Waterfowl Count May 2001
Summary Report

The May 2001 waterbird count took place on the 13th, and coverage of the Ramsar Site was complete apart from Tam Kon Chau and the few ponds in Shenzhen River A that lie within the Ramsar Site. With regard to the Deep Bay area as a whole, all other sites were surveyed apart from Ma Tso Lung (Shenzhen River B) and San Tin.

A total of 3,201 waterbirds were recorded in the Deep Bay area (including Fu Tian, which is now being regularly surveyed), of which 2,238 were present in the Ramsar Site. Ardeids formed the largest group numerically, with 1620 present. The next largest group was waders, which numbered 1436. This reflects the summering population of ardeids and the latter part of migrant shorebird passage through Deep Bay.

It can be seen that this year’s count was about average for the month.