Track One

I am a bird watcher—I have been watching birds since I was four years old in the UK and Denmark where I lived later
我是一個野鳥觀察者——自我四歲起在就英國以及隨后居住的丹麥觀察鳥類。
When I came to Beijing I found it very difficult to find information about birds and birdwatching in Beijing
來北京后，我發現很難找到關于鳥類和鳥類觀察的信息。
But when I started to go out and about to some of the wilder places outside of the 5th and 6th Ring Roads
但是當我開始走出去到北京五環外和六環路的野外時，
I discovered that Beijing was a really, really good place to watch birds
我發現北京真的是一個觀察鳥類的好地方。
Actually it is one of the best capital cities in the world to see birds
事實上北京是全世界最好觀察鳥類的首都之一
Which surprises a lot of people—they say “That can't be true”!
這讓很多人驚訝不已——“怎么可能”！
It is not because Beijing is an environmental paradise—because we all know it isn't
這不是因為北京是一個環保的天堂——因為我們都知道它并不是
But the geographic location of Beijing is ‘right, slap bang' in the middle of something we call the ‘East Asian Flyway’
而是因為北京獨特的地理位置：它正好處于我們所稱東亞遷徙路徑的中間地帶
So there are millions and millions of birds that live to the north in the relatively uninhabited, by humans at least, Siberia, northeast Russia, northeast China.
有成百上千萬的鳥類生活在北部相對無人居住的的西伯利亞，俄羅斯東北部和中國東北區域。
In the winter this area gets extremely cold so most of these birds fly south for the winter
在冬季，這些地方極度寒冷，因此鳥兒們大多數都會飛往南方度過寒冬。
Some to southern China, some to Southeast Asia, some go as far as Australia
有些飛往中國南方，有些飛往東南亞，有些甚至一直飛到澳大利亞
Beijing is right on that ‘expressway for birds' many of those birds stop off in Beijing—just as you go on a long car journey, you have to stop occasionally
北京處于候鳥遷徙的高速路上，很多鳥都在北京停下來歇腳——就像你駕車長途旅行，你必須偶爾停下來
Have something to eat, drink, rest—the birds do exactly the same
吃點東西，喝點水，休息——鳥類也是這樣的
Beijing is one of these places on this huge ‘flyway' you will not see that many species in the centre of Beijing normally
在這個巨大的遷徙路徑中，北京是其中一個地點，通常在北京城中部，你平常看不到如此多鳥類
Spring and autumn are the migration season for birds
春季和秋季是鳥類的遷徙季節
At that time even in parks of central Beijing, you will find many, many different species
那時，甚至在北京中心的公園你也會發現很多很多不同的鳥類

Track Two

The ‘Bird Highway’—where would we find that in Beijing?
這個“候鳥遷徙高速路”——我們能在北京的什么地方找到它？
There are some places that are particularly good if you want to see lots of different birds
如果你想看很多不同鳥類，有一些特別好的地方可以方便觀察
The reservoirs to the northeast and northwest Miyun Reservoir, Guanting Reservoir in Yanqing County.
東北部和西北部的水庫，如密云水庫，延慶縣的官廳水庫
Both of those places are exceptionally good for birds
這兩個地方對鳥類來說是極好的棲息地
In middle of May or late September/early October its possible to see 100/150 different species in a day by visiting those sites
在五月中旬，或九月末十月初，如果你去這些地方，你有可能一天之內看到看到100—150種不同的鳥類
Yanqing—I was up there with the Danish Embassy on a ‘wetland’ cycling tour for Climate Change
we went through this wetland park that was to the west of Yanqing—round by lakes and marshes Called ‘ye ya hu'-Wild Duck Lake
延慶——我在參加丹麥大使館組織的關于保護氣候的濕地騎行時去過那兒，我們走過這個延慶西部的濕地公園——它被湖群和沼澤地環繞，叫作“野鴨湖”
There is a lake you can walk around and a vast area of reed beds and trails to walk around near to the reservoir itself.
那兒有一個可以徒步環行的湖，大片蘆葦區域以及靠近水庫的數條步行小徑
it is a wonderful place to be.
這是一個很棒的去處。
it is hard to believe you are in Beijing when you are there!
當你身處此地你很難相信你是在北京！
Birds, the ducks coming down there—are they protected?
此處的鳥類，鴨子，它們也受保護嗎？
In China nearly all wild birds are protected—it is illegal to take them from the wild without a special permit which is normally only issued for scientific study
在中國幾乎所有的野生鳥類都已受到保護——未經特別許可擅自將其帶離野外是違法的，除非是為了特別的科學研究
There are other species that are on a specially protected list
也有其他鳥類在特別保護名單中
So they enjoy special protection and there are stiff penalties if you catch, or kill or injure these birds
因此它們享受特殊保護，而且對待擅自抓捕，殺害或者傷害這些鳥類也有強硬的法律處罰
These are generally the bigger birds—the more obvious ones Cranes or storks which are held in high esteem in China
這些通常是針對較大的鳥類—較明顯的在中國極受尊崇的鳥類如鶴或者鸛
These sort of birds enjoy a special level of protection
這些鳥類享受特殊級別的保護