Over 400 residents attended the opening ceremony of the city’s “Bird-Loving Week,” which was held in Shenzhen Bay Park on Sunday morning, the Shenzhen Special Zone Daily reported yesterday.

The 10 best locations for watching birds in Shenzhen were revealed during the ceremony.

The locations include

Shenzhen Bay Park 深圳湾公园

Add: Binhai Boulevard, Nanshan District (南山区滨海大道)

Metro: Line 9 to Shenzhen Bay Park Station (深圳湾公园站), Exit C

Guangdong Neilingding Futian National Nature Reserve 广东内伶仃福田国家级自然保护区

Add: Guangdong Neilingding Futian National Nature Reserve, 1 Hongshulin Road, Futian District (福田区红树林路1号)

Metro: Line 1, Zhuzilin Station (竹子林站) Exit C and then take a 1-km walk

OCT Wetland Park 华侨城湿地公园

Add: OCT Wetland Park, Dameisha, Yantian District (盐田区大梅沙东部华侨城)

Transportation: Take a bus to Binhai Hospital and then walk west for around 50 meters to the destination; or take a bus to OCT Wetland and walk east for around 300 meters to the destination.乘坐公交在滨海医院站下车，向西步行50米; 或者乘坐公交在华侨城湿地站下车，向东步行300米。

Wutong Mountain Scenic Area 梧桐山风景区

Add: Wutong Mountain Village, Luohu District (罗湖区梧桐山村)

Buses: 211, M445 to Wutong Mountain Station (梧桐山总站)

Bijia Hill Park 笔架山公园

Add: 12 Meigang Road, Futian District (福田区梅岗路12号)

Metro: Line 7 to Bagualing Station (八卦岭站), Exit D

Honghu Park 洪湖公园

Add: 2023 Wenjin Road North, Luohu District (罗湖区文锦北路2023号)

Metro: Line 7 to Honghu Station (洪湖站), Exit A

Zhongshan Park 中山公园

Venue: 3109 Nanshan Boulevard, Nanshan District (南山区南山大道3109号)

Bus: 382, M206, M371, M435 to West gate of Zhongshan Park Station (中山公园西门站)

Yuanshan Scenic Area 园山风景区

Add: Gong Yuan Road, Da Kang Community, Henggang Subdistrict, Longgang District, Shenzhen (深圳市龙岗区横岗街道大康村公园路)

Bus: 932 to Yuanshan Scenic Area Station (园山风景区站)

Futian Mangrove Ecological Park 福田红树林生态公园

Add: 1 Guangbodiantai Road, Futian District (福田区广播电台路1号)

Transportation: Take Metro Line 3 (Longgang Line) to Yitian Station, and ride the bicycle for about 1.5 kilometers to reach the destination. 乘坐地铁3号线（龙岗线）到益田站，然后骑车15分钟到达目的地。

Dapeng Agriculture and Science Center 大鹏农科中心

Add: 400 Pengfei Road, Dapeng New District (大鹏新区鹏飞路400号)

Bus: m457 to Hedianzhan Station (核电站站)

The 10 locations were selected by the Shenzhen Bird Watching Society, after it analyzed the monitoring data of bird species in Shenzhen from the past 10 years and collected opinions from many bird watchers.

According to the society, 336 kinds of birds had been recorded in Shenzhen as of last December, up by 280 since 2000.

The best seasons for residents to watch birds in Shenzhen Bay Park are winter and spring, when the tide at the park is lower than 1.2 meters. Over 200 kinds of birds, such as black-faced spoonbills, herons, egrets and black-headed gulls, have been recorded in the park. Nearly one-tenth of the black-faced spoonbills in the world fly to the park to stay the winter.

Residents are advised to watch birds on the mudflats in the south of the mangrove ecological park, the south of Shenzhen Bay Metro Station and at the estuary of Shahe River.

A bird-watching competition will be held April 21 and 22. Participating teams will be divided into two groups — a professional group and an amateur group. Each team will consist of two to four contestants, and they will have to identify and record different species of birds in several parks in Shenzhen within 24 hours, according to the rules.