage resources to develop eco‑tourism, we share wetland stories with more audiences through cultural‑creative works.

Back to Tiaonan Shoal and meet flagged spoon-billed sandpipers🌊. More than 7,000 waterbirds stop over ahead of their great journey.

Wetland Gallery | Portrait of the Little Spoon 📸 Known as “Little Spoon”, the Spoon‑billed Sandpiper is a flagship critically‑endangered migratory bird, with only around 400 individuals remaining worldwide. Recognisable by its distinctive spoon‑shaped beak, it travels annually between far‑east Russia and southern wintering grounds. Tiaozini Wetland is a crucial stopover for feeding and moulting along its migration. Its tiny body travels thousands of miles, writing an epic tale of migration across the Yellow Sea mudflats.

Colourful Wetland | Milu Silhouettes in Sunset Glow 🦌 Sunlight spills over wetland mudflats. Milu deer wander and play bathed in golden light. Soft twilight frames their graceful forms. Birds and deer coexist, embodying the gentle vitality of the Yellow Sea Wetland in autumn.

Wetland Circle | Meet Our Feathered Friend: Black Kite 🦅 The wetland raptor Black Kite inspired the ancient Chinese paper kite. Identified by its forked V‑shaped tail and striking white wing patches, it soars high riding air currents. It preys on rodents and small aquatic creatures while also scavenging, showing remarkable adaptability. Thanks to Tiaozini’s healthy ecosystem, its bold silhouette is frequently seen patrolling the sky.

What is Yancheng's WILD? Wonders — it's birds blotting out the sky, it's deer wading through the water, it's wonders that the earth grows all by itself. Immersion — it's when you step inside, and with a gust of wind, your very soul is taken over by the tidal flats. Life — it's branches sprouting from saline-alkali soil, it's the glint of mudskippers leaping across the mudflats. Discovery — it's after walking into this wilderness, you finally come to know yourself anew. Let the world see Yancheng and encounter the Oriental Kenya.

☁️Ecological transition unfolds in Chuanshuiwan. Fledgling gulls and terns take flight. Over 2,700 waterbirds dwell in the restored wetland.

Wetland Friends | Mudflat Amphibious Sprite: Mudskipper 🐟 Mudskippers inhabiting Tiaozini mudflats are living fish fossils with a 300‑million‑year evolutionary history. Bulging periscope‑like eyes sit atop their heads. Specialised fins let them hop and crawl across mud, breathing both in water and on land. They dig Y‑shaped burrows for shelter and breeding. A vital link in the mudflat food web, they serve as key prey for many waterbirds, showcasing the thriving co‑existence of all wetland life.

Colourful Wetland | Thousands of Birds Soar at Dusk 🌅 Autumn twilight washes over Tiaozini as autumn‑migration birds arrive gracefully. Flocks skim across the waves and rest upon mudflats. Rare waterbirds pause to refuel. Sunset skies brim with fluid poetic beauty.

Wetland News | Spoon‑billed Sandpiper “HU”, A Ten‑Year Wetland Reunion 🐦 The critically‑endangered Spoon‑billed Sandpiper “HU” has returned to Tiaozini Wetland after ten years. Its yellow leg flag acts like a migratory‑bird ID, documenting its long migration journey. As a core site of the Yellow‑Bohai Sea World Heritage, Tiaozini serves as a vital refuelling stopover for Spoon‑billed Sandpipers. This long‑awaited reunion proves why these mudflats draw migratory birds back year after year.

🕊️Thousands of waterbirds dance over the flats. Tiaozini Wetland grabs media attention on National Ecology Day. When the tide recedes, flocks of shorebirds take flight. Shorebird migration arrives earlier this year. Summering spoon-billed sandpipers stay, while new arrivals keep coming. Continuous restoration builds a permanent haven for migratory birds.