Category Wildlife

Top Ten Hong Kong birds

Here’s a definitive list of the top ten Hong Kong birds.(Well, ok, this is subjective; but ten top species for sure.) Criteria include global status, appearance, relationship to Hong Kong – perhaps readily seen and familiar, maybe rare worldwide but…

No Bird Flu Just Enjoyable Visit to Mai Po

Despite all the brouhaha, there is no H5N1 at Mai Po.

Beginning birdwatching in Hong Kong

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…

Hong Kong’s Regenerating Forests and Forest Wildlife

Though there are places where wildlife is on the rebound, none is any more than a shadow of Hong Kong's forests past.

Hong Kong Sharks

Hong Kong once had a shark fishery indicating at least they were at one stage abundant, and why perhaps they are now locally extinct.

Mai Po birding, Hong Kong

Mai Po Marshes Nature Reserve is a key part of the internationally important Deep Bay wetland

Hong Kong birding sites

There are many good birdwatching locations throughout Hong Kong.