Yeongam Lake (Migratory Bird Habitat)

Yeongam Lake is a large lake created with the completion of the Yeongam Gumho Embankment. The Yeongam-Gumho Embankment, connecting Yeongam-gun Samho-eup and Hanam-gun Hwawon-myeon and San-myeon, began construction in 1985 and was completed in 1996. Due to its abundant food sources in the mudflats, vast water surface, and warm temperatures, Yeongam Lake serves as a migratory route and stopover point for migratory birds. Among the migratory birds that visit Yeongam Lake, ducks and geese, which are winter migrants, breed in Siberia and migrate south from October, passing through the west coast of Korea, including the Tianji Bay and the Geumgang Estuary, to the reclaimed land in the southwestern coast, and then migrate north again in March. Herons, which are summer migrants, winter in Southeast Asia and migrate to Korea in April to breed, and then migrate south again around September. An ecological survey conducted by the Ministry of Environment since October 1996 identified 34 species of wintering birds inhabiting the area, transforming it into a new tourist attraction. There are many tourist attractions in the surrounding area, including the Jirisan National Park, Dogapsa Temple, the Wangin Scholar Site, and the Jeollanam-do Agricultural Museum.

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