8月4日早上，國際專家團隊在浙江省韭山列島國家級自然保護區進行了燕鷗雛鳥的環誌工作，這是最近兩年在該地進行燕鷗繁殖地恢復及招引計劃的一部份，以證明及評估計劃的成效，最終目標是為｢大鳯頭燕鷗｣及極度瀕危的｢中華鳯頭燕鷗｣提供一個安全及良好的繁殖地。（註：由於在最近幾年發現的中華鳳頭燕鷗均是與大鳳頭燕鷗混在一起，並使用同一地點作為繁殖地，因此我們需要同時保育大鳳頭燕鷗，而為了安全起見，我們亦以大鳳頭燕鷗作為環誌的鳥種，而並非中華鳳頭燕鷗。）
經過四小時的工作，我們一共環誌了31隻大鳳頭燕鷗，在左腳跗蹠上配有金屬環，而右腳跗蹠上則帶上紅色彩環（上有白色編號，如：AE1）。
In the moring on 4/8/2015, Experts arrived at the Jiushan Archipelago National Nature Reserve to ring juveniles of terns, which is one part of The Tern restoration project. The ultimate goal of this project is providing a safe and good breeding place for Chinese Crested Terns (CR) and Greater Crested Terns
(As studies in recent years found that Chinese Crested Terns always stay with Greater Crested Terns, and they are actually using the same place for breeding, we have to protect both Chinese Crested Terns and Greater Crested Terns at the same time. Now we are only ringing Greater Crested Terns, but not Chinese Crested Terns.)
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假如 閣下發現有大鳳頭燕鷗（或任何有環誌的燕鷗）腳上配有這些有彩環，請把有關資料（包括鳥種、觀察日期和地點、環的位置、編號及顏色的配搭）及照片(如有)轉交香港觀鳥會或電郵到legflags @hkbws.org.hk (請刪除中間的空位)。
這項燕鷗繁殖地恢復及招引計劃由浙江省象山縣海洋局及浙江自然博物館主辦，參與是次環誌工作的單位包括浙江韭山列島國家級自然保護區辦公室、美國俄勒崗州立大學、全國鳥類環誌中心、上海復旦大學、國際鳥盟及香港觀鳥會。
If you see any Greater Crested Terns (or any ringed terns) having a coloured ring on their legs, please send us the information (Including bird species, date and location of the sighting, Ring location on the body, number and the combination of the coloured ring) and photos (if any) via legflags @hkbws.org.hk
The Tern Breeding and Restoration project is held by the State Oceanic Administration of Xiangshan County, Zhejiang and Museum of Natural Science, Zhejiang.
Organizations taking part into this project include Nature Conservation Office of Jiushan Archipelago National Nature Reserve, Oregon State University, National Bird Banding Center, Fudan University, BirdLife International and the Hong Kong Bird Watching Society.
