Author: Phil Battley and Brian McCaffery
Language: Chinese, English and Korean
ISBN/ISSN: 9789058820099
2008; Hardcover;300*245mm;176 pages with photos

A close relationship has always existed between people and birds. The Yellow Sea, surrounded by China, the Democratic Peoples’ Republic of Korea, is one of the most important coastal wetland ecosystems in the world. Its vast tidal mud flats are an essential staging site for shorebird migration between the southern and northern hemispheres. To assess shorebirds numbers, and to accurately understand the utilization of the Yellow Sea during migration, Wetlands International in Australia and China, together with local Chinese government agencies and nature reserves around the Yellow Sea coastline, have worked collaboratively for the past 12 yeas.

Table of Contents

Forewords

Shorebird lifestyles
Flyways
The tundra
A southern holiday
Tidal flat specialists
International partnerships
The heart of the Flyway