Jiangxi Province is home to Poyang Lake, the largest freshwater lake in China, whose size in the summer, when water levels are at their highest, is around two-thirds the size of the megacity of Shanghai, a metropolis home to well over 20 million residents. But it is winter when Poyang Lake is at its most active with wintering birds estimated at between 300,000-500,000 including cranes, geese, swans and ducks. The “critically endangered” Siberian Crane has over 95% of its global population wintering at Poyang Lake. Geese and Swans winter in Jiangxi Province in huge numbers including the Tundra Bean Goose, Greylag Goose, Greater White-fronted Goose, the “vulnerable” Swan Goose and the Tundra Swan. The lake also supports a wintering population of the “critically endangered” Baer’s Pochard. To the east of Poyang Lake is the county of Wuyuan which possesses great natural beauty and is especially famous in spring when its vast fields of yellow rapeseed flowers burst into life. It is also though Wuyuan’s green hills and valleys, karst caves, limpid streams, canola terraces and exquisite houses which have given Wuyuan its reputation as the “most beautiful county in China”. Wuyuan is attractive too to the birdwatcher including birds such as Pied Falconet, Blue-crowned Laughingthrush and wintering Scaly-sided Merganser.

江西省鄱阳湖是中国第一大淡水湖，夏季水位最高时，面积相当于三分之二个上海——一座拥有2000多万常住人口的国际大都市。然而，冬季才是鄱阳湖最热闹的时候，鹤、雁、天鹅、野鸭等各类鸟儿纷纷来此过冬，总量达30万至50万只，包括短嘴豆雁、灰雁、白额雁，以及“易危物种”鸿雁和小天鹅；还包括“极危物种”白鹤，全球95%以上的白鹤都在鄱阳湖过冬。与此同时，“极危物种”青头潜鸭也能在冬季的鄱阳湖找到。婺源县位于鄱阳湖的东边拥有美丽的自然风光，特别以春天漫山遍野盛开的油菜花闻名。婺源植被丰富的山丘，山谷，卡斯特地形的岩洞，清澈的河流，油菜花梯田和精致的房屋，都使婺源被誉为“中国最美县”。婺源对于观鸟爱好者也非常有吸引力，包括白腿小隼，蓝冠噪鹛和越冬的中华秋沙鸭。