Places and Trails across Hong Kong

HK Geopark along the Tolo Channel: Ma Shi Chau, Lai Chi Chong and Bluff Head

HK Geopark along the Tolo Channel: Ma Shi Chau, Lai Chi Chong and Bluff Head

Ma Shi Chau: an Introduction to the Hong Kong Geopark Ma Shi Chau is one of the best, most easily accessed places to visit for an introduction to the Hong Kong Geopark, and an overview of the geology of the eastern New Territories. The island itself is unprepossessing – just…

Biodiversity of Hong Kong including the Hong Kong Geopark

Biodiversity of Hong Kong including the Hong Kong Geopark

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 habitats, there…

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Activities in Hong Kong outdoors

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Taking wild Hong Kong photos

Hong Kong’s outdoors offers a wealth of subjects to shoot – from hills and islands, to waterfalls and wildlife. Table of Contents[Open][Close]Hong Kong Photography TipsDon’t be a Slave to Your Camera!Camera Essential; Tripod HelpfulPolarising FilterBasics of PhotographyCompositionLight and Photography in Hong Kong OutdoorsControl Your FlashingMovementShapes and PatternsLandscapesMini LandscapesHabitatsGeologyPhotographing…

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Hiking in Hong Kong

Hong Kong is a marvellous place for hiking, thanks to its splendid setting. ]If you know Hong Kong only as a metropolis of concrete canyons and neon signs, the notion of hiking here might seem as ludicrous as clubbing at the North Pole or skiing in the Sahara.…

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Hong Kong’s Wonderful Wildlife

Where have all the Hong Kong Barn Swallows gone?

Where have all the Hong Kong Barn Swallows gone?

I live on Cheung Chau, a small island in southwest Hong Kong – and became very used to it hosting many nesting pairs of Barn Swallows, which start arriving around mid-February, and stay till late summer. Been this way since late 1980s as I recall; the swallows are…

Birdwatching in Hong Kong gives insights into wonders of nature

Birdwatching in Hong Kong gives insights into wonders of nature

While human life has lately been muted in Hong Kong during springtime, local birdlife remains vibrant, offering a chance to enjoy some of the wonders and mysteries of the natural world, right outside your home. Male Scarlet Minivet             Notably, Hong Kong is a hub for migratory birds, which…

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Weather including tropical cyclones

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Forecasters Benefit from Flights into Typhoons

As well as employing computer models and weather station info, the Hong Kong Observatory is employing reconnaissance flights to gather data from within tropical cyclones. Late in the afternoon of 13 August, while the Number 3 signal was issued in Hong Kong, meteorologist Wong Wai-kin was in a…

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Hong Kong weather outlook warmer wetter wilder

With global warming only just getting started, according to scientists, it’s time for Hong Kong to move beyond talk and switching off lights for an hour one day a year Early this month came news that Hong Kong ranked among the world’s top 20 port cities at risk…

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Hong Kong conservation

Mai Po Marshes Nature Reserve – needing help in 2014, needs help still

Mai Po Marshes Nature Reserve – needing help in 2014, needs help still

With the apartment blocks of Yuen Long and Tin Shui Wai to the southwest, Fairview Park estate to the south, and the urban sprawl of Shenzhen fringing the north coast, Deep Bay may seem an unlikely location for one of the world’s greatest wetland reserves. Yet on the…

Mai Po Marshes Upgrade Project: Big Money, Few Visitors

Mai Po Marshes Upgrade Project: Big Money, Few Visitors

Yes, this is the Peter Scott honoured by the visitor centre at Mai Po, which seems more interested in keeping people out. Referred to in the Guardian. There is a Mai Po upgrade project underway [spring 2023], funded by a HK$347.86 million grant from the Hong Kong Jockey…

Sunnyville scheme prompts battle over Deep Bay fishponds in Hong Kong

Sunnyville scheme prompts battle over Deep Bay fishponds in Hong Kong

A “battle of the ponds” is underway in Hong Kong’s northwest corner. It focuses on Deep Bay, a wetlands area that borders on China, near Shenzhen. Developers who want to build here are tussling with conservationists who want to see the area – and its wildlife – protected.…

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