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Mai po

Mai Po Inner Deep Bay Ramsar Site,(Mai Po Nature Reserve) is a nature reserve located near Yuen Long,on the northwestern corner in Hong Kong.It is part of Deep Bay, an internationally significant wetland that is actually a shallow estuary,at the mouths of Sham Chun River, Shan Pui River (Yuen Long Creek) and Tin Shui Wai Nullah.It supports globally important numbers of wetland birds, which chiefly arrive in winter and during spring and autumn migrations.The area of Mai po is 380 acres (1.5 km2) wide and its surrounding wetland has an area of 1500 acres (6 km²).It provides a conservation area for mammals, reptiles, insects, and over 350 species of birds.

The World Wide Fund for Nature Hong Kong managed Mai po since 1983.Mai Po wetlands each year, more than 60,000 wintering waterfowl, migratory birds species, including Spoon-billed Sandpiper, Stilt Xiaoqing, semi-webbed snipe, gray tail Sandpiper, Gull and Black-faced Spoonbill. Mai Po Marshes in which the number of Black-faced Spoonbill recorded more account for 25% of the global total. These birds mainly in spring and autumn, with up to 30,000 birds living in the same time, the wetlands in Mai Po mudflats, for long-distance migratory resting place half-way journey.

In addition, the Mai Po wetland wildlife there are many in this settlement, including over 400 species of insects, 300 species of birds, 18 species of mammals, 21 reptiles, 90 species of marine invertebrates and 50 species of butterflies. The Mai Po intertidal wetlands to adapt to local coastal mangrove growth, and provide to the aquatic animals living leaves, while the area is more 1 in Guangdong Province, China 6.

The central area of ​​the Mai Po Wetland 24 is retained traditional shrimp ponds, located in the shallow intertidal zone district. Shrimp ponds are still remain in operation as the only such operation in southern China. April to October each year is the operation of shrimp ponds and shrimp into the base to freely around the Deep Bay shrimp to shrimp living in the plankton. To the annual November to March period, the shrimp ponds will be drained in turn, exposing the surface of the mud and a lot of fish, for a variety of birds to feed on fish for a living (including herons, egrets and Black-faced Spoonbill) and foraging habitats. And this unique shrimp in ways that favor the ecological value of wetlands in Mai Po, on the Mai Po wetland wetland resources for sustainable development and full use of the Mai Po wetland natural production capacity.

If you are hungry, you can go to Cafe De Coral to have lunch.Also the best time to visit is Winter Tours or Spring tours.The special teatures is spoonbill that you must not miss.The visiting time is 09:00 a.m. to 06:00 p.m.And you must not wear shiny clothers, because you will make the bird afraid,you can wear the tade clothers.The cost of Mai po is :child is $15 , adult is $30.Finally,you can go there with MTR station ,and go ouy in Sheung Shui Station and go to Mai po door with 76K bus.