A Chau

For A Chau (丫洲) in Tai Po District, see Centre Island, Hong Kong.

A Chau

Native name: 鴉洲
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A Chau
Geography
Coordinates	22°31′39.72″N 114°12′38.95″E
Administration
Hong Kong
Districts	North District

A Chau
Traditional Chinese	鴉洲
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Yāzhōu Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Āa jāu Jyutping Aa1 zau1

A Chau (Chinese: 鴉洲) is a small uninhabited island in the inner most of Starling Inlet (Sha Tau Kok Hoi), off Nam Chung,[1] in the north-eastern New Territories of Hong Kong. It is under the administration of North District, and falls within the Closed Area.

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Fauna

A Chau has been designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest since 1985.[2] The fauna of the island includes night heron, little egret, great egret, black-headed gull and herring gull. It is also a breeding site for the passage migrants.[1] It was reported in 2007 that A Chau was the largest egretry in Hong Kong and may also have been one of the most important night roosting sites for the ardeids in winter.[3][4]

See also

• List of islands and peninsulas of Hong Kong
• Yim Tso Ha

References

1. Town Planning Board - Approved Luk Keng and Wo Hang Outline Zoning Plan, October 2006
2. Environment Protection Department - Site of Special Scientific Interest Archived 2009-10-27 at the Wayback Machine
3. "Review of Egretries in Hong Kong", in Hong Kong Biodiversity, Issue No. 14 March 2007, pp. 1-6. Archived 24 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine
4. Hong Kong Bird Watching Society - New Territories