The 8th "Inter-school Bird Race"
The "Inter-school Bird Race" is co-organised by Hong Kong Wetland Park (HKWP) of Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, and the Hong Kong Bird Watching Society. It is the 8th year since 2000, and the bird race was well received by the education sector.
The aim of the bird race is to introduce waterbirds and the importance of their habitats to students. It is comprised of 3 parts: (1) Lecture, (2) Practical session and (3) Bird Race.
| Sessions | Date | Time | Venue | |
| 1 | Lecture on bird watching technique
(1 lesson) |
1 December 2007 (Sat) | 10:00 - 13:00 |
HKWP |
| 15 December 2007 (Sat) | ||||
| 2 | Bird watching and field practical
Section (1 lesson) |
8 December 2007 (Sat) | 08:00 - 13:00 | HKWP and Tsim Bei Tsui |
| 22 December 2007 (Sat) | ||||
| 3 | The 8th Inter-school Bird Race | 30 December 2007 (Sun) | 09:00 - 15:00 | HKWP and Tsim Bei Tsui |
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Hong Kong Wetland Park will provide training lecture and field trips for entrants of the Bird Race. Applicants can choose to apply for joining all the sessions 1 to 3 above, or only join Session 3, the 8th "Inter-school Bird Race". Participants will receive a certificate if they have completed all the 3 sessions.
The 8th "Inter-school Bird Race" is a challenging event. The route for bird race covers various types of wetland habitats, including mudflat, fishpond, woodland, mangrove, farmland, grass field, reed bed and freshwater marsh, etc. Participants are required to design the best route for recording the highest number of bird species.
Each participating team should be formed by 3 students and one accompany teacher to attend the lecture, field trip and the competition. Each school can register to a maximum of 2 teams for the competition.
Prizes
There will be five prizes given to the top five outstanding teams. Each student from the outstanding teams will be rewarded a gift and the winning schools will be rewarded a trophy.
Highlights - Bird Race
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The 8th Inter-school Bird Race was completed on 30 December 2007. A total of 148 students and teachers from 37 teams participated in the bird race. During the 4.5 hours race time, the participants grasped each second to visit different wetland habitats at and around Hong Kong Wetland Park, including fishponds, tidal ponds, riverside, mangrove, mudflat as well as woodlands to look for as many bird species as possible. The Adjudication Panel immediately reviewed all records taken by
the 37 teams, and it was confirmed that 62 bird species were observed
by the team which got the highest number of species record. The six
winning teams are St. Stephen's Church College, Queen Elizabeth School
Old Students' Association Secondary School, Immanuel Lutheran College
(2 teams), Baptist Wing Lung Secondary School, and S. K. H. Trinity
Church Secondary School. To view more photos, please click here. |
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Highlights - Birdwatching Training
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Hong Kong Wetland Park of Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation
Department, and Hong Kong Bird Watching Society organised workshops
and field practical sessions on December for participating teams of
the 8th "Inter-school Bird Race". Apart from bird-watching
techniques, students learnt about information on wetland habitats
through a series of activities including lecture, quiz, games and
mock race. During the field practical session, experienced bird watchers
guided students to familiarise the race route and habitat distribution.
Students have to design for a 4.5 hours race route for recording the
highest number of bird species. To view more photos, please click here. |
Co-organised by
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| Hong Kong Wetland Park, Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department |
Hong Kong Bird Watching Society |
