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Lower Yangtze River Waterbird Survey
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Lower Yangtze River Waterbird Survey
From 29 January 2004, Yu Yat Tung, Apache Lau, Gary Chow and H K Ying joined the Lower Yangtze River Waterbird Survey. This survey was jointly organized by WWF China and State Forestry Administration.
Survey area cover 5 provinces and 1 city along lower Yangtze River and the southern part of Yellow Sea including Jiangsu. The aim of the survey was to collect information on bird population, distribution and present environmental information for furture reference in particular after the Three-Gorge Project. Participant of the survey including government representative, high school and research institutes, NGOs, and volunteers from Hong Kong, Beijing, Guangzhou, Xiamen, Shanghai, Wuhan, etc.
For detail information, please refer to WWF China website
http://www.wwfchina.org/zhuanti/2004-2/index.shtm
長江中下游濕地水鳥調查
2004年1月29日起一連幾天，本會代表余日東、劉偉民、周家禮和英克勁參與了 由 世 界自然基金(WWF China) 國家林業局首次舉辦的長江中下游濕地水鳥調查。
是項調查範圍包括長江中下游五省一市，以及南黃海沿岸（包括江蘇），以瞭解該 區域的鳥類數量與分佈，並積累三峽運行之前長江中下游濕地及水鳥分佈的基本資 料。參與這次調查有當地林業與野生動物保護部門、高校、科研單位、相關自然保 護區、以及來自香港、北京、廣州、廈門、上海、武漢等地的志願者。
有關詳情，請參閱世界自然基金網頁
http://www.wwfchina.org/zhuanti/2004-2/index.shtm
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« Reply #1 on: Feb 10th, 2004, 10:17am » |
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A e-mail was received from the Jiangxi Academy of Sciences dated 9 February about result of the survey. A total of 116 bird species were recorded. There were 132,700 waterbirds of 72 species, 42 raptors of 9 species and 35 other bird species. There were 2,760 Siberian Crane (national first grade wildlife in China), 1030 Common Crane, 13680 Tundra Swan, 3571 European Spoonbill. There were also a good number of Greater White-frong Goose and Tundra Swan.
The highest number of birds of 48,240 individuals were found in the biggest lake (Daihuchi 3000ha); the second largest was Clam-Lake (7300ha) with 25,670 individuals; Sand-Lake (1400ha) has 5,040 individuals); Jiujiang Xaicheng Hu (access to Yangtze River) has 3360 individual; Pearl Lake (Baisha County Nature Reserve) has 9380 individuals; Inner Kanshan Lake (Kanshan County Nature Reserve) has 4120 individual; Xinmiou Hu (Docheng Province Nature Reserve) has 4,850 birds.
On 6 February, volunteers of Xiamen and Hong Kong Bird Watching Society found Red-breasted Goose. On 1 and 8 February, they found Swinhoe's Rail (national second grade wildlife in China) at southern Poyan Hu Nature Reserve.
The content of the e-mail is:
-----Original Message-----
From: DNH_WX
Sent: Monday, February 09, 2004 6:44 PM
To: nhdai
Subject: 江西_湖南水鳥對照
由江西省科學院牽頭，聯合江西省生態學會、江西省鄱陽湖國家級自然保護區管理 局、南昌、 九 江 和 上 饒 市 的科技人員，以及來自香港觀鳥會和廈門觀鳥會的8名 志 願 者，組成江西省水鳥調查隊，於2004年1月29日至2月8日分別在鄱陽湖區、南昌市� B上饒市和九江市轄區的重要濕地進行水鳥種類、數量調查和濕地調查。已調查到� 壅�116種，其中水鳥72種計13.27萬羽，猛禽9種計42只，湖區其他鳥類35種。越冬 水鳥中屬國家一級保護水鳥白鶴2760羽，白頭鶴221羽，東方白鸛1392羽，黑鸛29� 苤A中華秋沙鴨25只；國家二級保護水鳥白枕鶴2715羽，灰鶴1030羽，小天鵝13680 羽，白額雁13560羽，白琵鷺3571羽。珍稀水鳥數量以白額雁、小天鵝為多。
鳥類數量以鄱陽湖國家級自然保護區大湖池（有湖權，3000公頃）為多，達48240� 苤F其次為蚌湖（暫無湖權7300公頃），數量為25670羽；沙湖（有湖權，1400公頃 ）鳥類數量達5040羽）。九江賽城湖（通長江湖泊，人工控制水位），鳥類數量達 3360羽；珠湖（白沙洲縣級保護區）鳥類數量達9380羽；康山內湖（康山縣級自然 保護區）鳥類數量達4120羽；新妙湖（都昌省自然保護區）鳥類數量達4850羽。
2月6日，廈門觀鳥會和香港觀鳥會的志願者還在沙湖發現紅胸黑雁，並拍到照片。 2月1日和2月8日，廈門觀鳥會和香港觀鳥會的志願者分別在南鄱陽湖觀察到國家二 級保護動物——花田雞。
Jiangxi Academy of Sciences
108 Shangfang Road
Nanchang Jiangxi
330029
P.R.China
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Re: Lower Yangtze River Waterbird Survey
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From: Mark Barter
To: Ramsar Forum
Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 12:48 PM
Subject: [Ramsar Forum] WWF Yangtze River Waterbird Survey
PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF THE WWF WATERBIRD SURVEY OF THE MIDDLE AND LOWER REACHES OF THE YANGTZE RIVER
Fourteen teams, consisting of about 60 people, worked over a two-week period, shortly after Chinese New Year, to count waterbirds in as many wetlands as possible along the floodplain of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River stretching through Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Anhui, Jiangsu to Shanghai. The teams consisted of staff from nature reserves, provincial and county forestry bureaus, universities and expert volunteers from non-government organisations.
The count started and was timed to take place when waterbirds are present in maximum numbers and human disturbance is at a minimum.
The exceptional importance of the floodplain wetlands is shown by the very large number of waterbirds recorded and major concentrations of threatened species.
The survey teams counted 515,896 waterbirds of 83 species. Individual Province counts were: Anhui – 171,841, Jiangxi – 138,643, Hunan – 133,306, Hubei – 47,469, Jiangsu – 15,796 and Shanghai Municipality – 8,841.
Thirteen globally-threatened species and one near-threatened species were found during the survey.
The most common species group was the Anatidae (ducks, geese and swans) comprising 66% of the waterbirds counted; next were shorebirds (17%), gulls (7%), and egrets and herons (5%).
Globally-threatened species
The counts of Swan Geese (60,886 individuals) and Lesser White-fronted Geese (16,937) exceeded current estimates of their respective global (55,000) and regional (14,000) populations.
Large numbers of cranes were seen: 93% of the global population of the Siberian Crane (2,784 individuals counted), 93% of the regional population of the Hooded Crane (933 individuals), and 68% of the regional population of the White-naped Crane (2,716).
57% of the global population of the Oriental White Stork (1,697 individuals) was counted.
Other globally-threatened species seen in smaller numbers were: Baer’s Pochard (630), Scaly-sided Merganser (31), Baikal Teal (28), Saunders's Gull (10), Black-faced Spoonbill (2), Red-breasted Goose (1) and Swinhoe’s Rail (1). Seven individuals of the near-threatened Ferruginous Duck were counted.
Other waterbird species
The most common waterbird recorded was the Bean Goose (79,758). Other species counted in large numbers were Common Black-headed Gull (32,114), Dunlin (40,709), Common Teal (36,483), Tundra Swan (30,925), Greater White-fronted Geese (25,241), Spot-billed Duck (22,562), Falcated Duck (18,364), Spotted Redshank (15,274), Grey Heron (10,900) and Pied Avocet (10,538).
A detailed report on the count, which will also contain information on the status of the different wetlands visited, will be prepared over the next few months and it is intended to write papers for publication in Chinese and international journals.
Funding for the survey was provided by WWF Netherlands. We are very grateful to the State Forestry Administration, the Provincial Forestry Bureaus, Nature Reserve staff and the members of the counting teams for their assistance in the planning and execution of the project.
For more information please contact Chen Liwei lwchen@wwfchina.org
WWF China
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