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Table 2 Sites where > 1% of Asian Dowitchers population (230) were recorded

From: Coastal wetlands in Lianyungang, Jiangsu Province, China: probably the most important site globally for the Asian Dowitcher (Limnodromus semipalmatus)

Site

Maximum count

Date recorded

Season

References

Lianyungang

22,432

13 May 2019

NM

Yang et al. (2019)

Lianyungang

6537

4 August 2020

SM

This study

North Bohai Bay (Shi Jiu He/Daqing He, Hebei)

1100

12 May 1994

NM

Barter (2002)

North Bohai Bay (Luannan, Hebei)

1754

8 May 2017

NM

Hassell et al. (2019)

North-west Bohai Bay (Tianjin coast)

966

10‒14 May 2000

NM

Barter et al. (2001)

North-west Bohai Bay (Tianjin coast)

420

1 August 2010

SM

Conklin et al. (2014)

North-west Bohai Bay (Tanggu, Tianjin coast)

1447

17 July 2009

SM

This study

Bohai Bay

1153

2 May 2002

NM

Barter et al. (2003)

Yancheng (coast between Zhou Gang and Dou Long Gang)

840

Between 22 April and 3 May 2001

NM

Barter (2002)

Yancheng (Dongsha Shoals)

664

May 1996

NM

Wang and Barter (1998)

Yancheng (Dongsha Shoals)

1320

1 September 1997

SM

Wang and Barter (1998)

Deep Bay (incl. Mai Po and Futian)

540

2 May 2003

NM

Yu et al. (2004)

  1. NM and SM are abbreviations for northward and southward migration respectively. Only the highest count at each site during each migration period is shown in the table