During the early part of the nineteenth century the English had begun preliminary research work on the activities of the marine birds found on Maoyu. Thereafter, bird researchers began to continually come here to carry out research.
早在十九世紀，英國人就曾對在貓嶼上活動的海鳥作過初步的調查，日後也陸續有鳥類研究專家來此做研究。