A Chau
Native name: 鴉洲 | |
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 View of A Chau | |
  A Chau | |
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| Coordinates | 22°31′39.72″N 114°12′38.95″E / 22.5277000°N 114.2108194°E |
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| Districts | North District |
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| Traditional Chinese | 鴉洲 | ||||||||||||
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A Chau (Chinese: 鴉洲) is a small uninhabited island in the southeast of Starling Inlet (Sha Tau Kok Hoi), off Nam Chung,[1] in the north-eastern New Territories of Hong Kong. It is under the administration of North District, and falls within the Closed Area.
Geography
Starling Inlet is a sheltered bay in the north-eastern New Territories of Hong Kong with a surface area of approximately 500 hectares. It is surrounded by fragmentary wetlands and hills. A Chau is a small island in the southeast of the bay. It is covered with vegetation and has a landmass of around one hectare.[2]
Fauna
A Chau has been designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest since 1985.[3] The fauna of the island includes night heron, little egret, great egret, black-headed gull and herring gull. It is also a breeding site for the passage migrants.[4] It was reported in 2007 that A Chau was the largest egretry in Hong Kong and may also have been one of the most important night roosting sites for the ardeids in winter.[5][6] A 2001 survey found that A Chau was the nesting site for the majority of great egrets, cattle egrets, and black-crowned night herons in Hong Kong, hosting 63%, 46%, and 71% of those respective species' nests.
During the early 2000s, several threats to the birds of A Chau were noted, including illegal collection of eggs and young, invasive climbers, and human disturbances at nearby wetlands.[7]
See also
References
- ^ "S/NE-LK/11 - Luk Keng & Wo Hang Outline Zoning Plan". Town Planning Board. 2006.
- ^ Wong, L. C.; Corlett, Richard T.; Young, Lleweylln; Lee, Joe S. Y. (2001). "Utilization of Wetlands by Ardeids in Starling Inlet, Hong Kong: A Year-Round Study and a Comparison between the Census and Flight-Line Methods". Waterbirds: The International Journal of Waterbird Biology. 24 (2): 153–160. doi:10.2307/1522024. ISSN 1524-4695.
- ^ Environment Protection Department - Site of Special Scientific Interest Archived 27 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Town Planning Board - Approved Luk Keng and Wo Hang Outline Zoning Plan, October 2006". Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 13 September 2009.
- ^ "漁農自然護理署" (PDF). www.afcd.gov.hk. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
- ^ "New Territories". Hong Kong Bird Watching Society. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
- ^ Wong, L. C.; Kwok, H. K. (2001), EGRETRY COUNTS IN HONG KONG, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE MAI PO INNER DEEP BAY RAMSAR SITE (PDF), Hong Kong Bird Watching Society
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