Foulness Island of plants and invertebrates thrive there. Other birds which use the island for breeding include avocet, common tern, little tern, Sandwich tern and ringed plover. During the winter months, in excess of 100,000 waterfowl have been reported. The avocet population is the second largest in the United Kingdom. The Foulness SSSI has been designated as a Special Protection Area for Birds under the EC Birds Directive, and is also a Ramsar site under the Ramsar Convention because of its importance as a wetland. Foulness Island Foulness Island () is an island on the east coast of Essex in England, which
Nan'ao County of the county is the island of Nan'ao, which lies 2 – 5 miles off the coast of Guangdong. The county also includes a few minor islands nearby, in particular the Nanpeng Archipelago, a chain of islets located some to the southeast from the Nan'ao Island. The county has a land area of , and a population of 70,000. Nan'ao island lies on the Tropic of Cancer. Nan'ao County Nan'ao County (postal: Namoa; ) is a county in Shantou Prefecture-level city, Guangdong Province, China. Nan'ao Island remained under the control of the Nationalists for a few months after the Communists