Zhalong Nature Preserve is a in the Heilongjiang province of China. This 840 square mile marsh reserve serves as a stopover and nesting area for a large number of storks, swans, herons, grebes and other species. Lying on a migration path streching from the Arctic around the Gobi desert to South East Asia the land under this preserve is used by migrating birds between April and October.
Established in 1979, the 2100 square kilometre marshland is a major migratory route for birds from the Arctic migrating to South East Asia and is one of the few breeding grounds in the far east for the Marsh Grassbird ''Megalurus pryeri''. Its ponds and reeds make it an ideal home for over 300 different species of birds. It is protected by the Chinese government.
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