Studies in Hong Kong

The Hong Kong Bird Watching Society Coordinated Monitoring of Black-faced Spoonbill with reference to the Deep Bay area in winter

Age Structure Assessment of wintering Black-faced Spoonbills Platalea minor in Hong Kong

Ringed BFS Record System

International Black-faced Spoonbill Census Coordinated Monitoring of Black-faced Spoonbill with reference to the Deep Bay area in winter

Futian NNR Lok Ma Chau mitigation wetland

Mai Po Mai Po Marshes NR HK Wetland Park Nam Sang Wai

Wetland Park

Taipa-Coloane Futian

Taipa-Coloane Courtesy by Google Earth Coordinated Monitoring of Black-faced Spoonbill with reference to the Deep Bay area in winter

400 Macao 350 Shenzhen 300 Hong Kong

250 200 150 Number 100 50 0

2012-13 Winter

Source: AFCD, HK SAR Government Coordinated Monitoring of Black-faced Spoonbill with reference to the Deep Bay area in winter

350 Hong Kong 300 Shenzhen 250 Macao 200

150 Number 100

2012-13 Winter

Source: AFCD, HK SAR Government Age Structure Assessment of wintering Black-faced Spoonbills Platalea minor in Hong Kong

LOCATIONS  Gei wai, Mai Po  Fishpond, San Tin  Freshwater marsh, Wetland Park  Mudflat, Nam Sang Wai

Juvenile

Courtesy by Google Earth Age Structure Assessment of wintering Black-faced Spoonbills Platalea minor in Hong Kong

500 80 DBNumber 462 100 HKAge 411 393 400 369 80 346 356 351 70 74 68 335 67 311 67 67

300 64 60 63 62 60 61 243 61 53 60 48 59 59 203 Number

200 56 Percentage 40 54 53 135 139 53 Adult percentageAdult 50 96 90 100 20 47

0 0 40 Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar 2012-2013 Month

Source: AFCD, HK SAR Government Ringed BFS Record System

LAYOUT Ringed BFS Record System

TIME

RINGS

LIST OF DETAILS

MAP International Black-faced Spoonbill Census

2013 REPORT Now Available! http://www.hkbws.org.hk/web/chi/documents /report/bfs_census_2013.pdf http://www.hkbws.org.hk/web/chi/documents /report/bfs_census_2013_simplified.pdf International Black-faced Spoonbill Census

MAP

1) Yamaguchi, Japan; 2) Fukuoka, Japan; 3) Saga, Japan; 4) Kumamoto, Japan; 5) Miyazaki, Japan; 6) Kagoshima, Japan; 7) Jeju, Republic of Korea; 8) Shanghai, China.

A) Okinawa, Japan; B) Ilan, Taiwan; C) Hualin, Taiwan; D) Miaoli, Taiwan; E) Chiayi, Taiwan; F) Tainan, Tawain; G) Kaohsiung, Taiwan; H) Pingtung, Taiwan; I) Wenzhou, Zhejiang; J) Xiapu, Fujian; K) Mingjiang estuary; L) Xinhua, Fuqing and Putian, Fujian; M) Kinmen, Taiwan; N) Shantou, Guangdong; O) Haifeng, Guangdong; P) Deep Bay, Hong Kong and Shenzhen; Q) Guangzhou, Guangdong; R) Taipa, Macao; S) Lingao, Hainan; T) Changhua River estuary, Hainan; U) Sigang, Hainan; V) Xuan Thuy, Vietnam; W) Takéo, Cambodia.

Courtesy by Google Earth International Black-faced Spoonbill Census

3000 2693 2725

2500 2347 2065 2041

2000 1839 1679 1695 1475 1500 1206

Number 1069 969 1000 828 660 551 535 613 586 430 500 294 351

Winter International Black-faced Spoonbill Census

Deep Bay 后海灣, 12.9%

Thailand 泰國, 0.0% China Mainland The Philippines 中國大陸 , 13.3% 菲律賓, 0.0% Taiwan 台灣, Camobodia 59.6% 柬埔寨, 0.0%

Vietnam 越南, 1.4% Japan 日本, Macao 澳門, 1.8% 10.2% Republic of Korea 韓國, 0.8%