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THE BIG BIRD RACE 2004 RESULTS
PROFESSIONALS TEAM WON THE RACE WITH 139 SPECIES RECORDED
Winning team - Professionals Team. |
The Big
Bird Race 2004, organised by WWF Hong Kong on 28 February,
reached a climax on Saturday night after an exciting 18-hour
bird-spotting challenge around the Hong Kong territory. |
The winning teams were the Professionals
Team recording 139 species of birds. The second place in the
Race went to the Eagles Team with 135 bird species recorded and
the third place went to Kadoorie Cuckoos Team with 133 species
recorded. The total number of bird species spotted this year
is 206.
All Stars Team won the Most Funds Raised
Title with HK$81,576 and the Pentax Cup (with the highest number
of individual sponsors) went to Birdbrains Team with 127 individual
sponsors.
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| All Stars Team won the
Most Funds Raised Title. |
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Pentax Cup
goes to Birdbrains Team |
The Race, inaugurated in 1984, aimed to
buy up Mai Po gei wais for management and build bird hides. Fund
raised this year will be used for continuing our management works
at Mai Po. The temporary closure of Mai Po Nature Reserve to
the visitors has seriously impact our financial situation with
an estimated loss of HK$500,000 per month, notwithstanding other
fundraising events that are supposed to be carrying out in Mai
Po.
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| Birdwatchers who joined BBR more
than 10 times. |
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Birdwatching! |
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For further information, please contact
Ms. Margaret Chan, WWF Hong Kong Communications Manager, on 2161
9623 (tel.), 2845 2734 (fax.) or mchan@wwf.org.hk. |
