As the weather warms up, the migratory swans in Rongcheng will embark on the next step of their journey, traveling all the way to the north.

Rongcheng, a county-level city in Weihai, East China's Shandong province, is located at the easternmost tip of the Shandong Peninsula, and it is home to the winter habitat of the Great Swan.

Every November, thousands of swans migrate to the city from Siberia, the Inner Mongolia autonomous region and the Chinese northeastern regions to live through the winter.

Swans romp in the Swan Lake in Rongcheng city, East China's Shandong province. [Photo by VCG/dzwww.com]

Swans perch on the lake on an early spring morning in Rongcheng, East China's Shandong province. [Photo by VCG/dzwww.com]