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The 10th Inter-school Bird Race
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 Poster of the 10 th Inter-school Bird Race
 Near 350 bird species have been recorded in the Deep Bay area
The 10th Inter-school Bird Race aims to arouse students’ interest in wetland bird identification as well as monitoring the changes in environment through recording species. The race route covers different wetland habitats. Entries are required to design their own 4-hours race route for recording the highest number of bird species. Hong Kong Wetland Park will provide lecture, mock race and field trip for participating students before the bird race. Applicants could also choose to join the "Inter-school Bird Race" only.
The activity consists of three parts:
1. Workshop on bird watching technique and mock race
(half day)
2. Field study trip (half day)
3. Inter-school Bird Race (full day)
Dates :
Workshop on bird watching technique and mock race
Field study trip
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5, 12 December 2009 (Sat) or
6, 13 December 2009 (Sun)
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| Inter-school Bird Race |
19 December 2009 (Sat) |
Each school can nominate in a maximum of 2 teams for the bird race. Each team should comprise of three students and be accompanied by a teacher. Five outstanding teams will be identified and each winning team will be awarded binoculars and trophies.
The 10th "Inter-school Bird Race" is a challenging event for students to enrich their learning experience on team building and cooperation. Participants who are able to attend to all three workshop, route training and competition will receive a certificate.
The application period of this activity is over.
For details and download application form, please CLICK HERE (PDF file, 180KB).
On 19 December 2009, Hong Kong Wetland Park of the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department and Hong Kong Bird Watching Society co-oganised The 10th Inter-school Bird Race. The bird race echoed the theme of "World Wetland Day 2010 - Wetlands, Biodiversity and Climate Change", we aim to encourage students to learn, recognise and observe the environment through watching birds.
The bird race of this year has reached the most participants since before. A total of 200 participants formed 49 teams from 30 secondary schools joined the race. During the 4.5-hours bird recording race, participants tried their best to visit different wetland habitats at the Hong Kong Wetland Park and Tsim Bei Tsui area, including fishponds, tidal ponds, river side, mangrove, mudflat and woodland to record for as many bird species as possible. At the end of the bird race, the result was immediately reviewed by an adjudication panel formed by the Hong Kong Bird Watching Society.
The winners of The 10th Inter-school Bird Race are: Queen Elizabeth School Old Students' Association Secondary School; CUHK FAA Chan Chun Ha Secondary School; Cumberland Presbyterian Church Yao Dao Secondary School and Immanuel Lutheran College; Queen Elizabeth School Old Students' Association Secondary School; and Immanuel Lutheran College have two winning teams. The highest record for this year is 73 species of birds.
This bird race facilitated students to gain "other learning experiences", we hope the schools will keep on encourage students to observe the birds and the environment, as well as enjoy watching the nature.
Click HERE to browse the photos of the bird race.
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