Subject: 基圍#16/17生境管理工作 Habitat Management Work at Gei Wai #16/17 [Print This Page] Author: WWF Mai Po Time: 8/07/2024 17:04 Subject: 基圍#16/17生境管理工作 Habitat Management Work at Gei Wai #16/17
In preparation for the coming migratory and wintering season, the habitat management team of Mai Po Nature Reserve is preparing an open, non-vegetative shallow water habitat for those soon to be arrived waterbirds. The team is conducting the following works at gei wai #16/17, the largest high-tide roosting site within the reserve:
1. Submerge bird island vegetations by raising the gei wai water level as high as possible for three months (July to September) to minimize the growth and spreading of vegetations. In the meantime, alternative high-tide roosting sites such as gei wai #11 and #21 will be maintained in a lower level, ensuring roosting habitats are still available for waterbirds.
2. Water level will be adjusted to optimal winter level in October.
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