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The world from a drawer of old negatives
Part One: - the “Sea of Grass” in 1991Our 21-day quarantine requirements are a big disincentive to leaving the Territory, and we couldn’t go to China even if we wanted to.So, I’ve been “scanning” old...
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The World from boxes of old slides - Guizhou 1991 and 1992
The “Sea of Grass” - Caohai - lies at an elevation of over 2,000 metres. It is a lake in which the water level varies a lot, surrounded by low hills with villages at the edge of the higher ground.In...
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Tree Pipit - a HK “First”, and seasonal supporting cast
HK's first Tree Pipit (Anthus trivialis) - in a tree, where else ?Many Thanks to Matthew Kwan, discoverer of this bird (among Olive-backed Pipits) at Mai Po on 3rd March. A reminder to us all to look...
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A view from theMai Po Board Walk hides, 28th March 2022
Black-capped Kingfisher - Halcyon pileataGull-billed Tern - Geochelidon niloticaWestern Osprey - Pandion haliaetusCommon Redshank - Tringa totanus (HK flags, reported on HKBWS site)Red-necked Stint -...
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Early April - clear days around Deep Bay, Hong Kong
Gull-billed Terns (Geochelidon nilotica)have been menacing the crabs and mudskippers on Deep Bay’s mudflats.The best views are from Mai Po’s boardwalk hides.On a clear day you can see forever....well,...
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Mid-April - And it’s “Goodbye" from some wintering birds
....and “Hello” from some of those passing through..Eastern Buzzard - Buteo japonicusBlack-faced Bunting - Emberiza spodocephalaStejneger's Stonechat - Saxicola stejnegeriDusky Warbler - Phylloscopus...
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25th April 2022 - waterbirds on the Deep Bay tideline, Hong Kong
Chinese Egret - Egretta eulophotesWhimbrel - Numenius phaeopusChinese Pond Herons - Ardeola bacchusWhimbrel - Numenius phaeopusCommon Redshank -Tringa totanusChinese Egret - Egretta eulophotesChinese...
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Hong Kong Southern waters boat trip - 9th May 2022
Hong Kong’s Tern migration period is peaking, and eight tern species were seen on yesterday’s boat trip. In no particular order, they were: -Hong Kong breeders (and passage...
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Early summer at Mai Po’s boardwalk hides - 28th May 2022
Shenzhen skyline from the the Mai Po boardwalk hide (500mm view)White-winged Tern - (Chlidonias leucopterus) -non-breedingWhite-winged Tern - (Chlidonias leucopterus) -non-breedingWhite-winged Tern -...
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The WWF Hong Kong “Big Bird Race” - 1988
An annual fund-raising event, started in 1985 with four teams which rapidly expanded to around a dozen. “Bucks for Mai Po” was the mantra, and, with many participants from the business world, sums...
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Po Yang NNR, Jiangxi Province - December 1989
Po Yang National Nature Reserve Headquarters at Wu Cheng, JiangxiI developed this roll of Ilford FP4 at home, soon after our return to HK from Po Yang Lake National Nature Reserve, (Jiangxi Province)...
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Wuyi Shan and Kuatun Village, Fujian Province, China - November 1986
Before the pandemic I think we took the ease of 21st-century Chinese travel for granted. In the decade up to 2020, keen birders could fly direct from Hong Kong to Wuyi Shan’s airport in an hour, and...
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Hong Kong’s three species of breeding tern from the Ma Liu Shui - Wong Shek...
An afternoon ferry trip this time, in hot and clear conditions. We left Ma Liu Shui (15 minutes stroll from MTR: Chinese University) at 15:00hrs.There were about twenty photographers on board, soon...
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Chinese White Dolphins (Sousa chinensis) south of Lantau, Hong Kong - 4th...
Hei Ling Chau and Lantau, HKWe joined a southern waters boat trip on August 4th, with a plan to go to the far western tip of Lantau Island to look for Chinese White Dolphins (Sousa chinensis), and look...
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Winter birds arriving at Mai Po
On a clear and cool morning at Mai Po Nature Reserve, I joined the (mostly senior) photographers in hide number one.With the sun behind us and a lot of newly arrived winter visitor birds in front,...
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Geese at the Mai Po boardwalk hides, 25th October
Another clear and cool morning at Mai Po Nature Reserve.I saw the tide come in at the outermost boardwalk hide, and the “usual suspects” were present, but nothing unusual. The flags on this Common...
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Early winter visitors - Nov 9th
A typhoon passing Hong Kong in early November is evidence of the reality of Climate Change.But, after several wet and grey days, the sun shone on November 9th and the birds performed over the fishponds...
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We three "Kings" at the Mai Po Boardwalk - Christmas 2022
Actually, there have been up to six Pallas’s Gulls (the “King of Gulls”) at the Mai Po boardwalk this month.
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Some mid-winter birding in Hong Kong
Black Stork - Ciconia nigraMid-December - a Black Stork was the birding surprise of our winter so far, using a tree near a busy Sheung Shui junction as an overnight roost. But only for two nights that...
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Oriental Storks at Mai Po
Umpteen Oriental Storks (Ciconia boyciana) have been cruising around Deep Bay since mid-January.Having missed them a couple of times, I finally caught up with them on 20th January...well, eight of them...
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