Dadu River Mouth Wildlife Refuge

Date Established	Feburary 28, 1995
Area( hectare )	2682.31
Location	The lower reaches of Dadu River in Taichung City and Changhua County, extending 2 kilometers into the sea.
Management ​Agency	Taichung City Government and Changhua County Government

Dadu River Mouth is renowned as the four major river in Taiwan. It flows through Taigchung City, Changhua County and Nantou County. In Dadu River Mouth, it divides into some parts like dune, pond, swamp, flat, and wind-break forest.

You can see oyster farmer walking through the tidal flat to harvest oysters after the ebb tide. Dadu River Mouth has rich resource to provide food for birds, which plays an important role in this area. Birds accounts for large scale local vegetation which is 70 percent of waterfowl such as curlew, whimbrel, sandpiper and plover.
However, in recent years, overexploitation has destroyed this area affecting the vegetation.