Shorebirds of the Yellow Sea
Importance, threats and conservation status
Mark Barter
Wetlands International, 2002
ISBN 90 5882 009 2
5. Internationally important shorebird sites in the Yellow Sea
5.3 Site accounts (continued)
5.3.23 Hampyeong Man
Site information
Location: Chollanam Province, South Korea; 35º 07' N, 126º 25' E.
Area: 5 000 ha
Wetland type: Intertidal flats
Protected Area status: Designated Sea Resources Conservation Area; plan to designate protected tidal flat (Je 2002).
Threats: None known. Reclamation plan cancelled (Moores 1999b).
Count information
Counts were conducted in April, May, August and September 1998, and in January 1999 (Moores 1999a).
|
Southward migration
|
Count
|
Ref
|
|---|---|---|
| Kentish Plover | 1 830 | 1 |
| Terek Sandpiper | 1 496 | 1 |
Significance of site
Highest counts: NM 5 728; SM 6 549; NB 964.
Supports:
- 2 species in internationally important numbers during SM;
- the endangered Spotted Greenshank during SM (maximum count: 1).
Species count reference
- Moores 1999a
5.3.24 Meian Gun Tidal Flat
Site information
Location: Chollanam Province, South Korea; 35º 05' N, 126º 20' E.
Area: 10 000 ha.
Wetland type: Intertidal flats.
Protected Area status: None.
Threats: None known. Reclamation plan cancelled (Moores 1999b).
Count information
Counts were conducted in May, August and September 1998, and in January 1999 (Moores 1999a).
|
Southward migration
|
Count
|
Ref
|
|---|---|---|
| Terek Sandpiper | 1 628 | 1 |
| Kentish Plover | 1 345 | 1 |
| Lesser Sand Plover | 862 | 1 |
Significance of site
Highest counts: NM 2 180; SM 6 466; NB 585.
Supports:
- 3 species in internationally important numbers on SM.
Species count reference
- Moores 1999a
5.3.25 Aphae Do
Site information
Location: Chollanam Province, South Korea; 34º 50' N, 126º 20' E.
Area: 3 000 ha.
Wetland type: Intertidal flats.
Protected Area status: None; plan to designate protected tidal flat (Je 2002).
Threats: None known. Reclamation plan cancelled (Moores 1999b).
Count information
Counts were conducted in April, May, August and September 1998, and in January 1999 (Moores 1999a).
|
Northward migration
|
Count
|
Ref
|
|---|---|---|
| Lesser Sand Plover | 1 144 | 1 |
|
Southward migration
|
|
|
| Kentish Plover | 4 332 | 1 |
| Terek Sandpiper | 534 | 1 |
|
Non-breeding season
|
|
|
| Eurasian Curlew | 397 | 1 |
Significance of site
Highest counts: NM 12 862; SM 9 162; NB 606.
Supports:
- 4 species in internationally important numbers (NM 1; SM 2; NB 1);
Species count reference
- Moores 1999a
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