Hong Kong birding

Black Kites are by far the commonest birds of prey in Hong Kong – and among the territory’s most familiar birds.

Lying in the tropics, on migration routes for birds breeding from Japan west to Russia and north China, and boasting a range of habitats including the world-renowned Mai Po Marshes Nature Reserve, Hong Kong is an excellent place for birdwatching. Here, you can find global rarities that are tough to see elsewhere, encounter stunning songbirds, watch seabirds blasted inshore by typhoons (yes, typhoons - birdwatchers do far sillier things than just lurk in bushes), and savour waterbirds thronging the mudflats of Mai Po.

There are many good birdwatching locations throughout Hong Kong, holding species that rarely or never occur at Mai Po Marshes Nature Reserve.