Shanghai, also spelled Shang-hai, province-level city, east-central China.
It is not only one of the world’s largest seaports and a major industrial and commercial centre of China
but also lies on the East Asian Australasian Migratory Flyway, a major pathway for migratory birds.
Amid the daily activity of 25 million people in China’s economic heart, and despite unremitting environmental pressure, a rich collection of birds exists here.
The coastal areas at the southeastern tip of Shanghai are what local birders call “Cape Nanhui.”
Cape Nanhui is show the most diversity, especially during migration season.
With 395 species of birds recorded here, it is the second highest ranked birding hotspot in China.
Winter is not the best season for birding in Cape Nanhui, Shanghai, but I was lucky enough to find my target species of Oriental Stork and see about 50 other species of birds in two days.