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        Special Topics 特別主題 >> Black-faced Spoonbill 黑臉琵鷺 >>  International BFS Census 2003 - Preliminary result
        
(Message started by: Yat-tung YU on Feb 24^th, 2003, 9:22pm)

Title: International BFS Census 2003 - Preliminary result
Post by Yat-tung YU on Feb 24^th, 2003, 9:22pm

Dear members,

The International Black-faced Spoonbill Census was undertaken on 24-26 January 2003. Preliminary results are listed below.

Taiwan: 585
Hong Kong: 179
Vietnam: 65
Macao: 46
Futian, Shenzhen: 24
Japan: 98 (to be confirmed)
Jeju, S. Korea: 22-24 (to be confirmed)
Shanghai, China: 1

A total of 1020-1022 Black-faced Spoonbills were counted. It is the highest count of this species and first time to over 1000 individuals.

YU Yat-tung

Coordinator
The International Black-faced Spoonbill Census

Title: Re: International BFS Census 2003 - Preliminary re
Post by Simba Chan on Feb 25^th, 2003, 9:14am

There are definitely more in Japan. The total number should be over 120 birds (the highest count so far recorded in Japan). We are now checking the possibility of double-counting of a few individuals.

I would like to remind everyone that, although the ‘increase’ of BFS is good news, the birds are getting more concentrated to a handful of sites: more than 70% of the global population are now only wintering at two sites with a total area of about 10,000 ha (one-tenth of the area of Hong Kong). Other sites, particularly those along the coast of SE China, are rapidly deteriorating. We should help preserving the sites in Macao and Hainan.