考察地點 Field Sites

沙螺灣 Sha Lo Wan

生境 Habitats

地點介紹 Site Description

沙羅灣是大嶼山北部,赤鱲角機場以南的海灣,擁有多種生境如淡水河溪、荒廢農田、河口、泥灘及沙洲。沙羅灣擁有豐富蝴蝶品種,同時沙螺灣村山後也有一棵被列入《古樹名木冊》的18米高的樟樹,據估計樹齡已超過100年。

Sha Lo Wan is located in northern Lantau Island, on the south of Chap Lap Kok Airport. There are a variety of habitats such as freshwater stream, abandoned farmland, estuaries, mudlfat and sandbar. In Sha Lo Wan, you can find high species richness of butterflies and an old Camphor Tree (Cinnamomum camphora) of 18m high, being listed in Register of Old and Valuable Trees by the government, and its estimated age is over 100 years.