The last of the line ? Dalmatian Pelican at Mai Po, Hong Kong

Dalmatian Pelicans used to be quite numerous in Deep Bay. In the dim and distant past, - in an era when fieldscopes were cruder and field guides to East Asia non-existent - they were misidentified as Spot-billed Pelicans. Deep Bay's highest-ever Pelican count was a flock of 85 on 21st February 1960. This was when Harold Macmillan was Prime Minister of Great Britain and Dwight D. Eisenhower still