As the weather turns cold, the rare national second-class protected white-billed heron gathers in Qingdao, East China's Shandong Province. (Photos: VCG)

As the weather turns cold, the rare national second-class protected white-billed heron gathers in Qingdao, East China's Shandong Province.

These rare migratory gathering at the wetlands to forage and rest.

As the weather turns cold, the rare national second-class protected white-billed heron gathers in Qingdao, East China's Shandong Province.

These rare migratory gathering at the wetlands to forage and rest. (Compiled by Dong Feng)