香港的地方和足跡
吐露港沿岸的香港地質公園:馬屎洲、荔枝莊和布拉夫角
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…
香港的生物多樣性,包括香港地質公園
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…
香港戶外活動
拍攝狂野的香港照片
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…
在香港遠足
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….
香港奇妙的野生動物
我住在長洲,香港西南部的一個小島,我已經非常習慣這裡有許多築巢的家燕,它們從二月中旬左右開始抵達,一直待到夏末。我記得自 20 世紀 80 年代末以來一直如此;燕子是…
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…
包括熱帶氣旋在內的天氣
預報員受益於飛往颱風的航班
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…
香港天氣展望更暖更濕更荒涼
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…
香港保育
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…
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…
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….