Without human destructiveness, the creatures of the wetlands steadily increased in number and variety, and by the early 1980s the area was flourishing with life. Birdwatchers recorded 4800 waterfowl of 80 or 90 different species and the wetland was rated with Guandu as one of the two most habitable areas for waterfowl in all of northern Taiwan.
民國 70 年前後濕地已生機盎然，賞鳥人士曾經記錄到八、九十種、總數高達 4,800 隻水鳥的盛況，與關渡並列為北台灣二大水鳥樂園。