The squad of seven joined 19 other teams to spot or identify by sound, as many bird species as possible in 24 hours. Conditions were cold and wet with the team managing to see 107 species, bringing them home in 18th place.

The team scaled the length and breadth of Hong Kong from Mai Po marshes to Tsim Bei Tsui, Tai Po Kau, Kowloon Hills, Long Valley, Ma Tso Lung, the Zoological and Botanical Gardens and Aberdeen Country Park.

The 'star' bird spotted by the team was an Oriental White Stork, an endangered species irregularly seen in Hong Kong. Totally, 220 species were spotted by the teams raising more than $1.2 million for the World Wide Fund for Nature to help preserve local habitats threatened by pollution.

The team consisted of Western JPC members Max Wong Man-wai, Henry Chiu Yiu-biu and Winky Lee Wing-yin, along with Sha Tin member Stanley Lip Chi-sing, under the tutelage of coaches John Holmes, Chief Inspector of the New Territories North Quick Reaction Force, and Wong Tai Sin District Commander Ian Tyzzer. Their driver was John Ip Kwok-fu, Force Chief Driving Examiner.

They thanked Force staff who generously donated.



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