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        Special Topics 特別主題 >> Black-faced Spoonbill 黑臉琵鷺 >>  Over 300 BFS at Mai Po and Deep Bay area
        
(Message started by: HKBWS Office on Dec 1^st, 2004, 11:58am)

Title: Over 300 BFS at Mai Po and Deep Bay area
Post by HKBWS Office on Dec 1^st, 2004, 11:58am

Message received from AFCD for members' information. For members' information.

Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 11:42 AM
Subject: Updated number of BFSs recorded in Hong Kong (2004-05 winter)

> Dear all,
> I would like to inform you that 324 Black-Faced Spoonbills were recorded in
> Mai Po and Deep Bay area on 25 Nov. 2004 by AFCD staff, which is the
> highest number ever recorded in HK. In fact, it is the second time that
> over 300 individuals of BFS were recorded in HK (the former highest no. was
> 305 counted by Paul Leader in early November 2004). Thanks.
>
> WH LEE
> Wetland & Fauna Conservation Officer
> Agriculture, Fisheries & Conservation Department
> Hong Kong SAR
>