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Places and Trails across Hong Kong
West Kowloon Cultural District is a pleasant waterfront park
Though primarily established for arts and culture, and with museums including M+ (contemporary modern art) and the Hong Kong Palace Museum, the West Kowloon Cultural District is well worth visiting just to enjoy a waterfront park – including in late afternoon when there may be fine views of sunset over…
Kwai Chung Park with views over Rambler Channel to Tsing Yi
Kwai Chung Park opened in December 2025; and while it isn’t a place meriting a long trip, it’s well worth knowing about if you happen to play cricket at the neighbouring Gin Drinkers Bay ground – partly as it has toilets rather than stinky portaloos: luxury! There’s a grassy area…
Cycling and Walking from Quarry Bay to Central inc North Point Waterfront Promenade
When collecting a new bicycle from Decathlon in Tai Koo Shing, I figured it might be interesting and some fun to try cycling along the waterfront to the Central Ferry Piers [then, ferry to Cheung Chau]. Well, it turned out to be a curate’s egg – good in places. Table…
Utilise urban parks equitably, mitigate Hong Kong’s climate hazards now
Hong Kong will face more intense heat, flood, storm surges and biodiversity depletion under climate change. Healing Parks, an advocacy group, says that urban parks can help to mitigate these hazards – but current park design guidelines fail to consider climate resilience. If the government remains inactive, it would harm…
Activities in Hong Kong outdoors
Cycling and Walking from Quarry Bay to Central inc North Point Waterfront Promenade
When collecting a new bicycle from Decathlon in Tai Koo Shing, I figured it might be interesting and some fun to try cycling along the waterfront to the Central Ferry Piers [then, ferry to Cheung Chau]. Well, it turned out to be a curate’s egg – good in…
Taking Hong Kong landscape photos come rain or shine
Even if you don’t travel outside Hong Kong, your photos don’t have to be much the same, week after week, day after day after day. Shooting from the same spot, it’s possible to take highly contrasting photos, such as by heading out at different times of day, and…
Cycling From Tai Po Market to Tai Mei Tuk on Rented Bikes
Hong Kong hardly abounds with routes for relaxing cycling, but there is a fine one in the New Territories, from Tai Po Market to Tai Mei Tuk.
Camping and campsites in Hong Kong
While day and evening trips to the Hong Kong countryside are rewarding, a whole new experience awaits if you’re willing to camp.
Telford Gardens, a private housing estate in Kowloon Bay, East Kowloon, has become an unlikely hotspot for migratory birds, notably for seeing some normally secretive wetland species such as Locustella warblers and rails. Unless you arrived here when there are birders/photographers, you might glance around and just dismiss…
I had a whatsapp message from Nick Florent this afternoon, a bird on the beach, on Cheung Chau; there was a photo too – a red-footed booby! This seabird is rare in Hong Kong, and even then seen pretty much only over waters well south of Hong Kong…
I’ve seen various social media posts and even a couple of media articles about large numbers of Red-base Jezebels Delias pasithoe in Hong Kong recently. It seems people especially notice them during cold spells, when many of these butterflies are grounded by the chill, maybe dying – though…
While we’ve known for some years that Grey-faced Buzzard and Chinese Sparrowhawk can pass Hong Kong in good numbers on some spring days – evidently after being deflected by easterly winds while migrating from Luzon towards southeast China (Spring Migration of Grey-faced Buzzards and Chinese Sparrowhawks in Hong…
Introduction: Biodiversity Depleted yet Rich Lying just south of the Tropic of Cancer, and with a sub-tropical climate – summers are hot and humid, winters tend towards temperate – Hong Kong has a mostly tropical flora and fauna. Though there has been significant damage to land and marine…
Weather including tropical cyclones
With Super Typhoons Near Hong Kong, Small Variations in Tracks Mean Huge Differences in Impacts
Occasionally, typhoons have caused immense damage and loss of life in Hong Kong; the worst effects arise from storm surges, which are somewhat akin to tsunamis accompanied by mighty waves; see Hong Kong Typhoons including Calamitous Storm Surges. But also, even powerful typhoons can approach Hong Kong, and…
Widespread Impacts of Super Typhoon Ragasa including Hong Kong: storm surges, fierce winds, tornado
On 18 September 2025, the system that became Super Typhoon Ragasa developed into a tropical depression; it then rapidly intensified to the east of Luzon, before passing through the Luzon Strait and heading towards the Guangdong coast – looking set to perhaps hit Hong Kong directly. It was…
Super Typhoon Ragasa approaching Hong Kong updates
Even before it really formed, there were forecasts indicating Typhoon Ragasa – as it is now known internationally – would be powerful and could threaten Hong Kong. This remains the case; and here, some updates as Super Typhoon Ragasa approaches Hong Kong; set to be closest early 24…
Rare November Tropical Cyclones Including Typhoons in Hong Kong
As I write on 13 November 2024, Tropical Cyclone Toraji is set to pass over Hong Kong, with a T8 signal warning of gales, and radar indicating intense rains to come. It’s highly unusual to have a tropical cyclone affect Hong Kong in November, and I’ve had a…
[press release:] Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden’s long-running, scientifically informed forest restoration programme has been awarded Premium-Tier Certification by The Global Biodiversity Standard, the first site in the world to achieve this accolade. For almost 30 years, Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (KFBG) has managed the upper slopes…
Email to director of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department, after multiple correspondence with other FEHD officials failed to achieve progress on issue of over zealous use of pesticides versus mosquitoes killing considerable other wildlife: Table of Contents Disastrous impacts on other wildlife Contractors don’t care?? Alternatives??? More…
Views on Updating BSAP for Hong Kong: save the lowlands, but original BSAP mostly all talk no action
Dear AFCD, I am writing to submit my views on the updating of the city’s BSAP (Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan) for 2025-2035. Lantau: need positive projects for lowlands, especially pui o wetlands [way beyond simply struggling to stop small reclamations here, there; death by a thousand cuts;…
