Yeyahu Wetland Park, In August, water birds such as wild ducks can be seen in the wetlands.

5 Kangye Road, West of Liuhaoying Village, Kangzhuang Town, Yanqing District, Beijing

In August, water birds such as wild ducks can be seen in the wetlands.

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Introduction

The Beijing Yanqing Yeyahu Wetland Nature Reserve is located in the western part of Yanqing. Yeyahu is an artificial wetland composed of the beaches and submerged areas below an altitude of 479 meters of the Guanting Reservoir in the Yanqing area. The total area of the reserve is 6,873 hectares, with a wetland area of 3,939 hectares. It is the only wetland bird nature reserve in Beijing. Over the past 50 years, it has developed into a wetland ecosystem with abundant animal and plant resources, high biodiversity, and stability. It has become an important bird habitat in Beijing and even in North China. Yeyahu is home to a total of 264 bird species, including 6 first-class protected animals (Black Stork, Demoiselle Crane, Golden Eagle, Oriental White Stork, Red-crowned Crane, White-tailed Eagle) and 34 second-class protected animals. There are a total of 40 fish species in 9 families and 5 orders, 5 amphibian species in 3 families and 1 order, 7 reptile species in 4 families and 3 orders, 10 mammal species in 6 families and 5 orders, 182 insect species in 61 families and 12 orders, 63 species of native animals in freshwater planktonic animals, 12 species of crustacean branchiopod, and 35 species of rotifer animals. Yeyahu Wetland is widely distributed with various aquatic, wetland, and terrestrial plants. In summer, lotus flowers stand upright, reeds are lush green, and the golden wild chrysanthemums, pale purple saltmarshes, white reed heads, and brown cattail fruit spikes sway in the wind, creating a fairyland-like scene on the lake. Yeyahu is home to some special plants, including the second-class protected plant, Carex flava, and the only water-dwelling carnivorous plant in North China, Utricularia codonantha. Other common plants include reeds, cattails, and globe spike rush.

Address

5 Kangye Road, West of Liuhaoying Village, Kangzhuang Town, Yanqing District, Beijing

Opening hours

09:00-17:00 (all day)
last admission at 17:00 (Monday to Sunday, January 1st to December 31st)

Transportation

1. Self-driving route: Take the Beijing-Tibet expressway (formerly Badaling expressway) and exit at Kangzhuang exit, then follow Kangzhang Road and turn left onto Kangxi Road to reach Yeya Lake in about 10 minutes (about 2 hours' drive). 2. Public transportation route: Take bus Y46 and get off at the Yeya Lake bus stop, then walk about 1457 meters to reach the destination.

Phone 010-69131458