were found to use some features of the aquaculture ponds such as
dykes for roosting, but in very small numbers. Features such as
small canals typically running through aquaculture and salt-pan
production areas were used by shorebirds in some sites, both at
high and low tides, because this habitat contains features somewhat
similar to tidal flats in which muddy areas are exposed at
low tide and even at high tide some canals can still be accessed